Richard A. Zell, MD

Richard A. Zell, MD

Dr. Zell is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon who specializes in Sports Medicine, Foot & Ankle Surgery, and Orthopaedic Trauma.

Dr. Zell grew up in Westchester County, New York. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he attended medical school at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Zell completed a five year residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut Integrated Residency Program (University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital and Connecticut Children's Medical Center).

Dr. Zell continued his training with two orthopaedic fellowships. The first fellowship was in sports medicine and arthroscopy of the shoulder and knee. The second fellowship was in foot & ankle surgery at the Hospital for Joint Diseases (an orthopaedic specialist hospital) in New York City. He is currently a member of both the Arthoscopic Association of North America and the American Foot and Ankle Society.

Dr. Zell is an Assistant Clinical Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2004 Yale Orthopaedic Residents teaching award. This award is given annually to the community attending physician who contributes the most to the orthopaedic resident's education.

Dr. Zell also specializes in orthopaedic trauma and fracture care. He is an on-call Orthopaedic Trauma surgeon at both The Hospital of St. Raphael and Yale New Haven Hospital .

Dr. Zell performs surgery at The Hospital of Saint Raphael, Yale New Haven Hospital, Milford Hospital, Temple Surgical Center and The Hamden Surgical Center. He sees patients in the New Haven, Hamden, Milford and Branford offices.