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Michael B. Cross, MD

Hip and Knee Replacement

About Dr. Cross

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Dr. Cross specializes in adult reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee, including primary and revision joint replacements.

He attended Washington University in St. Louis for his undergraduate education, where he double majored in chemistry and mathematics/statistics and played varsity football.  He graduated medical school from Vanderbilt University as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.  Dr. Cross completed his residency at HSS, where he was awarded the Russell Warren Basic Science Research Award and the Jean McDaniel Award, which is given to the Chief Resident who best demonstrates leadership, professionalism and ethics in the care of patients.  In addition, he was voted by the faculty as the Distinguished Housestaff Award winner at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. 

After residency, Dr. Cross completed a fellowship in Adult Reconstruction at Rush University Medical Center, where he won the Jorge O. Galante, MD Fellow Research Award.  Dr. Cross joined HSS as a clinician-scientist and currently has over 55 publications and has received numerous research awards at local, regional, and national levels, including the 2013 Frank Stinchfield Award from the Hip Society and the 2013 OREF/ORS Travel Award in Translational Research from the Orthopaedic Research Society. 

To Our Medicare Eligible Patients:
Effective January 1, 2020, Dr. Cross will be changing status with the Medicare Program to that of “Non-Participating Provider.”  Dr. Cross will still be enrolled as a provider in the Medicare program and will still be able to treat you. What changes is how the office will bill for services. Please contact us with any questions. 

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Departments

Procedures

Total Hip Arthroplasty, Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty, Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, Patellofemoral Arthroplasty

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Insurance

If your insurance is not listed, please call our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage. If you have out-of-network benefits, then your insurance may reimburse you for a portion of your office visit. We will work with you and your insurance to minimize your out-of-pocket costs. Financial assistance may be available for patients in need.

Credentials

Appointments

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

Affiliations

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2006-present
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, 2010-present
Orthopaedic Research Society – Active member, 2012-present

Certification

Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Vanderbilt Medical School, 2006
2nd place, Resident Poster Contest, New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, October 24, 2009
Ortho-McNeil Scholarship recipient for AAOS/AAHKS Improving Outcomes for Partial, Primary and Revision Knee Arthroplasty course, October 8-9, 2010
AAHKS Scholarship recipient for AAOS/ORS/OREF Clinician Scientist Development Program, October 17-19, 2010
Richard S. Laskin, MD Research Award, "The Effect of Distal Femoral Cut Height on Coronal Plane Stability in TKA – A Cadaveric Study Assessing the Effect of Re-cutting the Distal Femur."  22nd Annual HSS Holiday Total Knee Course, December 2-3, 2010.
Resident Travel Award Paper, "Results of Non-cemented, Semi-constrained Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Inflammatory Arthritis: A Minimum Fifteen Year Follow-up", Eastern Orthopaedic Association, October, 2011
Distinguished Housestaff Award - New York Presbyterian Hospital – For top resident in Orthopaedic Surgery as elected by the Faculty - Weill Cornell Medical Center, 2011
2012 American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) National Quality Scholar
Russell Warren Excellence in Basic Science/Translational Research Award, 2012
Jean McDaniel Award - Awarded to the HSS Chief Resident who best demonstrates leadership, professionalism and ethics in the care of patients as voted by co-residents, 2012
Recognition at Annual Alumni Meeting at Hospital for Special Surgery – Russell Warren Excellence in Basic Science/Translational Research Award, 2012
OREF/ORS Travel Award in Translational Research, 2013 ORS annual meeting
Frank Stinchfield Hip Society Award – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2013
American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Emerging Leaders Program, 2013

Education

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Internship

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

Fellowship

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

State Licensure

Languages

English

Publications by Dr. Cross

Editorial Appointments

Reviewer, HSS Journal, 2010-present
Reviewer, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 2010-present
Reviewer, Orthopaedic Research Society annual meeting, 2012-present
Reviewer, Bone & Joint Journal, 2013
Reviewer, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology (EJOS), 2013
Editorial Board, Bone & Joint Journal – 360
Clinical Lead, Hip Specialist – Bone & Joint Journal

Selected Books/Chapters

Cross MB, Bostrom M. Neuromuscular Hip Disorders.  In: Berry and Lieberman, eds. Surgery of the Hip.  Chapter 80:972-985.

