Dr. Leon E. Popovitz, MD, FAAOS

Top3Doctors.com selected Dr. Leon Popovitz as a top orthopedic surgeon in New York because of his sports medicine fellowship, his arthroscopic focus, and his work with elite athletes. He earned his medical degree at New York Medical College. He completed his orthopedic residency at Lenox Hill Hospital and a fellowship in arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine at NYU Langone Hospital for Joint Diseases. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He also teaches at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the CUNY School of Medicine.

What we like most about Dr. Popovitz is his focus on the shoulder and knee. He repairs rotator cuffs, SLAP tears, ACL tears, and meniscus tears through small arthroscopic incisions. As co-founder of New York Bone & Joint Specialists, he works alongside sports medicine doctors, pain specialists, and physical therapists under one roof on the Upper East Side and in Midtown. He also serves as a team physician at the US Open Tennis Championships. For these reasons, Top3Doctors.com proudly names Dr. Leon Popovitz among the top three orthopedic surgeons in New York.