About Me
As an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, I understand how important staying active and participating in athletics can be for maintaining one’s overall health and wellbeing. Personally, I love to play golf, basketball, and softball as much as I can.
My mission is to help patients recover from injuries so they can go back to participating in activities that make them happy. I offer my patients innovative surgical and nonsurgical treatments, and help them to completely understand all their available options. I also make sure they understand what to expect during their recovery, so they have a clear picture every step of the way.
At the Sports Medicine Center at NYU Langone Orthopedic Center, where I’m a sports medicine specialist, I care for problems affecting the knee and shoulder. I perform ligament reconstructions, osteotomies, cartilage restoration procedures, meniscus repairs and transplantations, and shoulder labrum and rotator cuff repairs.
I am an active contributor to sports medicine literature, and have published more than 200 journal articles and book chapters aimed at advancing the field. My research interests include cartilage repair and restoration, meniscus repair and transplantation, ligament reconstruction techniques, rotator cuff healing, the biomechanics of superior labral tears, and examining how well synovial fluid biomarkers can predict outcomes after knee surgery.
I am a recipient of the Herodicus Award, which recognizes excellence in sports medicine research. I was selected to participate in the American Orthopaedic Association’s North American Traveling Fellowship and the American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellowship and have received a number of awards for both basic science and clinical research. I am an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the American Orthopaedic Association, the International Cartilage Repair Society, and the Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors and serve on the editorial boards of Cartilage and The Journal of Knee Surgery.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- achilles injury
- achilles tendon rupture
- achilles tendonitis
- ankle pain
- anterior cruciate ligament tear
- foot & ankle sprains
- frozen shoulder
- golfer's elbow
- hamstring tendon rupture
- iliotibial band syndrome
- knee injury
- knee ligament tear
- knee swelling
- knee tendinitis
- meniscus tear
- osteoarthritis
- osteoarthritis of the knee
- patellofemoral pain syndrome
- rotator cuff syndrome
- shoulder impingement syndrome
- shoulder labral tear
- shoulder sprains & strains
- shoulder tendinitis
- sports injury
- tendon injury
- tendon rupture
- torn rotator cuff
- triceps tendon rupture
Treatments
- acl repair
- ankle arthroscopy
- arthrocentesis
- arthroscopic surgery
- arthroscopy
- knee arthroscopy
- knee injection
- knee menicus transplantation
- knee meniscus repair
- knee surgery
- ligament reconstruction
- meniscus operation
- non-surgical care for a sports-related injury (orthopedics)
- platelet rich plasma
- posterior cruciate ligament repair
- rotator cuff repair
- shoulder and elbow care (orthopedics)
- shoulder arthroscopy
- shoulder surgery
- surgical care for a sports-related injury (orthopedics)
- tenodesis
- viscosupplementation
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Achilles Injury , Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears , Foot & Ankle Sprains , Frozen Shoulder , Meniscus Tears , Osteoarthritis of the Knee , Shoulder Labral Tears , Shoulder Sprains & Strains , Torn Rotator CuffCredentials
Positions
- Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Director, Residency Program in Orthopedic Surgery
Board Certifications
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery - Orthopedic Surgery, 2012
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Rush University Medical Center, Sports Medicine, 2010
- Residency, Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopedic Surgery, 2009
- MD from Cornell University, 2003
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Aetna
- AETNA EPO (NYULH Employees)
- AETNA EPO (Sunset Park Employees)
- Aetna HMO
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- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
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- Aetna POS
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- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
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Amida Care
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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- BCBS EPO
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- BCBS EPO (NYU Langone Suffolk Employees)
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- BCBS Out of State or Region
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- New York Hotel Trades
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Centerlight Healthcare
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Centers Plan For Healthy Living
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Cigna
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Connecticare
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Elderplan
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Emblem
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First Health
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Humana
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
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POMCO Insurance Company
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Eric J. Strauss, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
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333 East 38th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
NYU Langone Orthopedics-Westchester
311 North Street, Suite 102, White Plains, NY 10605
Research My Research
Interests
cartilage repair, meniscus repair, meniscus transplantation, ligament reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, shoulder arthritis
Academic Contact
Academic office
333-339 East 38th Street
Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Duration of Time After Knee Intra-articular Injection to Pain Relief
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYNOVIAL FLUID BIOMARKERS IN ACL RECONSTRUCTED PATIENTS AND PROGRESSION OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
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JUPITER 4.0 - Risk Factors for Failure of Isolated Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction
Publications
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Lott, Ariana; Triana, Jairo; Sandoval, Carlos G; Sundaram, Vishal; Gonzalez-Lomas, Guillem; Alaia, Michael J; Jazrawi, Laith M; Strauss, Eric J; Campbell, Kirk A
The Knee. 2025 Jun 11; 56:285-292
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Berzolla, Emily; Sundaram, Vishal; Pianka, Mark; Kaplan, Daniel J; Kirsch, Thorsten; Strauss, Eric
The American journal of sports medicine. 2025 Jun 01; 3635465251343306
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Sundaram, Vishal; Esser, Katherine L; Schwartz, Luke; Chen, Larry; Mercer, Nathaniel P; Lezak, Bradley A; Gould, Heath P; Kaplan, Daniel; Strauss, Eric J
The American journal of sports medicine. 2025 May 23; 3635465251339490