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500 Grand Avenue
Englewood, NJ 07631
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Insurances Accepted
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- NYP Employee Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
- HMO
- Great West (National)
- EPO
- POS
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- MagnaCare
- Traditional Medicare
- Railroad
- HMO
- Essential Plan
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Empire Plan
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- SelectHealth
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Workers Comp-ACS Dept. of Labor
- Workers Comp-Board of NY
- Workers Comp-FDNY
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About 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.
Board Certifications
Specialties & Expertise
EDUCATION
- Fellowship: Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Clinic
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Residency: New York Orthopedic Hospital
- Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS
- Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at CUMC
- Chief, Sports Medicine
- Vice Chair, Clinical Research
- Head Team Physician, New York Yankees
- Head Team Physician, New York City Football Club
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
