Dr. Andrew D. Pearle is an Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery, specializing in Sports Medicine. He is an Assistant Team Physician for the New York Mets. Dr. Pearle's clinical interests include arthroscopic and computer aided surgery of the shoulder, knee, and ankle.
A graduate of Amherst College and Stanford Medical School, Dr. Andrew Pearle completed training in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery. During his residency, he traveled to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem during the height of the intifada to assist in the care of terror victims. While participating in this care, Dr. Pearle was inspired by the pioneering use of computer assisted surgery (CAS) at Hadassah. "Hadassah surgeons modified CAS tools designed for the spine, and applied the technology to remove shrapnel," he recalls.
Dr. Pearle was recruited as an attending orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery and was selected to found and develop one of the first CAS programs in the United States. CAS navigation is like a "GPS for orthopedic surgery," says Dr. Pearle, who is conducting research to bring these techniques from bench to bedside. He has now performed more types of computer assisted procedures than any orthopedic surgeon in the country.
He has received numerous research awards and grants, including the prestigious OREF Career Development Award, the New York State Empire Clinical Research Award, and the first Computer Assisted Surgery International Fellowship Award. He is the author of multiple scientific papers and book chapters and has presented his work at over 20 national and international meetings.
In addition to CAS, Dr. Pearle was also one of the first surgeons in the world to utilize a surgeon-assist robotic arms to perform an innovative knee surgery known as MAKOplasty.
"The MAKOplasty procedure utilizes the latest technology in Orthopedics, giving us accuracy beyond any previously attainable level," states Dr. Pearle. "The procedure is done through a small incision and provides numerous patient benefits including a shorter hospital stay, less physical therapy and a quicker recovery to an active lifestyle."
"CAS is a set of tools that can make distinctions that the human eye cannot," said Dr. Pearle. "These techniques improve a surgeon's precision. The job now is to refine these techniques and prove that this precision translates into better patient outcomes."
In addition to his responsibilities at HSS, Dr. Pearle is a team physician for the New York Mets and team physician for the Brooklyn Cyclones.
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