Welcome
Specialties
Anatomical
Arm, Elbow, Shoulder
Treatment
Arthritis, Arthritis, Arthroscopic Surgery, Joint Replacement, Joint Replacement, Sports Medicine, Trauma/Fractures, Trauma/Fractures
My approach to treating patients
General Information:
Welcome to the web-site of Andrew Green, MD.
I completed my undergraduate education at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, and subsequently received my MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York. I then went on to do my Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. After residency I completed a fellowship in shoulder and upper extremity surgery with Tom Norris, MD and Relton McCarroll, MD in San Francisco. Since 1993 I have been a partner in University Orthopedics, Inc in Providence, Rhode Island as well as a member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brown Medical School. Currently, I am an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Chief of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of Brown Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital.
My clinical practice is limited to disorders of the shoulder, elbow and upper extremity. I specialize in all aspects of surgery for these disorders; including arthroscopic, reconstructive, total joint replacement (shoulder and elbow) and fracture fixation. The typical problems that I evaluate and treat include rotator cuff tears and impingement, shoulder and elbow instability and dislocations, shoulder and elbow arthritis, shoulder fractures (proximal humerus, glenoid, scapula, and clavicle), elbow fractures, malunions and nonunions, tendon injuries of the shoulder and elbow, and sports injuries. In my capacity in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brown Medical School I help to train Orthopaedic Surgery Residents and am the director of the departments arthroscopy bioskills laboratory. In addition, I am actively involved in research related to shoulder and elbow disorders and have presented and published many papers on these subjects.
I am a member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, the New England Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, and the Eastern Orthopaedic Association. I am on the editorial review panels for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
My teaching experience includes my work with the orthopaedic residents at Brown Medical School, as well as teaching at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Orthopaedic Learning Center in Rosemont, Illinois. My Philosophy About the Treatment of Shoulder and Elbow Disorders:
Disorders of the shoulder and elbow can cause significant pain and dysfunction. These problems can result from a variety of causes such as sports, work, arthritis, or aging. An organized approach to the evaluation of patients with shoulder and elbow disorders leads to an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Many problems can be treated without surgery by temporarily modifying activities, using anti-inflammatory medication, and rehabilitation with physical therapy.
In some cases, surgery is appropriate or necessary. Many shoulder and elbow problems can now be successfully treated with less invasive arthroscopic surgery. In the shoulder this includes impingement and rotator cuff tears, instability, labral tears, adhesive capsulitis, and mild arthritis. Nevertheless, there are some shoulder conditions that require open surgery including many fractures, reconstruction for large rotator cuff tears, shoulder replacement for advanced arthritis, and some revision surgeries. The more common elbow problems that are treated surgically include fractures, epicondylitis (tennis and golfer's elbow), ulnar neuropathy, instability, throwing injuries, and arthritis.
Traumatic shoulder and elbow injuries include fractures, dislocations, and tendon ruptures. In many cases, these injuries are treated with early surgery.
Rehabilitation is a critically important component of the treatment process both for non-operative approaches and during the recovery from surgery. Successful outcomes require the active participation of the patient with an experienced physical therapist.
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