Evan Flatow
Evan Flatow | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 21, 1956 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Known for | shoulder surgery, scientist, researcher |
| Awards | The Neer Award for Excellence in Shoulder Research, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2004
Lifetime Achievement Award, New York Chapter, Arthritis Foundation, 2009 Elected to College of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2010 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | orthopaedic surgeon |
| Institutions | Former President, Mount Sinai West (retired 2024) |
Evan Flatow (born March 21, 1956) is an American orthopaedic surgeon-scientist. Until retiring 2024, he was President of Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), part of the Mount Sinai Health System. He published more than 400 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles. Flatow is indicated as principal or co-principal investigator for nine research grants and listed on six patents for influential shoulder implant systems.
Before Flatow's appointment at Mount Sinai West, he served as the Bernard J. Lasker Professor and Chair of the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he established a basic science tendon research group in the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, and he also served as Director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Service at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He was chosen by Castle Connolly as one of America's top doctors and has won the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons' Neer Award, its highest honor, four times. He is the President of the Board of Trustees of St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's, where he graduated in 1973.