Shoulder and Elbow

Fellowship Faculty

Primary Faculty

  • William N. Levine, MD

    • Fellowship Director – Frank E. Stinchfield Professor & Chair, Orthopedic Surgery
    • Shoulder & Elbow Fellowship Director
    • Head Team Physician Emeritus, Columbia University Athletics
    • Chair, Shoulder and Elbow Subcommittee, NFL
    • Consultant, NHL Players Association; NFL Players Association
    • Former, Editor-in-Chief, JAAOS
    • Former President, ASES
    • Advanced Arthroscopic & Open Shoulder, Elbow, Knee

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  • Christopher S. Ahmad, MD

    • Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
    • Head Team Physician, New York Yankees
    • Head Team Physician, New York City Football Club
    • President, Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association
    • Advanced Arthroscopic Shoulder, Elbow, & Knee Surgery, Tommy John Surgery
    • NCAA Div 1 Soccer (nationally ranked), Columbia University

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  • Charles M. Jobin, MD

    • Louis U. Bigliani Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
    • Team Physician, Columbia University Club Athletics
    • Team Physician, Riverdale Country School
    • Specializes in Open & Arthroscopic Shoulder and Elbow
    • JAAOS Deputy Editor, Shoulder

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  • Michael L. Knudsen, MD

    • Assistant Professor
    • His sports medicine experience includes previous team-physician roles with the Minnesota Twins, St. Paul Saints, University of Minnesota Athletics, New York Yankees, and Columbia University Athletics. He currently serves as Assistant Team Physician for Iona University Athletics.
    • Section Head of JBJS Clinical Classroom–Shoulder & Elbow,
    • Serves on the AAOS Shoulder & Elbow Program Committee and ASES Education Committee
    • Aacademic work focuses on shoulder arthroplasty, complex reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, shoulder instability, fractures, and sports-related shoulder and elbow injuries. 
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Sports Medicine Physicians

  • Thomas S. Bottigileri, DO

    • Chief, Sports Medicine Physicians
    • Chief, Sports Medicine Physicians
    • Head Team Physician, Columbia University Varsity Athletics
    • Team Physician, Bergen County Public Schools
    • Acute & Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions
    • Concussion Management

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  • Morgan Busko, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine
    • Injury Prevention & Preventative Care
    • Specializes in Endurance Athlete & Runners Health
    • Top 5 Finisher, Hawaii Ironman World Championship

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  • Elan L. Goldwaser, DO

    • Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine
    • Team physician, US Ski and Snowboard
    • Ultrasound diagnostics/procedures and regenerative biologics
    • Integrative concussion management, and osteopathic manipulative medicine
    • Marathon runner, former NCAA runner/swimmer

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