Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD

Dr. Jo A. Hannafin is board certified in orthopedic surgery/sports medicine. She is an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon and Director of Orthopedic Research at Hospital for Special Surgery and has published and lectured extensively on tendon and ligament healing. She is a Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Dr. Hannafin was a USOC physician for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic. She is currently the Head Team Physician for the WNBA New York Liberty and a Team Physician for the United States Rowing Team.  She was an event physician at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games (rowing); and the New York City Marathon. Dr. Hannafin was a team physician for the WUSA New York Power from 2000-2003 and an Assistant Team Physician to the New York Mets from 1992-1996. She has been team physician to the U.S. Rowing Team since 1994 and is a member of the FISA Medical Commission. Dr. Hannafin was a member of the silver medalist lightweight double at the 1984 World Rowing Championships and a three-time gold medalist at the U.S. National Rowing Championships. She is currently the Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the National Rowing Foundation.

Dr. Hannafin is the Vice President of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and will serve as President from 2013-2014. She has served as Secretary of the AOSSM board, Chair of the Enduring Education and Research Committees and has served on numerous AOSSM committees. She has been a member of the Board of the OREF (Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation) from 2006-2012. She has published over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has written 20 book chapters. She is also the co-author of the book Say Goodbye to Knee Pain. Dr. Hannafin has been repeatedly honored as one of The Best Doctors in America.

Dr. Hannafin was the first Clinician-Scientist at the Hospital for Special Surgery and maintains an active research program in the area of ligament physiology. Her section of the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering, Regeneration and Research is focused on the study of soft tissue response to injury, stress deprivation and mechanical loading in a variety of tissues including the anterior cruciate ligament and shoulder capsule. Cell culture, and molecular techniques are used to study cellular response to physical and chemical alteration in the environment with a specific focus on mechanotransduction pathways involved in these responses. Dr. Hannafin has received NIH RO1 funding and various foundation funding in support of this research area. She has served as a full member of the SBSR NIH Study Section and as an ad hoc member of a number of other Study Sections.

 

Appointments

Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Senior Clinician Scientist, Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery
Director of Orthopaedic Research, Hospital for Special Surgery
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Knee
Shoulder
Elbow
Sports Medicine

Special Expertise

Female Athlete
Shoulder and Knee Instability
Ligament Reconstruction and Arthroscopy
Rotator Cuff Disease
Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder

Awards

"Best Doctors in New York," New York magazine, 1994-2011
Castle/Connolly's Top Doctors in New York, 1994-2011
Appointed to the Medical Commission of FISA (International Rowing Federation), 1993
Phillip D. Wilson Award, Hospital for Special Surgery, 1992, 2006
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1992
O'Donoghue Award for Excellence in Research, 1985
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, 1998

Affiliations

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Research Society
Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society
Herodicus Society
AOA
American Medical Association
United States Rowing Sports Medicine Society

Specialized Centers

• Women's Sports Medicine Center
  

Education

MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
SCB, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, New York

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Certification (1995), Recertification (2005)
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Subspecialty Certification in Sports Medicine (2010)

State Licensure

New York, Connecticut  

Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD has contributed to the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Sofka, C.M., Ciavarra, G.A., Hannafin, J.A., Cordasco, F.A., Potter, H.G. (2008) Magnetic resonance imaging of adhesive capsulitis: Correlation with clinical staging. HSS Journal 4(2):164-169. Epub 2008 Aug 20.

Battaglia, M., Cordasco, F., Hannafin, J.A.., Rodeo, S.A., O=Brien, S.J., Altchek, D.W., Wickiewicz, T., Warren, R.F. (2007) Results of revision anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Am. J. Sports Med. (35(12):2057-2066.

Marx, R.G., Malizia, R.W., Kenter, K., Wickiewicz, T.L., Hannafin, J.A. (2007) Intra-articular corticosteroid injection for the treatment of idiopathic adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. HSS Journal 3(2): 202-207.

Hannafin, J.A., Attia, E.A., Henshaw, R. and Bhargava, M.M. (2006) Effect of cyclic strain and plating matrix on cell proliferation and integrin expression by ligament fibroblasts grown on different matrices. J Orthop Res 24(2):149-158.

Henshaw, D.R., Attia, E.A., Bhargava, M.M., and Hannafin, J.A. (2006) Canine ACL fibroblast integrin expression and cell alignment in response to cyclic tensile strain in 3-dimensional collagen gels. J Orthop Res (3):481-490.

Brand, R.A. and Hannafin, J.A. (2006) The environment of the successful clinician-scientist. Clin Orthop Relat Res 449:67-71.

Faryniarz, D.A., Bhargava, M., Lajam, C., Attia, E.T., and Hannafin, J.A. (2006) Quantitation of estrogen receptors and relaxin binding in human anterior cruciate ligament fibroblasts. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 42(7):176-181.

Bhargava, M.M., Kinne-Saffran, E., Kinne, R.K.H., Warren, R.F., and Hannafin, J.A. (2005) Characterization of sulfate, proline and glucose transport systems in anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligament cells. Can J Physiol Pharm 83(11):1025-1030.

Griffin, L.Y., Arendt, E.A., Beynnon, B.D., Demaio, M., Dick, R.W., Engebretsen, L., Garrett, W.E., Hannafin, J.A. et al. (2006) Understanding and preventing non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries: A review of the Hunt Valley II meeting, January 2005. Am. J. Sports Med. 34(9):1512-1532.

Seneviratne, A, Attia, E.A., Rodeo, S.R., Williams, R., Hannafin, J.A. (2004) The effect of estrogen on ovine anterior cruciate ligament fibroblasts: cell proliferation and collagen synthesis. AJSM 32(7):1613-1618.

Strickland, S.M., Belknap, T.W., Turner, S.A., Wright, T.M., and Hannafin, J.A. (2003) Lack of hormonal influences on mechanical properties of sheep knee ligaments. AJSM 31(2):210-215).

Suzuki, K., Attia, E.A., Hannafin, J.A., Rodeo, S.A., Warren, R.F., and Bhargava, M.M. (2001) The effect of cytokines on the migration of fibroblasts derived from different regions of the canine shoulder capsule. JSES 10(1):62-67.

Williams, R.J., Attia, E.A., Wickiewicz, T.L., and Hannafin, J.A. (2000) The effect of ciprofloxacin on tendon, paratenon and capsular fibroblast metabolism. AJSM 28(3):364-369.

Tsuzaki, M., Brigman, B.E., Yamamoto, J. Lawrence, W.T., Simmons, J.G., Mohapatra, N.K., Lund, P.K., Van Wyk, J., Hannafin, J.A., Bhargava, M.M., Banes, A.J. (2000) Insulin-like growth factor-I is expressed by avian flexor tendon cells. JOR 18(4):546-556.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Selected Books/Chapters

Say Goodbye to Knee Pain

 

Research Description

Research Interests include:
The effect of Mechanical Load on the Biology of Ligament Fibroblasts;
Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder;
Stress Fractures in the Female Athlete

Research Interests

Our laboratory is focused on the study of soft tissue response to injury, stress deprivation and mechanical loading in a variety of tissues including the anterior cruciate ligament and shoulder capsule.

Animal modeling and cell culture, and molecular techniques are used to study cellular response to physical and chemical alteration in the environment with a specific focus on mechanotransduction pathways involved in these responses.

Clinical Trials

• Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Total Joint Replacement: The HSS Shoulder Arthroplasty Cohort
• Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Control Trial
• Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injection for Idiopathic Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder
• Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Adolescents