Honors and Awards:

1. New York Magazine’s Best Doctor (2014-2018)

2. Castle Connolly Top Doctors (2014 - 2019)

3. Newsday Top Doctors (2017-2019)

4. Best Doctors in America

5. Patients’ Choice Award

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand (CAQHS) - Certified: August 7, 2004

 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) - Class of 2004

 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) - Certified: July 18, 2002

 Diplomate of The National Board of Medical Examiners - Certified: July 1, 1994

Professional Activity:

2008 – Present:  Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2017 – Present:  Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University

Publications, Lectures and Presentations:

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

 

1. Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis of the Most Common Causes of Atraumatic Hand and Wrist Pain

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- October 31, 2015

 

2. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- November 1, 2014

 

3. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- November 2, 2013

 

4. Principles of Ligaments, Cartilage, and Synovium

- Doctors Demystify:  The Whys and How of Hand Surgery for OTs and PTs

- C V Starr Hand Surgery Center

- Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY

- May 18, 2013

 

5. Intra-articular MP and PIP Fractures & Osteoarthritis and Post-traumatic arthritis

- Doctors Demystifying the Finger Joints

- C V Starr Hand Surgery Center

- Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY

- March 24, 2012       

 

6. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- - Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- October 29, 2011

 

7. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- October 30, 2010

 

8. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- October 31, 2009

 

9. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- November 1, 2008

 

10. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- November 3, 2007

 

11. Thumb Replantation & Thumb Tendinitis

- Doctors Demystify the Thumb

- C V Starr Hand Surgery Center

- Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY

- April 21, 2007                     

 

12. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- November 10, 2006

 

13. Physical Exam & Scapho-Lunate Advanced Collapse

- Doctors Demystify the Wrist

- C V Starr Hand Surgery Center

- Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY

- June 3, 2006

 

14. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

- Orthopaedics at Mount Sinai Mini-Med Lecture Series

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- May 3, 2006

 

15. Evaluation of Hand Trauma and Infections

- Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider

- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

- September 30, 2005

 

16. Comparison of ORIF and OREF for Treatment of Comminuted Distal Radius Fractures

- AAOS 69th Annual Meeting in Dallas Texas

- Hausman MR (presenter), Gilbert RS

- February 13, 2002

  

17. The Vascularized Fibula Graft

- Grand Rounds - Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

- Yale University School of Medicine

- New Haven, CT

 

18. Treatment of Complex Distal Radius Fractures with External Fixation, Limited Open Reduction, and Autogenous Iliac Crest Bone Grafting

- ASSH Adrian E. Flatt Residents and Fellow Conference in Hand Surgery - Boston, MA

- Gilbert RS, Hausman MR

- September 1, 1999

 

19. Treatment of Unstable Distal Radius Fractures with Autogenous Iliac Crest Graft and   External Fixation

- Residents’ and Fellows’ Conference of The New York Society for Surgery of the Hand – New

  York, NY

- Gilbert RS, Hausman MR

- May 10, 1999

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

1. Gilbert RS: Boutonniere Deformity. In Taub PJ, Koch RM (eds): Plastic Surgery: Clinical Problem Solving.  The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New York, NY.
2. Gilbert RS, Wolfe SW: Vascularized fibula grafts: Clinical applications. In Lieberman JR, Friedlaender GE (eds): Bone Regeneration and Repair: Biology and Clinical Applications. The Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ.

 

 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

 

