The Clinical Experience
Specializing in Adult Reconstruction including Total Joint Replacement, Sports Injuries, and Fracture Care.
Licensure
State of New York
State of Florida
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1991
Professional Society Memberships
Knocker Society, SUNY Health Science Center, 1982-present
American Medical Association, 1983-present
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1983-present
Ohio State Medical Society, 1988-1991
Syracuse Medical Alumni Association, 1998-present
New York State Medical Society, 1988-present
Onondaga County Medical Society, 1988-present
Arthritis Foundation Board Member, 1990-1992
Eastern Orthopedic Association, 1990-present
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, 2000-present
Professional Activities
Section Chairman, Orthopedics
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, 2005 to present
Co-Director, Joint Replacement Program St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, 1998 to present
Associate Professor, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Co-Executive Director, Operation Walk Syracuse
Publications
Research
Summer fellowship attempting to devise more accurate means of intrapleural pressure measurement with Michael Jastremski, MD, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, June 1980-September 1980
The Effects of Insecticides on Lymphocyte Activity with Howard Park, MD, Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, 1978-1979
The Effect of Ultraviolet Lighting on the Rate of Infection in Total Joint Arthroplasty with Brett Greenky, MD, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, 2010 in progress
The Systematic Recall of a Hip Replacement Device: A Preliminary Report of Clinical and Radiological Results, 2011 in progress
Multicenter Trial of the Continuum Ceramic Bearing System in Total Hip Arthroplasty (Zimmer) 2013 in progress
Prospective Multi-Center Evaluation of 8 Year Metal Ion Trends for the Pinnacle MoM System Used in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (DePuy) 2013 in progress
Restoration Anatomic Dual Mobility (ADM) X3 Acetabular System Outcomes Study with Brett Greenky, MD (Stryker) 2013 in progress
Clinical Follow-up of ASR Patients Post-Recall with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA; multicenter, international study 2013 in progress
Publications
Kovach, J., Werner, F., Palmer, A., Greenky, S., et al.: Biomechanical Analysis of Internal Fixation Techniques for Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Arthrodesis, J Hand 4:562-566, 1986.
Greenky, S., Albanese, S., et al.: Isthmic Spondylolysis and Herniated Nucleus Pulposis. Abstract presented at the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. May, 1997
Greenky, S., Palmer, A., Fatti, J., Mosher, J.: The Long-Term Results of Swanson Silicone Rubber Interpositional Wrist Arthroplasty. Abstract presented at the British Hand Society. November, 1987
Baker, B., Greenky, S., et al.: Bone Screw Optimization in the Modified Bristow Procedure of Anterior Dislocation of the Shoulder. Poster Session Orthopedic Research Society 34th Annual Meeting. February, 1988.
Bordon, L., Greenky, S.; Reconstruction of the Difficult Acetabulum in Primary Total Hip Replacement. In M. Steinbert, Ed.: The Hip and Its Disorders, 1991. W. B. Saunders Co.
Greenky, S., Bordon, L., Stulberg, B., Wilde, A.: The Long Term Fate of Structural Acetabular Allografts. Submitted for publication.
The Road to Orthopedics
Joint MD-RN team drives results for an orthopedic service line model
Presentations
Review of Initial Results Using the PCA Knee: Alumni Day Presentation, SUNY Health Science Center, May 1985
Orthopedic Grand Rounds, SUNY Health Science Center: Rotator Cuff Injuries, 1984, Chondromalacia Patellae, 1985, Fracture Eponyms and their Origins, 1985, Avascular Necrosis of the Hip, 1986, Acetabular Protrusio, 1986, Anatomy and Surgical Approaches of the Hip, 1987, Nuts and Bolts of External Fixation, the Extremities, 1987, Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Overview, 1987, Distal Radius Fractures, 1988, Acetabular Reconstruction, 1989
Orthopedic Grand Rounds, The Cleveland Clinic: Aseptic Loosening of Total Hip Arthroplasties, 1988, Reconstruction of Difficult Primary Acetabulum in Total Hip Arthroplasties, 1989
Rheumatology Grand Rounds Presentation, SUNY Health Science Center:Recent Advances in Total Joint Arthroplasty, The Hip, 1989
19th Family Practice Refresher Course, St. Joseph’s Hospital and SUNY HealthScience Center at Syracuse: “Arthritis: When Medicine is Ineffective,” 1990
Course Chairman and Faculty Arthritis Seminar: “Much to Do About Arthritis,” 1990
Faculty Member “Medicine in the Courtroom,” sponsored by the NYSBA, Syracuse, 1990
New York State Post Anesthesia Nurses Association Seminar, “Overview of PerioperativeCare of Orthopedic Surgical Patients,” 1992
AO/ASIF Continuing Orthopedic Education Conference and Motor Skills Workshop forOperating Room Personnel, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, “Principal of Lag Screw 3.5mm/4.5mm and Open Fracture and External Fixator,” 1992
Skills Workshop for Operating Room Personnel, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York: “Principles of Lag Screw 3.5mm/4.5mm” and “Open Fracture and External Fixator,” 1992
Arthritis Foundation Forum “Research Developments in Arthritis Surgery,” Syracuse, 1993
Schwartz Center Rounds “Orthopedic Surgery and the Frail Elderly Patient”, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, October 2, 2009
CME Presentation, “The Language of Fractures,” St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse October 27, 2009
39Th Family Medicine Refresher Course, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse: “Orthopedic Problems for the Family Practitioner,” 2010.
Managing Today’s OR Suite, Orlando, Florida: “Development of a Co-Managed Orthopedic Service Line,” September 29, 2010