Dr. Richard S. Gilbert
Overview
Dr. Richard Stephen Gilbert is a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon specializing in surgery of the hand and upper extremity. He received a bachelor's degree from The Johns Hopkins University and a medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School. He completed a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and a Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Gilbert is the Chief of the Hand Service at Syosset Hospital, Director at Northwell Health and an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Zucker School Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. His specialty interest is in the treatment and reconstruction of fractures, soft tissue injuries and neuropathies involving the hand and upper extremity. He employs both traditional and the most advanced surgical techniques, including minimally invasive techniques, such as endoscopic carpal tunnel release, minimally invasive fracture repair and small joint arthroscopy. Dr. Gilbert is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and The New York Society for Surgery of the Hand. He has a Subspecialty Certificate in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hand. Dr. Gilbert previously served as the President, Vice President and Secretary and of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand. He has published medical articles and presented at regional and national Orthopaedic conferences on conditions related to the hand and upper extremity. He has performed funded research related to the hand and upper extremity. Dr. Gilbert has received numerous awards and honors, including Castle Connolly Top Doctors, New York Magazine Best Doctors, New York Times Super Doctors, Newsday Top Doctors on Long Island, Best Doctors in America, Castle Connolly America's Most Honored Doctors, Patients' Choice Award and Most Compassionate Doctor.
Dr. Gilbert is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Macrodactyly of the Hand. His top areas of expertise are Ganglion Cyst, Trigger Thumb, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Rhizarthrosis.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
833 Northern Boulevard, Suite 220, Great Neck, NY 11021
415 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury, NY 11797
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Gilbert has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Hospital For Special Surgery
Dan Zlotolow is a Hand Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Zlotolow is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Macrodactyly of the Hand. His top areas of expertise are Brachial Plexopathy, Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Congenital Contractures, Osteotomy, and Bone Graft.
Northwell Health Physician Partners Orthopaedic Institute At New Hyde Park
Dr. Kate Nellans is a board-certified, fellowship-trained Hand Surgeon practicing out of North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center at Northwell Health. Her undergraduate education was at the University of Michigan where she graduated with honors and was also an All-American gymnast. She attended Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons for medical school and also obtained her Masters of Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia. She then completed her residency at Columbia s New York Orthopedic Hospital, where she served as chief resident. Dr. Nellans then returned to the University of Michigan for her Hand Fellowship training under Dr. Kevin Chung in the Department of Plastic Surgery. This fellowship gave her broad surgical exposure to both microvascular techniques and congenital hand conditions. Since joining Northwell, Dr. Nellans has been passionate about both medical student and resident education in the field of orthopedic surgery. She is the Program Director for the Orthopedic Residency based out of Long Island Jewish, and is the orthopedic departmental advisor for students at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Nellans is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Macrodactyly of the Hand. Her top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ganglion Cyst, Trigger Thumb, Rhizarthrosis, and Hip Replacement.
Office
Aaron Daluiski is a Hand Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Daluiski is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Macrodactyly of the Hand. His top areas of expertise are Polydactyly, Tennis Elbow, Symphalangism Distal, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Ganglion CystDr. Gilbert isDistinguished. Learn about Ganglion Cyst.
- Advanced
- BursitisDr. Gilbert isAdvanced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Carpal Tunnel SyndromeDr. Gilbert isAdvanced. Learn about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
- Dupuytren ContractureDr. Gilbert isAdvanced. Learn about Dupuytren Contracture.
- RhizarthrosisDr. Gilbert isAdvanced. Learn about Rhizarthrosis.
- TendinitisDr. Gilbert isAdvanced. Learn about Tendinitis.
- TenosynovitisDr. Gilbert isAdvanced. Learn about Tenosynovitis.
- Experienced
- Accessory Navicular BoneDr. Gilbert isExperienced. Learn about Accessory Navicular Bone.
- Congenital Generalized FibromatosisDr. Gilbert isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Generalized Fibromatosis.
- Congenital Radioulnar SynostosisDr. Gilbert isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Radioulnar Synostosis.
- Contracture DeformityDr. Gilbert isExperienced. Learn about Contracture Deformity.
- Desmoid TumorDr. Gilbert isExperienced. Learn about Desmoid Tumor.
- HemangiopericytomaDr. Gilbert isExperienced. Learn about Hemangiopericytoma.