
Lee A. Kaback, M.D. Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Kaback is a fellowship-trained surgeon with specialized experience in minimally invasive surgery of the shoulder and elbow, and shoulder and elbow reconstruction. His clinical interests and expertise have placed him as team physician for numerous sports programs at the collegiate and professional levels. Well-authored on the shoulder and elbow, Dr. Kaback is a member of ASES, and is also a clinical instructor for the Arthroscopy Association of North America.
Lee Kaback is a fellowship trained shoulder and elbow surgeon. He completed his fellowship at Brown University School of Medicine in Rhode Island where he trained with many of the world’s leaders in shoulder and elbow surgery.
The typical problems that Dr. Kaback evaluates and treat include rotator cuff tears and impingement, shoulder and elbow instability and dislocations shoulder and elbow arthritis, shoulder fractures (humerus, glenoid, scapula and clavicle), elbow fractures, malunions and nonunions of these fractures, tendon injuries of the shoulder and elbow, labral tears, throwing injuries and other sports injuries of the upper extremity.
Trained by internationally renowned specialists in minimally invasive shoulder and elbow surgery, Dr. Kaback enjoys treating all athletic injuries in patients of all ages. He has significant expertise in treating shoulder and elbow fractures, shoulder and elbow arthritis and tendonitis of the shoulder and elbow (impingement syndrome and tennis elbow).
Dr. Kaback lectures and teaches surgeons nationally on the latest technologies in shoulder replacement surgery, including reverse shoulder replacement, resurfacing and stemless bone-sparing designs.
Education
- UndergraduateUniversity of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
BA Psychology 1995D - GraduateAlbany Medical College
Albany, NY 12205
Masters of Science 1999 - Medical SchoolUniversity of Vermont
School of Medicine
Burlington, VT 05405
Doctor of Medicine, 2004
Postgraduate Training
- ResidencyThe University of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14642
Intern in Orthopaedic Surgery
7/1/2004 to 6/30/2005
The University of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14642
Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery
7/1/2005 to 6/30/2010 - Fellowships The University of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14642
Instructor/Fellow in Musculoskeletal Research
7/1/2006 to 6/30/2007
Brown University
School of Medicine
2 Dudley St., Providence, RI 02905
Fellow, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Directors: Theodore A. Blaine, MD
Andrew Green, MD
8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011
Postgraduate Honors And Awards
- Neer Award Nomination, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons: Lee A. Kaback, Daniel L. Aaron, Andrew S. Neviaser, Mary K. Mulcahey, Evan L. Flatow, Bradford O. Parsons, Theodore A. Blaine, MD: Functional and Radiographic Outcomes using a Trabecular Metal Prosthesis in the Treatment of Three and Four Part Proximal Humerus Fractures, ASES Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 7-11, 2012.
- Edward Puzas Resident Research Award 2010
- Medical Student Research Symposium Award, 2004
- Albert Strickler Scholarship Fund Recipient, 2002-2004
- Vermont Freeman Scholarship University of Vermont, 2002-2004
- Albany Medical College graduate student alumni office research award, 1998
- Albany Medical College graduate student research and tuition scholarship, 1997-1999
- Dean’s List. University of Vermont
Professional Licenses And Board Certification
- Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Part I passed, July 2011
- Part II passed, August 2013
- Rhode Island State Medical License
- New York State Medical License
Affiliations
- American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Association
- Executive Woods Ambulatory Surgery Center
- St. Peter’s Hospital
- Albany Memorial Hospital
- Samaritan Hospital
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Fellow/Instructor, Shoulder and Elbow Division
Brown University School of Medicine
University Orthopaedics, Inc.
Providence, RI.
8/1/2010-7/31/2011. - Instructor/Fellow, Orthopaedic Research
The University of Rochester School Of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY.
7/01/2006 –6/30/2007.
Hospital Appointments
- Attending Surgeon, St. Peters Hospital. Albany, NY, 9/1/2011
- Attending Surgeon, Albany Memorial Hospital. Albany, NY, 9/1/2011
- Attending Surgeon, St. Mary’s Hospital, Troy, NY, 9/1/2011
- Attending Surgeon, Samaritan Hospital, Troy, NY, 12/1/2012
- Attending Surgeon, Executive Woods Ambulatory Surgery Center, Albany, NY, 9/1/2011
- Surgeon, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011
- Surgeon, Dept. of Orthopaedics, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011
- OrthoNY Urgent Care Medical Director, 2013-Present
- OrthoNY executive team member 2022
Other Appointments
- Guest Author, Rhode Island Medical Journal, Arthroplasty Edition, 2011.
Hospital/surgical Teaching Roles
- AAOS/ASES Rotator Cuff Surgery Skills Course, Master Instructor
AAOS Chicago IL, March 21, 2013 - Orthopaedic Learning Center, Chicago IL
Master Instructor AANA Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course. Sept, 2013 - Orthopaedic Learning Center, Chicago IL
Master Instructor AANA Arthroscopy Course. Jan 2011 - Orthopaedic Learning Center, Chicago IL
Master Instructor AANA Elbow Arthroscopy Course. