Employment
Orthopaedic Care Specialists: 733 U5 Highway 1 North Palm Beach, FL 33408 (10/2014 – Present) NPI If 1285875609
Administrative Roles
Medical Staff’s Credentials Committee at Saint Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital (09/2016 – 08/2021)
Physician Leadership Group Committee at Saint Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital (12/2016 – Present)
OR Steering and Governance Committee at Saint Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital (08/2020 – Present)
Medical Executive Committee at Saint Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital (06/2021 – Present)
Section Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Saint Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital (07/2021 – Present)
Hospital Credentials
Saint Mary’s Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Jupiter Medical Center, JFK Medical Center North Campus
Education
Undergraduate: University of Miami (FL), Neuroscience Major Bachelor of Science (8/2000-5/2004)
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine (8/2004-5/2008)
Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery – SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (7/2008-6/2013)
Fellowship: Sports Medicine – Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA (8/2013-7/2014)
Certifications
Board Certified by American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (07/28/2016 – 12/31/2026)
Honors and Awards
Orthopaedic Resident of the Year, Kings County Hospital Center (2013)
Louisiana Orthopaedic Association March 2014 Annual Meeting Best Poster Presentation
Team Coveraee ExDerience
St. Francis College (NY) Men and Women Division 1 Basketball (2012-13), with Injury Clinic Assistant Team Physician New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans (2013-2014)
2014 NFL Combine Indianapolis, IN as assistant team physician New Orleans Saints Assistant Team Physician De La Salle High School Football (2013-2014)
Assistant Team Physician Dillard University Men’s and Women’s‘ College Basketball
Publications
Davidovitch RI, Elkhechen RJ, Romo S, Walsh M, Egol KA. Open reduction with internal fixation versus limited internal fixation and external fixation for high grade pilon fractures (OTA type 43C). Foot Ankle Int. 2011 Oct; 32(10):9SS-61. (Poster Presentation @ Orthopedic Trauma Association 24*^ Annual Meeting 2008)
Xavier F, Goldwyn E, Hayes W, Carrer A, Elkhechen R, Berdichevsky M, Goldman A, Urban W, Saha S. A comparison of the compressive strength of various distal locking screw options in the treatment of tibia fractures with intramedullary nails. J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2011; 21(3):185-92. (Poster Presentation @ American Society of Mechanical Engineers )
Elkhechen RJ, Haskins SC, George B, Rasquinha VJ, Maheshwari AV. (2015). Management of patients with painful total knee arthroplasty: a multimodal approach. Eds. Michael T. Hirschmann & Roland Becker, The Unhappy Totol Knee Arthroplasty (451-461).BruderhoIz, Switzerland: Springer.
Elkhechen RJ, Suri M. (2015). Femoroacetabular Impingement: Femoral Morphology and Correction. Ed. Stephen F. Brockmeier, MRi-Arthroscopy Correlotions.’ A Case-based Atlas of Knee, Shoulder, £/dow and Hip (381-395). Charlottesville, VA: Springer.
Johnson SE, Elkhechen RJ, Suri M. Arthroscopic Identification of a bifid Traverse Scapular Ligament: A Case Report 2013 (Submitted to American Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery)
Educational Presentations/Lectures
Suri M, Elkhechen RJ, Johnson SE, Pawlak SE, Montgomery S, Jones D. Results of Arthroscopic Repair versus Debridement for Femoroacetabular Impingement. (Poster presentation at Louisiana Orthopaedic Association February 2014 — First place for best poster)
Suri M, Duplantier N, Elkhechen RJ, Johnson SE, Pawlak SE, Montgomery S, Jones D. Do Athletes and the General Population recover the same After Hip Arthroscopy (Poster presentation at Louisiana Orthopaedic Association February 2014)
Suri M, Jones D, Johnson SE, Elkhechen RJ, Pawlak SE. Effects of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS – Exogen, Smith & Nephew) on the Outcomes of Microfracture of Osteochondral Defects of the Knee. (Poster presentation at Louisiana Orthopaedic Association February 2014)
Jones D, Suri M, Montgomery S, Johnson SE, Elkhechen RJ. Survey of Dry Needling Practice in the National Football League. (Podium presentation at the NFL Physician Society Meeting, Feb- ruary 2014, Indianapolis, IN)
Suri M, Elkhechen RJ. ACL Reconstruction: State of the Art Lecture @ Knee Arthroscopy Course in Pan Am Clinic, Winnipeg Canada, April 11, 2014.
Suri M, Elkhechen RJ. MPFL Reconstruction Lecture @ Knee Arthroscopy Course in Pan Am Clinic, Winnipeg Canada, April 11, 2014.
Research Interests
Hip arthroscopy, ACL graft tunnel mismatch, Dry Needling