Andrew J. Elliott, MD

Dr. Andrew J. Elliott treats orthopedic conditions of the foot, ankle, and Achilles tendon. Specific ailments include, arthritis, athletic injuries, bunion, tendon tears and ruptures, hammertoe, OCD, and fractures.

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, he completed his orthpaedic residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and a fellowship at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Elliott then served a four-year tour at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, as Chief of the Foot & Ankle Service, Department of Orthopaedics before returning to the Foot and Ankle Service here at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Elliott is currently the Director of Education for the Foot and Ankle Service. He also serves as the Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgeon for the New York Red Bulls MLS soccer team.

Appointments

Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Ankle
Foot

Special Expertise

Minimally Invasive Achilles Tendon Repair
Sports Injuries and Arthroscopy of the Foot and Ankle
Bunions and Toe Deformities
Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle

Awards

USAF/USA Meritorious Service Medal for Outstanding Medical Service, 2001
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Grant to study Ankle Instability and the Contribution of the Peroneal Retinaculum

Education

MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1987-1991

Residency

Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 1991-1996

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, 1996-1997

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure

New York  

Andrew J. Elliott, MD has contributed to the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Arthroscopy of the Hallux MTP Joint, Textbook of Arthroscopy (Miller and Cole), pp802-808, 2004

Fusion of Accessory Navicular to Naviculum, Hawaii Orthopaedic Association, Paper Presentation, June 2000

Soft Tissue Arthroplasty for Severe Hallus Rigidus, Seminars in Arthroplasty, 10(2), pp. 100-106, 1999

Spring Ligament Strain with Posterior Tibialis Activity, ORS 1998

Reinforcement of Cancellous bone Screws with Hydroxyapatite Cement: An in vivo Study in goats (in press) AAOS Poster and Webpage Presentation, 1997

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Clinical Trials

• A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Multi-Center, Pivotal Human Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Augment™ Injectable Bone Graft Compared to Autologous Bone Graft as a Bone Regeneration Device in Hindfoot Fusions

 

Patient Forms

• Foot and Ankle Patient Registration Forms (pdf)
• A Patient's Guide to Foot and Ankle Surgery