Nicholas Sgaglione

Dr. Nicholas Sgaglione is Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwell Health and at the Hofstra University – North Shore – LIJ Medical School and has been in clinical practice for 28 years in Great Neck, New York. He graduated from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he also completed a surgical internship. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and a fellowship in sports medicine at the Southern California Orthopaedic Institute in Los Angeles.

Dr. Sgaglione was elected president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America for 2012 -13 and has served on its Board of Directors since 2008. He was elected to the American Orthopaedic Association in 2006 and currently is a trustee of the AANA Education foundation and Association Member Representative for the Orthopaedic Learning Center in Rosemont, Illinois. He is an active member of the American Orthopaedic Association, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine and International Cartilage Repair Society. Dr. Sgaglione serves on the Board of Trustees of the Arthroscopy Journal as well as the editorial board of several medical journals and is the author of three textbooks and 75 published articles and chapters on knee, shoulder and cartilage surgery.