Steven J. Lee, MD

Steven J. Lee MD is a board certified, double fellowship trained, orthopedic surgeon and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Lee specializes in the treatment of the most complex disorders of the hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee, and ankle.

Dr. Lee grew up in northern New Jersey, obtained his MD degree through a highly competitive, accelerated 6 year college/med school program at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He completed his orthopedic residency at Stony Brook University Hospital, his Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship at NYU/Hospital for Joint Diseases, and his second fellowship in Sports Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital.  During this training, he participated in the care of the NY Jets, Islanders, Rangers, as well as Hofstra Athletics. He has served as the team physician for the New Jersey Red Dogs and Gladiators Arena Football and for Hofstra University Athletics and is a consultant for the PGA tour.

Dr. Lee has been continuously involved in advancing orthopedic research and academics. He is currently the Associate Director of NISMAT, a non profit research organization dedicated to the advancement of sports medicine and orthopedic research. He is actively involved in the instruction of doctors and allied health professionals, and is widely published in peer reviewed journals and presented at numerous national meetings. Specialty interests include:

• Arthroscopy (Shoulder, knee, wrist, elbow)
• Complex hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder injuries
• Shoulder separations, dislocations, and Rotator cuff tears
• Upper Extremity fractures
• TFCC and ligament tears of the hand/wrist
• Meniscus tears, ACL tears of the knee
• Cartilage injuries and repair/transplantation
• Upper extremity nerve disorders
• Tendon ruptures
• Sports Medicine - all facets

Lenox Hill Hospital, New York NY

Tyler TF, Johnson C, Lee SJ, Nicholas SJ:  Stressed Out: Golf and racquet sports can damage intricate elbow and wrist anatomy.  Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation, pp 21-24,  July 2006

Mullaney MJ, McHugh MP, Tyler TF, Lee SJ, Nicholas SJ: Weakness in End-Range Plantarflexion Following Achilles Tendon Repair: Evidence of Tendon Lengthening.  American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol 34, No.7, 2006.

Stein DA, Lee SJ, Raskin KB: Compartment syndrome of the hand caused by CT contrast infiltration: A case report and review of the literature. Orthopedics.  Vol 26 (3), pp 333-334, March 2003.

Lee SJ, Nicholas SJ, Akizuki K, McHugh MP, Ben-Avi, SS, Kremenic IJ: Reconstruction of the coracoclavicular ligaments with tendon grafts. A comparative biomechanical study.  American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 31 (5), Sept, 2003.

Plate AM, Lee SJ, Steiner G, Posner MA: Benign Tumors of the Hand and Wrist. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.  Vol 11(2), pp 129-141, March/April 2003.

Lee SJ, Montgomery K: Athletic hand injuries.  Orthopaedic Clinics of North America.  Jul;33(3):547-54, 2002.

Lee SJ, Jasrawi LM, Ong B, Raskin KB: One-bone forearm, eight year followup.  A case report and review of the literature.  American Journal of Orthopedics. Dec, 2000.

Lee SJ, Cutcliffe DA, Hurst LC: Infections in the upper extremity. In Dee R, Hurst LC, Gruber MA, Kottmeier SA (eds): Principles of Orthopaedic Practice, 2^nd ed., New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1997, pp 1193-99.

Lee SJ, Meinhard BP, Schultz E, Toledano B: Open reduction and internal fixation of a glenoid fossa fracture in a child: A case report and review of the literature. J Orthop Trauma. Vol 11, No. 6, pp 452-54, 1997.

Lane GJ, Prodoehl JA, Black J, Lee SJ, Rhodes A, Sherk HH: An experimental comparison of CO2, argon, Nd:YAG and Ho:YAG laser ablation of intervertebral discs. Spine: State of the Art Reviews. Vol. 7(1):1-10, 1993.

Prodoehl JA, Lane GJ, Black J, Lee SJ, Cummings R, Sherk HH: The effect of lasers on intervertebral disc pressures. Spine: State of the Art Reviews. Vol 7(1):17-22, 1993.

Lane GJ, Sherk HH, Mooar PA, Lee SJ, Black J: Holmium:YAG laser versus carbon dioxide laser versus mechanical arthroscopic debridement. Seminars in Orthopedics. Vol. 7(2):95-101, 1992

Leadbetter WB, Mooar PA, Lane GJ, Lee SJ: The surgical treatment of tendinitis. Clinics Sports Med. Vol. 11(4): 679-712, 1992.

Lane GJ, Sherk HH, Lee SJ: Basic science of lasers. Perspectives in Orthopedic Surgery. Vol. 2(2):11-24, 1991.

Rhodes A, Black J, Lane GJ, Lee SJ, Sherk HH: The clinical use of the 2.1 micron holmium YAG laser and percutaneous lumbar discectomy. Spine: State of the Art Reviews. Vol 7(1):49-54, 1993.