Matthew M. Roberts, MD
Matt Roberts, MD has been in the practice of foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery since 2003. He is Board certified and specializes in the repair of foot/ankle injuries, as well as the reconstruction of deformities such as bunions, hammertoes, flat feet, and high arched feet.
Dr. Roberts was raised in Oklahoma, Arizona, and New York City, where he attended Stuyvesant High School. He spent his undergraduate years at Rice University and went on to graduate at the top of his medical school class at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1997. Dr. Roberts then returned to New York for his General Surgery Internship at Weill Cornell Medical Center and Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Hospital for Special Surgery. He then completed a year-long fellowship in Orthopedic Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle at Harborview Medical Center / University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Roberts is currently a member of the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS). He is an active member of the Hospital for Special Surgery community and participates in more than a dozen local and national committees. In recognition, he was invited to participate in the AAOS Leadership Fellows program in 2011. He has numerous publications and continues to work in research and education.
Appointments
Co-Chief of the Foot and Ankle Service, Hospital for Special SurgeryAssociate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Specialty
Orthopedic SurgerySubspecialty
AnkleFoot
Special Expertise
Reconstruction of Foot Deformities: Bunions, Hammertoes, Flat feetFoot and Ankle Trauma/Fractures
High Arched Feet, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Foot and Ankle Arthritis
Sports Injuries: Achilles tendon rupture, Ankle instability
Awards
“Best Doctors in New York,” New York magazine, 2012AAOS Leadership Fellow, 2011
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (top in medical school class)
Affiliations
American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsAmerican Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Board member, 2012
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Education
MD, University of Texas, Houston, TexasResidency
Hospital for Special Surgery, New YorkFellowship
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Foot and Ankle, Seattle, WashingtonCertification
American Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryState Licensure
New YorkMatthew M. Roberts, MD has contributed to the following articles on HSS.edu:
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Selected Publications
Yadeau JT, Paroli L, Kahn RL, Jules-Elysee KM, , LaSala VR, Liu SS, Lin E, Powell K, Buschiazzo VL, Wukovits B, Roberts MM, Levine DS Addition of Pregabalin to Multimodal Analgesic Therapy Following Ankle Surgery: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine: May-Jun 37(3):302-306, 2012
Reinhardt K, Oh L, Schottel P, Roberts MM, Levine DS, Treatment of Lisfranc fracture-dislocations with primary partial arthrodesis. Foot and Ankle International: Jan 33(1):50-56, 2012
Panchbhavi VK, Aronow MS, Digiovanni BF, Giza E, Grimes JS, Harris TG, Roberts MM, Straus B. Foot and Ankle Experience in Orthopedic Residency: An Update. Foot and Ankle International: Jan 31(1):10-3, 2010
Ellis SJ, Roberts MM. Chapter 40: Surgical Management of Failed Great Toe Arthroplasty. Arthritis and Arthroplasty: The Foot and Ankle. (JC Coetzee and SR Hurwitz, ed.) Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2010
Roberts MM, Greisberg J, Chapter 2: Examination of the Foot and Ankle, In: Foot and Ankle: Core Knowledge in Orthopaedics, (DiGiovanni & Greisberg, ed.) Elsevier, 2007
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Office Locations
East River Professional Building523 East 72nd Street
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212.606.1181
Fax: 646.797.8814
Mailing Address
Hospital for Special Surgery535 East 70th Street
New York, New York 10021
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