Alan M. Reznik, MD, MBA

Alan M. Reznik, MD, MBA

Assistant Clinical Professor: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Attending Staff: Yale New Haven Hospital, The Hospital of St. Raphael, Milford Hospital, Milford, CT

Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine

Surgical Internship and Orthopaedic Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Fellowship: Sports Medicine, Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy, UCSD, San Diego, CA

Fellowship: Nuffeild Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University, Oxford, England

Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgery | Board Certified Arthroscopic Surgery:

Dr. Reznik is board certified in Orthopedic and Arthroscopic surgery, specializing in Sports Medicine. A Westinghouse Science talent search honoree, he received his Bachelors of Science from Columbia University 's School of Engineering. There, as a member of a research group studying Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, he became interested in medicine. Later, his expertise in engineering merged with his love of medicine,while attending Yale University School of Medicine. He pursued a specialty in Orthopaedic Surgery. During his Residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NY, he served as a court physician at the US Open Tennis Tournament for four years and was selected for a fellowship at Oxford University. He then completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at University of California, San Diego with Dr. Dale Daniel, a world-renowned knee ligament expert, and Dr. Raymond Sachs, a ground breaking shoulder expert.

In New Haven, Connecticut, Dr. Reznik was a founding member of the Yale-New Haven Hospital 's Orthopaedic Trauma team and awarded the Yale Residents' Teaching Award. He served on the game organizing committee for the 1995 Special Olympics, where he helped care for special athletes from over 105 countries. He was also chosen to be the team physician for the New Haven Knights professional hockey team. Dr. Reznik has also served as a volunteer surgeon on a medical mission to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. The team visited many sites and set up a clinic in a domed stadium to care for displaced residents of New Orleans living there without health care. In 2008, he visited Cuba and Bolivia , Cuba on a humanitarian mission and in Bolivia to see, first-hand, the role of “Save the Children,” in the poorest-of-poor countries in South America .

Dr. Reznik was selected by Connecticut Magazine as one of the “Top Docs” in the state by patients, nurses, physicians from other specialties and his Orthopedic Surgeon peers in years 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, and again in 2009. A member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America since 2001, he has also been named as one of “ America 's Top Physicians” by the Consumer's Research Council of America on many occasions over the last several years, and again in 2009.

Dr. Reznik has invented several instruments for Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy. He holds a patent on his shoulder holder and has a number of additional patents pending. His inventions are designed to improve the effectiveness of arthroscopic surgery. Currently, his arthroscopic suture grasper is being marketed by Johnson and Johnson and his arm positioning device is being manufactured by Innovative Medical Products. These products were introduced at the 2009 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons .

In an academic private practice for twenty years, Dr. Reznik is the managing partner of The Orthopaedic Group, LLC. He serves on the Board of Directors at Ezra Academy. He enjoys golf. He writes articles for the group's web site, our monthly newsletter, and patient magazine. Each year, he writes his own holiday greetings and his first novel will be available online later this year. Dr. Reznik enjoys caring for pediatric and adult recreational, competitive, professional and ‘working' athletes each and everyday.

Figure 1 - Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction with new ACL graft in place.

Health Education Articles by Dr. Reznik:

Weekend Warriers(PDF File, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Knee Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes

Locking, Buckling and Giving Way: The Mysteries of an Unstable Knee

Enjoy Dr. Reznik's annual holiday greetings!

Click on the links below to view these You Tube videos:

Arthroscopic Medial Meniscus Repair | Knee Injury, The Locking Knee
Arthroscopic Medial Patella Plication | Recurring Shoulder Dislocations
Arthroscopic Lateral Release | Arthroscopic Surgery, The Locking Elbow