John D. MacGillivray, MD

Dr. John MacGillivray is an Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He currently serves as Team Physician to the US Ski Team and Orthopaedic Consultant for the New York Giants and the National Hockey League Players' Association. He has also served as team physician for St. John's University, the New York Saints Professional La Crosse Team and the US Snow Boarding Team. Dr. MacGillivray has developed new techniques involving arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, labral repair of the shoulder, and ligament reconstruction of the knee. He also has a clinical and scientific interest in cartilage restoration of the knee and shoulder and has written numerous articles and book chapters on problems of the shoulder, knee and elbow. He has won the prestigious Neer Award once and has been nominated twice for his research of rotator cuff disease.

Appointments

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

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Knee
Sports Medicine

Special Expertise

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
Cartilage Surgery of Knee and Shoulder
Ligament Reconstruction of the Knee, Shoulder, and Elbow
Total Shoulder Replacement
Total Knee Replacement

Awards

Neer Award
Valedictorian of Medical School Class
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Education

MD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellowship, New York

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1997, 2008

State Licensure

New York  

John D. MacGillivray, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

MacGillivray JD, Warren RF. Treatment of Acute and Chronic Injuries to the Posterolateral and Lateral Knee, Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, Vol 9, pp 309-317,October, 1999.

Gill, T, MacGillivray JD. The Technique of Microfracture for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects in the Knee, Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine, 11. 105-107, 2001.

Strikland S, MacGillivray JD, Warren RF. ACL Reconstruction with Allograft Tendons, Clinics in Sports Medicine, Vol 34, 1, p. 41-47, Jan 2003.

Coleman SH, Fealy S, Ehteshami JR, MacGillivray JD, Altchek DW, Warren RF, Turner AS. Chronic Rotator Cuff Injury and Repair Model in Sheep, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 85-A No. 12, pp2319-2402, Dec 2003.

MacGillivray JD, Shubin Stein BE, Allen AA, Wickiewicz TL, Warren RF. Comparison of Tibial Inlay versus Transtibial Techniques for Isolated PCL Reconstruction: Minimum 2 year Follow-up, American Journal of Sports Medicine. (in press)

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Clinical Trials

• Adhesive Capsulitis: A Quantitative Analysis of Myofibroblast Proliferation
• Results of EndoButton Fixation Technique for Distal Biceps Tendon Repair
• Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Total Joint Replacement: The HSS Shoulder Arthroplasty Cohort
• Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Total Joint Replacement: The HSS Knee Arthroplasty Cohort