Biography

Dr. Austin T. Fragomen attended medical school at the State University of New York, Downstate College of Medicine. He excelled through a very hands-on surgical internship at Montefiore and Jacobi medical centers in the Bronx. He launched into his orthopaedic residency training program, under John R. Denton, MD, at the Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Center. As chief resident he took a strong interest in fracture care, limb reconstruction, and joint preservation surgery. He then relocated to San Francisco, California to dedicate himself to learning advanced techniques in surgery of the shoulder and knee with pioneer and innovator Eugene M. Wolf, MD. He returned to New York's Hospital for Special Surgery to help found a fellowship in Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Surgery with the world renown Dr. S. Robert Rozbruch, MD.

As an Associate Attending, he is the Fellowship Director of the Hospital's Limb Lengthening & Deformity Service. An Associate Professor at the Weill Cornell College of Medicine, he is dedicated to an academic track: training pre-medical and medical students, orthopaedic residents, and orthopaedic fellows. He has presented his clinical and biomechanical research at medical meetings and has authored and edited articles for various orthopaedic journals and textbooks. He has lectured extensively on related topics to residency training programs and in the community setting. Skilled in the art of less invasive surgery, Dr. Fragomen will perform a sophisticated and comprehensive analysis of each patient to determine an optimal treatment plan. Care will be delivered with a highly skilled team of experts trained in the subtle techniques of limb deformity surgery, and he will personally execute the procedures to ensure the best possible results. Together with his interdisciplinary team in this highly specialized hospital setting, Dr. Fragomen can make complex and uncommon procedures routine and safe with remarkable results.