About Dr. Roberts
Dr. Matthew Roberts is the chief of the Foot and Ankle Service at HSS. He is board certified and has been in practice since 2003, specializing in the repair of foot and ankle injuries, as well as the reconstruction of deformities such as bunions, hammertoes, flatfeet, 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 returned to New York for his General Surgery Internship at Weill Cornell Medical Center and his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at HSS. 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 HSS 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 received the Nancy Kane Bischoff Award for Resident Mentorship in 2019. He has numerous publications and continues to work in research and education.
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Departments
Special Expertise
High arched feet, including Charcot-Marie Tooth disease
Foot and ankle arthritis
Foot and ankle trauma/fractures
Reconstruction of foot deformities: bunions, hammertoes, flat feet
Sports injuries: Achilles tendon rupture, ankle instability
Patient Stories
Insurance
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Credentials
Appointments
Chief of the Foot and Ankle Service, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Associate Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Affiliations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS)
New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Board member, 2012-present
Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards
Castle Connolly Top Doctors in New York Metro Area, 2009-2022
New York Magazine Top Doctors, 2012-2022
Nancy Kane Bischoff Award for Resident Mentorship, 2019
AAOS Leadership Fellow, 2011
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (top in medical school class)
Education
MD, University of Texas, Houston, Texas
Residency
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Fellowship
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Foot and Ankle, Seattle, Washington
State Licensure
Languages
English
For My Patients
Surgical Locations
Dr. Roberts performs surgery at the following locations:
Publications by Dr. Roberts
For all publications, please see the PubMed listing.
Patient Education
Research
Industry Relationships
Industry Relationships
One of the goals of HSS is to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and related disciplines for the benefit of patients. Physicians at HSS may collaborate with outside companies for education, research and medical advances. HSS supports this collaboration in order to foster medical breakthroughs; however HSS also believes that these collaborations must be disclosed.
As part of the disclosure process, this website lists physician collaborations with outside companies. The disclosures are provided by information provided by the physician and other sources and are updated regularly. Further information may be available on individual company websites.
Below are the healthcare industry relationships reported by Dr. Roberts as of February 15, 2023.
- HS2, LLC - Ownership Interest
- HSS ASC of Manhattan, LLC - Ownership Interest
- Imagen Technologies - Ownership Interest
- New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Board or Committee Member
By disclosing the collaborations of HSS physicians with industry on this website, HSS and its physicians make this information available to their patients and the public, thus creating a transparent environment for those who are interested in this information. Further, the HSS Conflicts of Interest Policy does not permit physicians to collect royalties on products developed by him/her that are used on patients at HSS.
Patients should feel free to ask their HSS physicians questions about these relationships.