Eduardo A. Salvati, MD

Dr. Salvati is a world-renowned hip surgeon who has dedicated his career to the care of thousands of patients, to the education and surgical training of hundreds of residents and fellows, and to the improvement of hip surgery.

Continuously serving in leadership roles, Dr. Salvati has been at the forefront of major advances in the international field of joint replacement surgery. He is in the Hip and Knee Service at Hospital for Special Surgery and is a Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College.

For his work in basic, applied, clinical and biomechanical research to refine the complex aspects of total hip replacement, he has received several honors, including four American Hip Society Awards, the Nicholas Andry Award of the American Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and the Lifetime Achievement Awards of the Arthritis Foundation and of the Hospital for Special Surgery.  As a long-standing recognition for his work, Hospital for Special Surgery has established a Chair in his name.

Appointments

Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

Clinical Professor of Surgery (Orthopaedics), Hospital for Special Surgery

Specialty
Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty
Hip, Knee

Certification

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (1972)

State Licensure
New York

Education

MD, La Plata Medical School, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Residency

Clinica Ortopedica dell' Universita, Florence, Italy

Hospital de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hip and Knee Fellow, New York, US

Eduardo A. Salvati, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

For Patients

• Total Hip Replacement Surgery (Arthroplasty) and Clot Formation

Special Expertise

Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery

Awards

Past President, American Hip Society

Secretary Treasurer, International Hip Society

The Frank Stinchfield Award, 1985

The John Charnley Award, 1995

John Charnley Award of the Hip Society, 2005

Selected Publications
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Clinical Trials

• The Genetic Factor: Identifying Patients at High Risk for Developing Pulmonary Embolism (PE) After Orthopedic Surgery (Upper Extremity, Spine, THR, TKR) Using A Molecular Screening Test