Overview
Joel Shapiro, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a clinical focus in shoulder and elbow surgery, arthroscopic surgery, and sports medicine. He performs over 300 shoulder procedures per year, including many shoulder arthroscopies. He believes it is important to develop a partnership and dialogue with his patients, so that they understand the diagnostic process, their own unique problem, their treatment choices, and the recovery process. He has served on the medical staff of the Chicago Bulls, Cubs, and Bears, and while he was completing his fellowship, he was a team doctor for the New York Mets.
Dr. Shapiro likes to spend time with his two boys. He also enjoys hiking, biking, and sailing.
Education
Program: MD
Institution: State U of NY at Buffalo School of Med & Biomed
Program: Residency
Institution: Northwestern University
Program: Fellowship in Orthopedic Surgery
Institution: Hospital for Joint Disease
Program: Board Certified
Institution: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Institution: State U of NY at Buffalo School of Med & Biomed
Program: Residency
Institution: Northwestern University
Program: Fellowship in Orthopedic Surgery
Institution: Hospital for Joint Disease
Program: Board Certified
Institution: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Services + Specialties
Specializing in:
- Arthroscopic surgery of the elbow
- Arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder
- Bankart repairs
- Biceps tendon rupture repair
- Cartilage repair
- Clavicle open reduction
- Complex shoulder instability repair
- Cortisone of the elbow
- Elbow procedures
- Fracture care of the elbow
- Injections of the elbow
- Injections of the shoulder
- Loose body removal of the elbow
- Non-operative and conservative treatment of the elbow
- Partial rotator cuff repair
- Proximal humerus open reduction
- Reverse shoulder replacement
- Reverse total shoulder replacement
- SLAP lesion repair
- Shoulder fracture surgery
- Shoulder procedures
- Shoulder stabilization for dislocation
- Sports medicine for the elbow
- Sports medicine for the shoulder
- Tommy John Surgery
- Total rotator cuff repair
- Total shoulder replacement
- UCL Reconstruction
- Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction
- Ulnar nerve release/transposition
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Patient Resources
Your First Appointment
For your first appointment, please:
- Bring your current valid insurance card
- Bring a referral authorization from your primary care provider, if your insurance requires
- Bring a medical history to include all current medications and dosage
- Bring all previous x-rays, CAT scans, MRI scans, or other test results relating to your medical problem
- Bring previous medical records relating to current medical problem
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