Joshua S. Dines, MD

Dr. Joshua Dines is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine. He has a particular interest in arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder, elbow, knee, and ankle. He was at Dartmouth as an undergraduate and attended medical school at Cornell. He then went on to do his residency at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Upon graduation from HSS, Josh did a sports medicine fellowship at the prestigious Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. While there, he worked as part of the medical staff for the LA Dodgers, LA Kings, LA Galaxy, and Stanley Cup Champion Anaheim Ducks. Additionally, he served as an assitant to the team physician of the LA Lakers. At the end of his fellowship, Dr. Dines spent more time in Los Angeles working with recognized leaders in the field of foot and ankle sports injuries.

Dr. Dines is very active in both clinical and laboratory research, with a particular interest in tendon healing and injuries to overhand athletes (baseball, tennis). He has published several papers on elbow injuries in baseball players, Tommy John surgery, and shoulder replacement surgery. His novel research on the use of growth factors to enhance tendon healing has resulted in several national awards. Additionally, his work has been published in numerous journals and textbooks and has been presented at both national and international meetings. Currently, Dr. Dines is editing two textbooks, one on Sports Medicine of the Foot and Ankle and the other on the Sports Medicine of
Baseball.

Clinically, Dr. Dines uses the latest arthroscopic techniques to treat the majority of shoulder, elbow, knee, and ankle problems, including rotator cuff tears, instability and labral pathology, ACL tears, and osteochondral lesions of the talus. He also performs joint replacement surgery of the shoulder and knee.

He is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. He presently serves as an assistant team physician for the United States Davis Cup Tennis Team and the Long Island Ducks minor league baseball team. Additionally, he is a consultant for the LA Dodgers Baseball team.

Read Dr. Joshua Dines' blog from the US Open at http://usopenmd.blogspot.com.

Appointments

Assistant Attending Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Sports Medicine Service
Shoulder
Elbow
Ankle

Special Expertise

Arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, elbow, knee, ankle
Rotator cuff and shoulder instability
Shoulder replacement (TSR)
Elbow ligament reconstruction (Tommy John Surgery)
Minimally invasive biceps tendon and AC joint reconstruction
Sports injuries of the ankle

Awards

Founders Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, 2006
Lewis Clark Wagner Award for Research, Hospital for Special Surgery
Joseph H. Boyes Award, American Society Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, 2006
Outstanding Research Paper, New York Hand Society Meeting, 2006
Finalist, OREF Northeast Regional Research Competition, 2002, 2005, 2006

Affiliations

American Orthopaedic Society Sports Medicine
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

Procedures

Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Shoulder
Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Elbow
Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Knee
Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Ankle

Education

Weill Cornell Medical College, MD, New York

Internship

General Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Fellowship

Sports Medicine, The Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, California

Certification

Board Certified (American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

State Licensure

New York, California  

Editorial Appointments

Sports Medicine of Baseball. Editors: Dines JS, ElAttrache N, Altchek D, Andrews J, Yocum L, Wilk K (in press- Lippincott).

Sports Medicine of the Foot and Ankle. Editors: Altchek D, Dines JS, Positano R (in press- Lippincott).

Selected Publications

Revision Surgery for Failed Ulnar Collateral Ligament of the Elbow Reconstruction. Dines JS, Yocum L, Frank JB, ElAttrache NS, Gambardella R, Jobe F. American Journal Sports Medicine, in press.

Clinical Outcomes of the DANE TJ Technique to Treat Medial Ulnar Collateral Ligament Insufficiency of the Elbow. Dines JS, ElAttrache NS, Conway J, Smith W, Ahmad CS. American Journal Sports Medicine, 2007, 35(12) 2039-2044.

Tissue Engineering and Rotator Cuff Tendon Healing. Dines JS, Grande DA, Dines DM. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.2007, 16(5S):S204-207

The Effect of GDF-5 Coated Sutures on Tendon Repair in a Rat Model. Dines JS, Weber L, Prajapati R, Razzano P, Timmer M, Bowman S, Bonnasser L, Grande DA, Dines DM. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2007, 16(5S):S215-221.

Biologics in Shoulder Surgery: Suture Augmentation and Coating to Enhance Tendon Repair. Dines JS, Grande DA, ElAttrache NS, Dines JS. Techniques in Orthopaedics. 2007, 22(1):20-25.

Outcomes Analysis of Revision Total Shoulder Replacements. Dines DM, Fealy S, Strauss E, Allen A, Craig E, Warren R, Dines DM. J Bone Joint Surgery Am. 2006, 88(7):1494-1500.

Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: What to do, When to do it: The Surgeon’s Dilemma. Dines DM, Moynihan D, Dines JS, McCann P. Instructional Course Lectures. 2007, 56:13-22.

The Effect of Airport Security Devices on Total Shoulder Replacements in the Post-9/11 Era. Dines JS, Elkousy H, Edwards T, Gartsman G, Dines DM. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2007, 16(4): 434-437.

Axillary Artery Aneurysm with Distal Embolization in a Professional Baseball Pitcher. Baumgarten K, Dines JS, Wincester PA, Altchek D, Fantini G, Weiland. Amer J Sports Medicine. 2007, 35(4), 650-653.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Localized Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis: A Long-Term Follow Up. Dines JS, Deberardino T, Dodson C, Shindle M, Wells JL, DiCarlo E, Warren RF.  Arthroscopy. 2007, 23(9): 930-937.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Selected Books/Chapters

Evaluation and Management of Failed Rotator Cuff Repair. Dines JS, Dines DM. The Shoulder, eds. Rockwood C, Matsen R. in press.

Articular Injuries in the Athlete. Dines JS, ElAttrache NS. The Elbow, eds. Morrey B. in press.

Throwing Injuries in the Shoulder. Dines JS, Dines DM. Liverpool Textbook of Orthopaedic Surgery, eds Frostick S. in press.

Genetic Engineering for the Rotator Cuff Deficient Shoulder.   Dines JS, Grande DA, Dines DM. The Rotator Cuff Deficient Shoulder, ed. Frankle M. in press.

Disorders of the Foot and Ankle. Dines JS, Pavlov H, Positano R.  Textbook of Physiatry, eds. Positano, Lutz. in press.

Selected Presentations

The Use of a Novel Fracture Stem to Treat Fractures of the Proximal Humerus. Dines JS. Podium Presentation, International Congress Shoulder Surgery, Bahia, Brazil;     September 2007

The DANE TJ Technique to Treat Insufficiency of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament of the Elbow. Dines JS. Podium Presentation, AOSSM Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta July 2007

The Effect of GDF-5 on Tendon Repair in an Animal Model. Dines JS. Podium Presentation, ASES Open Meeting, San Diego CA, February 2007

Symptomatic Glenoid Loosening Complicating Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Dines JS. Podium Presentation, American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, February 2007

The Effect of Mechanical Environment and GDF5 on Tendon Healing. Dines JS. Podium Presentation, Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, February 2007

 

Research Interests

Tendon Healing
Rotator Cuff
Elbow Ligament Reconstruction
Achilles Tendon
Throwing Injuries