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Shawn G Anthony, MD, MBA
Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery
About Me
Shawn G. Anthony, MD, MBA is a Board-Certified Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, hip, and knee. Dr. Anthony is the Associate Chief of Sports Medicine for Mount Sinai Health System and Associate Professor of Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Anthony received his medical and business degrees from Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School and completed his orthopedic surgery training at the Harvard Orthopedic Residency Program, where he was selected as Chief Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Anthony completed advanced fellowship training in Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City where he provided medical coverage for professional teams including the New York Knicks NBA team, New York Red Bulls MLS team, as well as New York PSAL football.
Dr. Anthony currently serves as a U.S. Ski & Snowboard team physician, Medical Director for Broadway performances, and a United States Tennis Association (USTA) orthopedic consultant, providing courtside medical coverage for the world's top tennis athletes competing at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.
Dr. Anthony specializes in conditions of the shoulder, hip and knee. He has special interest and expertise in:
- Shoulder pain
- Rotator cuff tears
- Biceps pain / tendonitis
- Shoulder dislocations / labral tears / shoulder instability
- Meniscus tears
- Knee cartilage lesions (MACI, marrow stimulation, osteochondral grafts)
- ACL tears (ACL reconstruction and ACL repair including BEAR ACL repair)
- Hip preservation
- Hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and hip labral tears
- Biologic therapies and joint preservation (PRP, BMAC)
Dr. Anthony has over seventy peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national and international meetings and holds multiple U.S. Patents on orthopedic technologies. He has authored multiple textbook chapters on orthopedic techniques including ACL reconstruction and arthroscopic surgery for shoulder instability. He is a past Editor-in-Chief of the Orthopedic Journal at Harvard Medical School and currently serves as a reviewer for the leading orthopedic journal The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. Dr. Anthony is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. He was elected in 2018 to the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine Council of Delegates.
A national authority on sports injuries and expert surgeon on BEAR ACL repair, Dr. Anthony hasappeared on numerous news outlets including NBC Today Show, ABC Good Morning America, and The Doctors. Dr. Anthony is a top rated New York Orthopedic Sports Medicine surgeon by patient reviews, and he is consistently selected by his peers as a New York Times Super Doctor and Castle Connolly Top Doctor. Dr. Anthony is committed to providing the latest evidence-based care and minimally invasive techniques to his patients.
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Orthopedics
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (ACL)
- Anterior Cruciate Reconstruction (ACL)
- Arthroscopy
- Bicep Injury
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Hip Impingement
- Hip Labral Tears
- Joint Injection
- Knee Arthroscopy
- Knee Sprain
- Ligament Reconstruction
- Meniscal Tear
- Meniscectomy
- Meniscus Surgery
- Orthopedic Consultation (Shoulder and Elbow)
- Orthopedic Second Opinion
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- Regenerative Medicine
- Rotator Cuff Injury
- Rotator Cuff Repair
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Shoulder Injury
- Shoulder Instability
- Shoulder Labral Repair
- Shoulder Labral Tear
- Shoulder Sprain
- Shoulder Surgery
- Shoulder Tendinopathy
- Sports Injuries
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Education
MD, Harvard Medical School
Residency, Harvard Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
Surgical Internship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery
Harvard University Medical School
Fellowship, Sports Medicine
Hospital for Special Surgery
Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
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Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Anthony during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Smith and Nephew
- Miach Orthopedics
Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)
- Manhattan Surgery Center
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.