Dr. Christopher S. Ahmad, MD

Christopher S. Ahmad, MD, specializes in knee ACL, meniscus, and cartilage injuries, shoulder instability and labral tears, rotator cuff pathology, Tommy John surgery, and advanced arthroscopic surgical techniques for sports-related injuries of the knee, shoulder and elbow. He is the Head Team Physician for the New York Yankees and a member of the Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association. He is also Head Team Physician for the Rockland Boulders as well as for several high schools in Manhattan and New Jersey. In addition, Dr. Ahmad serves as a consultant to local metropolitan gymnastics and swim teams, and as the official medical provider to the FC Westchester Soccer Academy.
A recipient of several awards for outstanding research in the field of Sports Medicine, Dr. Ahmad conducts ongoing research in the areas of ACL injury prevention and screening, biomechanics of the elbow, and surgical techniques for rotator cuff and shoulder instability repair. He has authored more than …200 articles and 50 book chapters related to shoulder, elbow, and sports medicine and has presented over 250 lectures nationally, and internationally. Dr. Ahmad was also an editor of the textbook Minimally Invasive Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Injuries.
In addition, Dr. Ahmad serves as Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs for the Columbia University Department of Orthopedic Surgery.
Dr. Ahmad earned an undergraduate degree in engineering while playing 4 years of Division 1 varsity soccer at nationally ranked Columbia University. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and three children.

• Newyork Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center

CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Ave

New York

NY

10032

USA

(844) 304-8545

• General Orthopedics

• Knee Arthroscopy
• Knee Arthroscopy
• Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• AETNA
• Affinity Health Plan
• AgeWell
• Amerigroup of New Jersey
• CIGNA
• Emblem/Hip
• Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
• Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Fidelis Care
• Healthfirst
• Local 1199
• Magnacare (National)
• Medicare
• MVP Health Care
• Quality Health Management
• RiverSpring
• UnitedHealthcare
• VNSNY CHOICE
• WellCare
• Workers Compensation
• World Trade Center Health Plan