Steven B. Haas, MD

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Dr. Steven B. Haas, MD, MPH, received his education and training at the University of Rochester, Cornell, and Harvard. He is Chief of the Knee Service at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Haas speaks nationally and internationally on knee and hip topics, and has more than 50 publications in the orthopedic literature.

Dr. Haas developed a ground breaking surgical technique and instrumentation for performing Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement for which he was awarded a US Patent in September 2009. He has been featured as a developer and expert on Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement on WNBC News and NY1 News, and in Runner magazine, the New York Daily News, and the Cleveland Clinic Newsletter. In June of 2009, Dr. Haas performed a Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery that was broadcast live via webcast and also covered by WCBS News via their Twitter feed.

In July of 2007, Dr. Haas and his Minimally Invasive Knee Replacements were featured in a U.S.News & World Report Photo Essay “To Build a Knee.” In October, 2007, CBS News with Katie Couric featured a segment focusing on Dr. Haas that discussed High Performance Knee Replacement. Additionally, Dr. Haas has appeared on WABC News and in U.S.News & World Report as an expert on Gender Knee Replacement. Dr. Haas holds three United States patents for orthopedic devices that he co-developed with Hospital for Special Surgery.

Appointments

Chief of Knee Service, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Hip, Knee

Awards

Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha
Magna Cum Laude
Lewis Clark Wagner Award for Best Research Paper by a Resident, 1989
University Scholar in Medicine-Granted Early Admission to Medical School Through the University's "Rochester Plan" Program
"Best Doctors in New York," New York magazine, 2009, 2010

Education

MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York

Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, Knee Service, New York

Certification

Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure

New York  

Steven B. Haas, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

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Selected Publications

Haas, S.B.; Lehman, A; Manitta, M; Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement Through A Mini Mid Vastus Approach. In Tria, F; Berger, R; MIS Techniques in Orthopedics. Springer-Verlag, New York( In press)

Haas, S.B.; Lehman, A; Cook,S: Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement. Bellemans, J; Reis, M, D; Victor, J: . Springer, New York ( In press)

Haas, S.B,: Effects of Epidural Anesthesia on Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism Following Joint Replacement. Orthopaedics, 12:18-20, July, 1994.

Mont MA, Haas S, Tarun M, Hungerford; Total Knee Athroplasty for Patellofemoral Arthritis. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2002; 84(11): November, 2002

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.