1. Becker SJE, Bruinsma WE, Guitton TG, Ring D, van der Horst CMAM, Strackee SD, Ring D, Gilbert RS*, et al. Interobserver Agreement of the Eaton-Glickel Classification for Trapeziometacarpal and Scaphotrapezial Arthrosis J Hand Surg Am. 2016;41(4):532-40. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
2. Janssen SJ, Molleman J, Guitton TG, Ring D, Gilbert RS*, et al. What Middle Phalanx Base Fracture Characteristics are Most Reliable and Useful for Surgical Decision-making? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Dec;473(12):3943-50. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
3. Janssen SJ, Teunis T, Guitton TG, Ring D, Gilbert RS*, et al. Do Surgeons Treat Their Patients Like They Would Treat Themselves? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Nov;473(11):3564-72. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
4. Neuhaus V, Bot AG, Guitton TG, Ring DC, Gilbert RS*, et al. Influence of surgeon, patient and radiographic factors on distal radius fracture treatment. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2015 Oct;40(8):796-804. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
5. Janssen SJ, Teunis, Guitton TG, Ring D, Herndon JH, Gilbert RS*, et al. Orthopaedic Surgeons’ View on Strategies for Improving Patient Safety. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Jul 15;97(14):1173-86. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
6. Neuhaus V, Bot AG, Guitton TG, Ring DC, Gilbert RS*, et al. Radiographs Versus Radiographic Measurements in Distal Radius Fractures. J Hand Microsurg. 2015 Jun;7(1):42-8. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
7. Bruinsma WE, Becker SJ, Guitton TG, Kadzielski J, Ring DC, Gilbert RS*, et al. How prevalent are hazardous attitudes among orthopaedic surgeons? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2015 May;473(5):1582-9 * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
8. Hageman MG, Jayakumar P, King JD, Guitton TG, Doornberg JN, Ring D, Gilbert RS*, et al. The factors influencing the decision making of operative treatment for proximal humeral fractures. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2015 Jan;24(1)e21-6. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
9. Mellema JJ, Doornberg JN, Guitton TG, Ring DC, Gilbert RS*, et al. Biomechanical Studies: science (f)or common sense?. Injury 2014 Dec;45(12):2035-9. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
10. Doring A-C, Hageman MGJS, Mulder FJ, Guitton TG, Ring D, Gilbert RS*, et al. Trigger finger: assessment of surgeon and patient preferences and priorities for decision making. J Hand Surg Am. 2014;39A(11):2208-13. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
11. Tosti R, Ilyas AM, Mellema JJ, Guitton TG, Ring D, Gilbert RS*, et al. Interobserver variability in the treatment of little finger metacarpal neck fractures. J Hand Surg Am. 2014;39(9):1723-7.  * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
12. Neuhaus V, Bot AG, Guitton TG, Ring DC, Gilbert RS*, et al. Scapula fractures: interobserver reliability of classification and treatment. J Orthop Trauma. 2014 Mar;28(3):124-9. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
13. Hageman MG, Guitton TG, Ring D, Gilbert RS*, et al. How surgeons make decisions when the evidence is inconclusive. J Hand Surg Am2013 Jun;38(6):1202-8. * = As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
14. Gradl G, Neuhaus V, Fuchsberger T, Guitton TG, Prommersberger K-J, Ring D, Gilbert RS*, et al. Radiographic diagnosis of scapholunate dissociation among intra-articular fractures of the distal radius: interobserver reliability. J Hand Surg Am 2013;38(9):1685-90. *=As part of the Science of Variation Group (SVOG)
15. Pruzansky JS, Gilbert MS, Garcia RS, Gilbert RS. Intraosseous Pseudotumor of the Distal Radius in a Patient with Hemophilia: A Case Report. J Hand Surg Am 2012;37(3):532-537.
16. Mortazavi SMJ, Gilbert RS, Gilbert MS. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome in Patients with Haemophilia. Haemophilia 2010;16(2):333-338.
17. Slade JF, III, Gilbert RS, Mahoney JD. Soft tissue coverage of complex elbow wounds. Techniques in Orthopaedics 2000;15(2):79-92.
18. Gilbert RS, Strauss E, Gilbert MS. Infection in the aged: Septic arthritis. Arch of the AAOS. 1998;(2)1:74-80.

Educational Background:

EDUCATION

 

8/1989 – 5/1993          Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

                                   New York, NY

                                   M.D. – May 18, 1993

           

8/1985 – 5/1989          The Johns Hopkins University

                                   Baltimore, MD

                                   B.A. – May 25, 1989

 

 

POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING

           

8/1999 – 7/2000          Hand & Upper Extremity Fellowship

                                   Yale Hand & Upper Extremity Center

                                   Yale – New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT

 

7/1995 – 6/1999          Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

                                   Mount Sinai Medical Center

                                   New York, NY

 

7/1993 – 6/1994          General Surgery Internship

                                   Mount Sinai Medical Center

                                   New York, NY