Stephen Fealy, MD

Dr. Stephen Fealy is a board certified Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery. He specializes in injuries and associated surgeries of the shoulder, knee, and elbow.

He performs the latest and most innovative techniques for arthroscopic procedures of the shoulder and knee. He focuses on repairing injured ligaments/tendons/cartilage with the goal of joint preservation. When indicated, he also performs knee replacements.

Dr. Fealy attended college at Columbia, where he was a pitcher for the baseball team, and then continued on to graduate with honors from Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. He completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at HSS.

Board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Fealy is an active member of many professional organizations, including: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America, American College of Sports Medicine, American Shoulder & Elbow Society, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for the past 15 years and has been involved in both clinical and laboratory research at HSS for over 25 years.

Throughout his career, his passion for baseball drove his involvement with the Major League Baseball Players Association where he currently is the Orthopedic Surgery/Sports Medicine Consultant. In this role, Dr. Fealy is at the forefront of research and evaluation of shoulder and elbow pain in overhead athletes and corresponding treatments.

Dr. Fealy also serves on the Research Committee and Medical Advisory Committee for Major League Baseball. He is one of the creators of the Major League Baseball PitchSmart initiative (www.pitchsmart.org) which is an ongoing collaborative effort to minimize overuse injuries in youth sports and baseball. He is also one of the coordinators of MLB’s ongoing prospective study to limit ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) tears needing reconstruction (Tommy John surgery).

Dr. Fealy was raised on Long Island and is active as a team physician for both high school and semi-pro athletic teams on Long Island and throughout New York City. He enjoys the involvement in the community and the chance to follow his patients as they further their athletic careers.

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Departments

Specialized Centers

Performing Arts Medicine Collaborative

Special Expertise

Knee pain 
Shoulder pain / tendinitis 
Elbow pain / tendinitis 
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Rotator cuff repair
Shoulder stabilization / Labral repair

Procedures

Shoulder:

Shoulder arthroscopy
AC joint resection
Biceps tenodesis
Rotator cuff repair
Shoulder stabilization / Labral repair
Remplissage / Latarjet procedures
Proximal humerus open reduction internal fixation
Clavicle open reduction internal fixation

Knee:

Knee arthroscopy
Meniscectomy
Meniscus repair
ACL reconstruction / revision
MPFL reconstruction
Tibial tubercle osteotomy
Fulkerson osteotomy
Quad / Patella tendon repair 
Exertional compartment syndrome release
Patellofemoral knee arthroplasty
Unicompartmental (medial and lateral) knee arthroplasty
Total knee arthroplasty
Tibial plateau open reduction internal fixation

Elbow:

Elbow arthroscopy
ECRB repair
Flexor pronator repair 
Ulnar nerve transposition
Distal biceps repair 

Ankle:

Achilles tendon repair