Andrew D. Pearle, MD

Dr. Andrew D. Pearle is an Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery, specializing in Sports Medicine. He is an Assistant Team Physician for the New York Mets. Dr. Pearle's clinical interests include arthroscopic and computer aided surgery of the shoulder, knee, and ankle.

A graduate of Amherst College and Stanford Medical School, Dr. Andrew Pearle completed training in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery. During his residency, he traveled to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem during the height of the intifada to assist in the care of terror victims. While participating in this care, Dr. Pearle was inspired by the pioneering use of computer assisted surgery (CAS) at Hadassah. "Hadassah surgeons modified Computer Assisted Surgery tools designed for the spine, and applied the technology to remove shrapnel," he recalls.

Dr. Pearle was recruited as an attending orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery and was selected to found and develop one of the first Computer Assisted Surgery programs in the United States. Computer Assisted Surgery uses navigation, which is like a "GPS for orthopedic surgery," says Dr. Pearle, who is conducting research to bring these techniques from bench to bedside. He has now performed more types of computer assisted procedures than any orthopedic surgeon in the country.

"Computer Assisted Surgery is a set of tools that can make distinctions that the human eye cannot," said Dr. Pearle. "These techniques improve a surgeon's precision. The job now is to refine these techniques and prove that this precision translates into better patient outcomes."

In addition to his responsibilities at HSS, Dr. Pearle is a team physician for the New York Mets and head team physician for the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Appointments

Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Director, Computer Assisted Surgery Center, Hospital for Special Surgery
Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Shoulder
Sports Medicine

Special Expertise

Computer Assisted and Robotic Surgery
Shoulder Arthroscopy
Knee Arthroscopy
Elbow Arthroscopy
Ankle Arthroscopy
Knee Joint Replacement
Shoulder Joint Replacement
Hip Joint Replacement
Early Arthritis - Knee, Shoulder, and Ankle
Athletic Throwing Injuries

Awards

AO Computer Assisted Surgery Working Group of North America, 2005
OREF Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgery Career Development Award, 2005
Lewis Clark Wagner Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research, 2004
Distinguished Housestaff Award, 2002
OREF Resident Research Grant, 2002

Affiliations

Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery – International (CAOS-International), Member
Orthopedic Research Society, Associate
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Member
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Member

Specialized Centers

• Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) Center
  

Education

BA, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Internship

NewYork-Presbyterian, General Surgery, New York

Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, New York

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, Shoulder and Sports Medicine, New York
Hadassah Hospital, AO Trauma Fellowship, Jerusalem, Israel

State Licensure

New York  

Andrew D. Pearle, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Pearle AD, Solomon DJ, Wanich T, Moreau-Gaudry A, Granchi C, Wickiewicz TL, Warren RF.  Reliability of Navigated Knee Stability Examination: A Cadaveric Evaluation  Am J Sports Med. 2007

Voos JE, Pearle AD, Mattern CJ, Cordasco FA, Allen AA, Waren RF.  Outcomes of Combined Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff and Labral Repair.  Am J Sports Med 2007

Kendoff D. Citak M. Pearle AD, Gardner MJ, Hankemeier S, Krettek C, Hufner T.  Influence of lower limb rotation in navigated alignment analysis: implications for high tibial osteotomies. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy  2007

Citak M, Kendoff D, Kfuri M Jr., Pearle AD, Krettek C, Hufner T.  Accuracy analysis of Iso-C3D versus fluoroscopy-based navigated retrograde drilling of osteochondral lesions: a pilot study.  J Bone Joint Surg Br 2007 89(3): 323-6

Pearle AD, Crow M, Rakshit D, Wohlegmuth J, Nestor B. DNA Microarray analysis of inflammatory pathway activation in mononuclear cells stimulated by particles.  CORR 2007 Jan 11

Pearle AD, Scanzello CR, George S, Mandl LA, DiCarlo EF, Peterson M, Crow MK, Sculco TP.  Elevated High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels are Associated with Local Inflammatory Findings in Patients with Osteoarthritis  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2006

Pearle AD, Kelly BT, Voos, JE, Chehab E, Warren RF.  Surgical technique and anatomic study of latissimus dorsi and teres major transfers.  J Bone Joint Surg Am 2006; 88(7): 1524-31

Kelly BT, Potter HG, Deng X, Pearle AD, Turner AS, Warren RF, Rodeo SA.  Meniscal allograft transplantation in the Sheep Knee:  Evaluation of Chondroprotective Effects  Am J Sports Med 2006; 1-14

Pearle AD, Warren RF, Rodeo SA.  Basic Science of Articular Cartilage and OA. Clinics in Sports Medicine 2005:24(1):1-12.

Pearle AD, Bates JE, Tolo ET, and Windsor RE. Clostridium infection in a knee extensor mechanism allograft: case report and review.  The Knee 2003; 10: 149-153.

Pearle AD and Sculco TP. Technique for fabrication of an antibiotic loaded cement hemiarthroplasty (ANTILOCH) component in infected total hip arthroplasty. Am J Orthop 2002; 31(7): 425-7.

Pearle AD, Daniel BL, Bergman AG, Beaulieu CF, Lang P, Dumoulin CL, Darrow RD, Norbash AM, Napper CL, Hurtak W, Butts K. Joint motion in an open MR unit using MR tracking.  J Magn Reson Imaging. 1999 Jul;10(1):8-14.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Research Interests

Computer Assisted and Robotic Techniques in Sports, Trauma, and Joint Replacement Surgery
Mechanisms of Early Arthritis
Synthetic Meniscal Replacement
Augmentation of Rotator Cuff Healing

Clinical Trials

• Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Control Trial
• Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Total Joint Replacement: The HSS Shoulder Arthroplasty Cohort
• Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Total Joint Replacement: The HSS Knee Arthroplasty Cohort