Dr. Howard Jay Gelb, MD

Dr. Gelb is subspecialty certified by the ABOS in sports medicine. He specializes in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilization, shoulder replacements, arthroscopic knee surgery including ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair, meniscal transplantation, and articular cartilage transplantation. He also performs arthroscopic elbow, ankle, wrist and hip surgery. In addition to arthroscopic surgery, Dr. Gelb performs joint replacement surgery of the hip, knee and shoulder.
Dr. Gelb graduated with honors, top of his class, from Cornell University in 1985, and was awarded both the Organic Chemistry Award and the Presidential Scholar award. Dr. Gelb received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 1989. While at Penn, he won the Botelho Prize for Physiology and the Munns award for Orthopaedic surgery. He remained at the University of Pennsylvania for Orthopaedic Surgical Residency from 1989-1994. In 1995, he completed an …Orthopedic Fellowship in Sports Medicine, Knee and Shoulder Reconstruction at the Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center, one of the first orthopedic sports medicine fellowships in the country.
Dr. Gelb is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and Subspecialty Certified in Sports Medicine by the ABOS. He is a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr Gelb serves as an instructor for advanced arthroscopic shoulder surgery for Arthex. Dr. Gelb has lectured both at the national and local level. Dr.Gelb serves as a team physician to local high schools in Palm Beach and Broward Counties as well as Broward Community College. He is a consultant to the USTA. He has been a consultant to the Baltimore Orioles for Spring Training baseball and has provided coverage for local sporting events including the Chris Evert Invitational Tennis Tournament, the Nuveen Masters Tennis Tournament, The MenÂ’s Masters Basketball Tournament, The Kruel Classic Basketball Tournament, South Florida Olympic Soccer, The Umbro Classic Soccer Tournament and the Honda Classic Golf Tournament.

• West Boca Medical Center

Gelb Sports Medicine And Orthopaedic Center

9980 Central Park Blvd N Ste 222

Boca Raton

FL

33428

USA

+15615588898

• Sports Medicine
• Orthopedic Surgery

• Physical Therapy
• Knee Replacement

• Accepts Medicaid
• CIGNA HMO
• Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
• Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
• AvMed Empower
• Avmed Choice
• CIGNA Open Access Plus
• UHC Options PPO
• Coventry FL Employer Group HMO Open Access
• BCBS Florida myBlue
• Humana HMO Premier
• UHC Choice Plus POS
• Humana Preferred PPO
• Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
• PHCS PPO
• Coventry FL Employer Group PPO
• Aetna Choice POS II
• Humana HMO
• CIGNA PPO
• Multiplan PPO
• Humana HMO Select
• Aetna HMO
• Humana National POS
• Humana Choice POS
• Neighborhood Health Partnership Commercial
• Florida Blue BlueCare HMO
• Florida Blue BlueOptions
• CIGNA LocalPlus
• BCBS Blue Card PPO
• AvMed Engage
• Aexcel PPO
• BCBS FL Blue Choice
• Bright Health PalmBeach
• Florida Blue SimplyBlue
• MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
• UHC Nexus Open Access
• Aetna Elect Choice EPO Open Access
• Aetna Innovation Health Aetna Premier Care Network Plus
• Aetna Open Choice PPO
• Ambetter Select
• AvMed Choice POS - Large Group
• AvMed Empower - Small Employer Groups (1-50)
• AvMed Focus - Small Employer Groups
• BCBS FL Blue BlueCare HMO
• BCBS FL Blue BlueOptions
• BCBS FL Blue SimplyBlue
• BCBS FL myBlue
• BCBS FL Preferred Patient Care PPO
• BCBSA Blue Card High Performance Network
• Bright Health Plan Individual & Family
• Cigna Connect - FL
• Cigna SureFit South Florida
• Humana / ChoiceCare Network PPO
• Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
• Medica Choice With UHC
• AvMed Health Individual Market Place Entrust Plans

• Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
• Scoliosis or Kyphoscoliosis
• Internal Derangement of Knee
• Spinal Stenosis
• Osteoarthritis
• Fractures
• Dislocations
• Derangement
• and Sprains
• Lateral Epicondylitis
• Internal Derangement of Knee Cartilage
• Sciatica
• Rotator cuff syndrome