130 East 77th Street, Black Hall 7th, 11th And 12th Floors, 
New York, NY 

Overview

Teo Mendez, M.D. is a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon who focuses on both operative and non-operative management of sports-related injuries, musculoskeletal injuries and arthritis.Dr. Mendez is a native of Richmond, Virginia where he graduated high school from The Collegiate School. He then went on to attend the University of Virginia where he graduated in 2005 with dual bachelor degrees in physics and economics while also minoring in chemistry. He received his M.D. degree at Emory University School of Medicine in 2009. From 2009 to 2014 he served as a resident at the University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital where he was the chief administrative resident for the department of orthopedics from 2013 to 2014. During his tenure at the University of Miami, Dr. Mendez participated in the care of athletes from the University of Miami and the Miami Marlins.Following residency, Dr. Mendez completed a sports medicine fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital. During his fellowship he concentrated on minimally invasive and advanced arthroscopic techniques for the treatment of sports-related injuries and participated in the care of athletes from the New York Jets, New York Islanders, Manhattanville College, Hunter College, and various New York City high school teams. He is an Active Member of AAOS, AOSSM and Board Certified. He currently serves as the team physician for Queens College and York College. Dr. Mendez has authored a variety of research articles and book chapters on a variety of topics in the field of orthopedics and sports medicine.

His clinical expertise encompasses Infectious Arthritis, Tennis Elbow, Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, and Hip Replacement.

He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles.

Graduate Institution

Emory University

Residency

University of Miami School of Medicine

Specialties

Sports Medicine
Orthopedics

Licenses

Orthopaedic Surgery in NY

Fellowships

Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital

Hospital Affiliations

Staten Island University Hospital
Lenox Hill Hospital

Languages Spoken

English
Spanish

Gender

Male

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Locations

Northwell Health Physician Partners Orthopaedic Institute at Lenox Hill
130 East 77th Street, Black Hall 7th, 11th And 12th Floors, New York, NY 10075

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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While Dr. Matthew S. Mendez is a Sports Medicine, they have specific expertise in Infectious Arthritis, Tennis Elbow, and Osteoarthritis. MediFind analyzes a doctor's articles and referral patterns to identify their specific areas of focus within Sports Medicine.

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