Kelly BT, Maak TG, Cross MB, Fabricant P, Kelly BT. In: Zini and Byrd, eds. Hip Arthroscopy. Italy: Arti Grafiche Editoriali Srl; 2010:249-62.

Fabricant P, Maak TG, Cross MB, Kelly BT. Avoiding Complications in Hip Arthroscopy.  Oper Tech Sports Med. 2011;19:108-113.

Mayman D, Nam D, Cross MB, Haas S. Patient-Matched Instruments. In: Parvizi ed. The Knee. Chapter 58: 58-1 – 58-11.

Cross MB, Li X. Angela.  Hip Osteoarthritis.  Case Files. 2012 production.

Selected Presentations

Cross MB, Nam D, McArthur B, Lipman J, Figgie MP.  “Results of Non-cemented, Semi-constrained Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Inflammatory Arthritis: A Minimum Fifteen Year Follow-up”, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, October, 2011

Cross MB, Egidy C, Wu R, Osbahr DC, Nam D, Dines JS.  Single Incision Chronic Distal Biceps Tendon Repair with Tibialis Anterior Allograft.  ASES Specialty Day, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2012.

Cross MB, Esposito C, Sokolova A, Reza, Molloy D, Walter W, Walter WK.  Fretting and Corrosion Damage in Modular Total Hip Arthroplasty.  Austrailian Orthopaedic Association (AOA), Sydney Australia, October 2012

Yi PH, Cross MB, Moric M, Sporer SM, Berger RA, Della Valle CJ.  The Diagnosis of Early Postoperative Infection Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. 2013 Frank Stinchfield Award - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 2013.

Molloy D, Cross MB, Zicat B, Walter W, Walter W. Fretting and Corrosion in an Exchangeable Neck Modular Hip System - A Cause for Concern. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 2013.

Klingenstein G, Cross MB, Plaskos C, Li AX, Nam D, Lyman S, Pearle AD, Mayman D.  An elevated joint line after TKA leads to increased mid-flexion laxity.  CAOS – International. June 12-15, 2013, Orlando, FL.

Yi PH, Cross MB, Moric M, Levine BR, Sporer SM, Paprosky WP, Jacobs JJ, Della Valle CJ. Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Revision Hip Arthroplasty with a Metal on Metal Bearing or Corrosion. Closed Meeting of the Hip Society. Oct 4, 2013

Cross MB. Anatomical Alignment: Recreating normal anatomy? Faculty – Innovations in Knee Arthroplasty. Royal College of Medicine Royal College of Medicine. October 7, 2013.

Cross MB. Robotics: State of the art or over-complication. Faculty – Innovations in Knee Arthroplasty. Royal College of Medicine. October 7, 2013

Cross MB. The Impact of Joint Line Elevation. Faculty - London Knee Meeting. October 8, 2013.

Cross MB. Yi PH, Moric M, Sporer SM, Berger RA, Della Valle CJ.  Revising an HTO or UKA to TKA:  Is it more like a Primary TKA or a Revision TKA? American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS), November 9, 2013.

Research

Research Interests

Total Hip Arthroplasty, Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, Unicompartmental Arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty, Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, Bone Biology, Osseointegration, Osteolysis, Hip and Knee Biomechanics

Industry Relationships

Industry Relationships

HSS has a long history of supporting appropriate relationships with industry because they advance HSS's mission to provide the highest quality patient care, improve patient mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all, and to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and their related disciplines through research and education.

Below are the healthcare industry relationships reported by Dr. Cross as of February 01, 2021.

  • 3M (aquired Acelity) - Advisory Board; Consultant; Research support
  • BICMD- Investment interest
  • Bone and Joint Journal 360 - Editorial board
  • DePuy - Consultant
  • Exactech - Consultant; Research support
  • Flexion Therapeutics - Consultant; Speakers’ bureau
  • Imagen Technologies - Investment interest
  • Insight Medical - Investment interest
  • Intellijoint Surgical, Inc. - Consultant; Investment interest; Research support
  • Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Editorial board
  • Parvizi Surgical Innovation - Investment interest
  • Smith & Nephew - Consultant
  • Techniques in Orthopaedics - Editorial board

HSS and its physicians make this information available to patients and the public, thus creating a transparent environment for those who are interested in this information. Further, the HSS Conflicts of Interest and Commitment Policy prohibits physicians from collecting royalties on products they develop that are used on patients at HSS.

Patients should feel free to ask their HSS physicians questions about these relationships.

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