Surgeon-in-Chief NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
Joseph D. Zuckerman, M.D., is the Walter A. L. Thompson Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the NYU School of Medicine (SOM) and Chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health. He is a graduate of Cornell University and of the Medical College of Wisconsin where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, a fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery and arthritis research at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and was a visiting clinician in shoulder surgery at the Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Zuckerman joined the Hospital for Joint Diseases (HJD) faculty in 1984 and was appointed Chair of its Department of Orthopedic Surgery in 1994. Three years later, he became chairman of the NYU Department of Orthopedic Surgery and initiated the successful merger of the two departments. He served as director of the orthopedic residency program, one of the largest in the country, from 1990 to 2006. Dr. Zuckerman’s dedication to orthopedic resident education is evident by the fact that he is a five-time recipient of the “Teacher of the Year” award from the NYU Langone orthopedic residents. In 2011, he received the “Distinguished Teaching Medal” from New York University. In 2013, he received the Master Educator Award from the NYU School of Medicine and in 2015, he received the Distinguished Educator Award from the American Orthopedic Association.
Dr. Zuckerman is an internationally recognized expert in shoulder surgery and specifically shoulder replacement. He is a design surgeon of a shoulder replacement system for the treatment of glenohumeral arthritis and proximal humeral fractures.
