Andrew J. Elliott, MD

Keywords: Foot, Ankle, Achilles, Arthritis, Athlete, Bunion, Tendon, Hammertoe, OCD, Fracture

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.

Appointments

Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Specialty
Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty
Ankle, Foot

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure
New York

Education

MD, 87-91, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, US

Residency

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

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, US, 96-97

Andrew J. Elliott, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

For Patients

• Minimally-Invasive Surgical Repair for Achilles Tendon Ruptures

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

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 GEM OSI Compared to Autologous Bone Graft as a Bone Regeneration Device in Foot and Ankle Fusions