Eric Small, MD

Dr. Eric Small is a nationally recognized expert in Pediatric/Young Adult Sports Medicine   and joined Mount Sinai as full-time faculty in 2017. After completing his undergraduate studies at Haverford College, Dr. Small graduated with his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He then completed both his internship and residency in Pediatrics at Montefiore Medical Center through Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Small completed 2 fellowships:  Pediatric Exercise Medicine at McMaster University Children's Exercise and Nutrition Center in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Pediatric Sports and Dance Medicine at Harvard's Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Small holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. His clinical interests include prevention, management, & treatment of stress fractures, sports concussion prevention & management, return-to-play protocols & guidelines for sports injuries, prevention & management of heat-related muscle cramps, return-to-play after rhabdomyolysis, little league elbow, little league shoulder, and training & injury guidance for pediatric elite baseball, softball, tennis, and soccer players.

In addition to his clinical role, Dr. Small serves as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopedics with the Icahn School of Medicine. He mentors and teaches medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty on pediatric sports medicine topics. He created and implemented a 5-class "Sports Medicine and Fitness Course" for first- and second-year medical students.

Dr. Small is involved with research on the topics of medical care for elite junior tennis, baseball, softball, & soccer players, as well as prevention & rehabilitation exercises for sports concussion and upper/lower body stress fractures. He has more than 50 publications, including peer reviewed articles, chapters in books and a critically acclaimed sports parenting book “Kids and Sports” (New Market Press 2002).

Dr. Small has spent more than 20 years providing national leadership and guidance for promoting physical activity and sports injury management and prevention for pediatric patients. One of his highlights was serving as Committee Member of American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness from 1997-2003 and Chairman 2004-2007.  His teaching and clinical expertise is evident in covering athletic events (high school football and US OPEN National Tennis Championships, Queens, NY). His impact is felt every day for pediatric patients who successfully return to their desired physical activity and sports. In addition, Dr. Small is a member American College of Sports Medicine and Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine... He has also been a Sports Medicine and Player Consultant in the US Open Tennis Championships since 2017. Dr. Small is frequent invited speaker/lecturer on local, national and international stage and has given over 100 talks to physicians, nurses, physical therapists, parent groups and coaching organizations.

When discussing his role as a physician, Dr. Small explains, "I live pediatric sports medicine 24 hours per day. Whether in office, covering an athletic event (Football/US Open Tennis Championships) or teaching/mentoring medical students/residents/fellows I am passionate about helping young athletes recovering from their injury and return to high levels of competition. I am married and have 4 young adult sons - 2 played college tennis and 2 played college baseball. I coached baseball, soccer and tennis for 20 years.”
 
Dr. Small is bilingual and can communicate with patients in both English and Spanish.