Christopher M. Brusalis, MD

Dr. Christopher M. Brusalis is a fellowship-trained Sports Medicine Surgeon who specializes in complex and minimally invasive surgical interventions for the shoulder. He practices as an orthopedic surgeon and shoulder specialist in the HSS Sports Medicine Institute and serves as an Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

After graduating as Class Valedictorian of his high school on Long Island, New York, Dr. Brusalis graduated with Honors as a double-major in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry at Yale University. He received a prestigious full-tuition merit scholarship to attend the nation's oldest medical school, the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the William G. Munns Prize as the most outstanding student entering Orthopedic Surgery. There, he was also among a select group chosen by his peers for membership in the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Dr. Brusalis completed his orthopedic surgical residency at the nation's #1 orthopedic residency program, Hospital for Special Surgery, where he was recognized with the New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council Distinguished Housestaff Award as the graduating orthopedic surgery resident demonstrating all-around clinical excellence. Dr. Brusalis completed advanced fellowship training in Sports Medicine at the prestigious Rush University, where he served as Assistant Team Physician for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox.

Prior to beginning his practice, Dr. Brusalis completed a North America Traveling Fellowship to receive personal mentorship from world-renowned shoulder surgeons, including Dr. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo (Mayo Clinic), Dr. George Athwal (Ontario, Canada), Drs. Robert Tashjian and Peter Chalmers (University of Utah), Dr. Surena Namdari (Rothman Institute), and Dr. Jonathan Levy (Tampa, Florida). Finally, he studied internationally under the preeminent shoulder surgeon Professor Pascal Boileau in Nice, France. Through this unique training, Dr. Brusalis offers innovative, minimally invasive surgical techniques to patients at HSS.

Dr. Brusalis actively engages in research in cadaveric studies, biomechanics, computational modeling, and clinical registries to discover new ways to improve musculoskeletal healthcare. Dr. Brusalis has authored numerous peerreviewed research articles published in the nation's leading medical journals, including The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, and Arthroscopy.

Departments

Special Expertise

All conditions of the shoulder

Procedures

Shoulder
Shoulder arthroscopy
Rotator cuff repair
Total shoulder replacement
Reverse total shoulder replacement
Shoulder instability procedures
Shoulder stabilization (e.g. Remplissage Procedure)
Shoulder labral repair
Shoulder Latarjet procedure for instability
Shoulder free bone block procedures for instability
Shoulder distal tibial allograft reconstruction
Shoulder lower trapezius tendon transfer
Revision shoulder surgery
Revision shoulder replacement
Complex shoulder reconstruction
Shoulder tendon transfers
Split-thickness pectoralis major tendon transfer for scapular winging
Shoulder superior capsular reconstruction
Shoulder biceps tenodesis (arthroscopic and open)
Shoulder impingement decompression
Shoulder capsular release for frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
Shoulder superior labrum anterior-posterior (SLAP) repair
Shoulder distal clavicle excision
Nerve decompressions around the shoulder
Shoulder fracture repair (humerus, glenoid, clavicle, scapula)
Arthroscopic scapulothoracic bursectomy
Arthroscopic subacromial balloon spacer implantation
Acromioclavicular (AC) joint injuries and reconstruction
Acromioclavicular (AC) joint arthritis surgery
Humeral head osteochondral allograft
Pectoralis major repairs
Sternoclavicular (SC) joint injuries and reconstruction
Sternoclavicular (SC) joint arthritis surgery

Elbow
Biceps Tendon Rupture
Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) reconstruction
Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) repair
Lateral epicondylitis debridement/repair
Elbow arthroscopy
Triceps Tendon Rupture

Knee
Knee Arthroscopy
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
Arthroscopic Meniscus repair
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy
Patellar tendon repair
Quadriceps tendon repair