Jose A. Rodriguez, MD

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Appointments

Affiliations

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Association of Arthritic Hip and Knee Surgeons
Eastern Orthopaedic Association Medical Strollers of New York
United States Army Reserve Major 1998 - 2007
2003 Deployed with 1982nd Forward Surgical Team in support of the 2nd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, FOB Warhorse, Baqouba, Iraq
2005 Deployed with 344th Combat Support Hospital, FOB Abu Ghraib, Director of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1998

Awards

Honorary Police Surgeon of the Police Department of the City of New York, November 2017
Best Video Adult Reconstruction Hip American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Awarded to the top video at the Association's 2017 Annual Meeting
Top Poster Award American Orthopaedic Association 2015
James A. Nicholas, MD Award for Distinction in Orthopaedic Residency Education Lenox Hill Hospital 2013
Best Doctors, New York Magazine 2013-2014
Hospital Physician of the Year - Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives 2012
"America's Top Orthopedists" Consumer Research Council of America 2012 Arthritis Foundation Jingle Bell Run Medical Honoree
Resident Travel Grant Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, October 2011
Harley & Betty Baxter Resident/Fellow Paper Award Southern Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, June 2010
Chitranjan S. Ranawat Mentorship Award, Lenox Hill Hospital Orthopaedic Residency Program 2008, 2012
Patients Choice Award 2008-2011
"America's Top Physicians" Consumer Research Council of America 2005-2006
"America's Top Surgeons" Consumer Research Council of America 2008-2010
James A. Rand Award for Outstanding Paper in Knee Surgery, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeon 2004
Wyeth-Ayerst Resident/Fellow Paper Award. Clinical Orthopaedic Society 87th Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL 1999
Maurice H. Cowen Award for Excellence in Medical Education, Lenox Hill Hospital Orthopaedic Residency Program 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014

Education

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Internship

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, New York, NY

Fellowship

Arthritis and Joint Reconstruction, Lenox Hill Hospital
Surgery of the Hip, Maurice E Muller Foundation, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland

State Licensure

Languages

English, Spanish

Selected Journal Articles

For all publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Selected Books/Chapters

Rodriguez JA., Ranawat C.S.: Leg Length Inequality Following Total hip Replacement. in McCarthy J., Bierbaum B, Bono J. (eds.), Revision Total Hip Replacement., Springer Verlag, New York, 1998

Ranawat, C.S.; Rodriguez JA.:Cemented Acetabular Component in Total Hip Arthroplasty in Callaghan,J.: Rosenberg, A.: The Adult Hip. Lippencott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1997

Ranawat, C.S., Rodriguez JA.: Malalignment and Malrotation in Total Knee Arthroplasty in "Bristol-Myers Symposium on Total Joint Replacement". New York, Churchill-Livingstone, 1996

Ganz, R., Rodriguez JA., Klaue, K., Mast, J.: Pelvic Osteotomy: Periacetabular. In Progress in Hip Surgery, Cabanela M, Sedel M, (eds), Martin Dunitz Ltd, London, 1998

Rodriguez JA., Ganz R.: Managment of Residual Dysplasia in the Teenager and Young Adult. In Balliere's Clinical Orthopaedics. WB Saundes Ltd, London, 1996

Ranawat, C.S.; Rodriguez JA.: Rotational Alignment of the Femoral Component in Total Knee Arthroplasty. In Insall, JN, Scuderi, G. (eds) Controversies in Total Knee Arthroplasty, Churchill-Livingstone, New York. 1998

Rodriguez JA., Goyal A.: Design Principles- Total Knee Prosthesis: In Malhotra R (ed) "Mastering Orthopaedic Techniques: Knee Arthroplasty" Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, India, 2010.

Rodriguez JA, Stets K.: Pain Management-The Surgeons Approach: In Scott N, Cushner F (eds) "The Knee" Churchill-Livingstone, New York. 2010.

Deshmukh AJ, Rodriguez JA: Direct Anterior Approach in Total Hip Arthroplasty. Mastering Orthopaedic Techniques: Hip Arthroplasty" Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, India, 2011.

Deshmukh AJ, Rodriguez JA: Use of tapered,modular distally fixing stems for Intertrochanteric fractures of Hip. Mastering Orthopaedic Techniques: Hip Arthroplasty" Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, India, 2011

Selected Presentations

Kamara E, Robinson J, Bas MA, Hepinstall MS, Rodriguez JA. Utilizing Robotics or Fluoroscopy in THA: Do New Techniques Improve Acetabulum Positioning in the Learning Curve? Eastern Orthopaedic Association (EOA-Assn). October 2016 (New Orleans, LA); International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA). October 2016 (Boston, MA).

Cooper HJ, Moya-Angeler J, Hepinstall MS, Scuderi G, Rodriguez JA. An Algorithmic Approach for the Management of Symptomatic Instability Following Total Knee Arthroplasty. International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA). October 2016 (Boston, MA).

Moya-Angeler J, Bas MA, Cooper HJ, Hepinstall MS, Rodriguez JA, Scuderi GR. Revision Arthroplasty for Management of Stiffness after Total Knee Replacement. Eastern Orthopaedic Association (EOA-Assn). October 2016 (New Orleans, LA).

Bas MA, Yau C, Jahng KH, Cooper HJ, Rodriguez JA. Early Proximal Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures in Total Hip Arthroplasty using a Direct Anterior Approach. Eastern Orthopaedic Association (EOA-Assn). October 2016 (New Orleans, LA).

Rodriguez, J.A., Bas, M.A., Robinson, J., Hepinstall, M.S., Cooper, H.J., Deyer, T.W., Ranawat, A.S. Prospective MRI Comparison of Muscle Atrophy after Total Hip Arthroplasty. Eastern Orthopaedic Association (EOA-Assn). October 2016 (New Orleans, LA); ISTA Orthopaedic Annual Meeting. October 2016 (Boston, MA).

Porter DA, Urban RM, Jacobs JJ, Rodriguez JA, Cooper HJ. Presentation: "Flexural Rigidity of Various Trunnion Designs in Modular Hip Stems: A Biomechanical and Historical Analysis." October 8, 2014. 44th Annual Advances In Arthroplasty Course – Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA

Korshunov Y, Robinson J, Stirton J, Rathod P, Cooper HJ, Rodriguez JA. Analyzing CMS Radiographic Criteria for THA: Significant Outliers. American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2015 ( Las Vegas, NV).

Rathod PA, Rodriguez JA, Deshmukh AJ, Robinson J, Stirton JW. What is the Optimum Acetabular Component Position and Size in Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty? – Influence of Stability Assessment and Impingement. Eastern Orthopaedic Association, 45th Annual Meeting. Amelia Island, FL. October 2014.

Tarwala, R., Robinson, J., Rathod, PA., Rodriguez, JA. Heterotrophic Ossification After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty With Direct Anterior Approach: Influence of Technique and Chemoprophylaxis. Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Miami, Florida 2013.

Rodriguez JA, Orishimo K, Bas MA, Robinson J, Nicholas S. Differential Effect of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Valgus and Varus Knee Biomechanics During Gait. American Academy of Hip & Knee Surgeons (AAHKS). November 2015 (Dallas, TX).

The focus of Dr. Rodriguez's research has been documenting the effect of different surgical techniques on surgical outcomes and optimizing patient function.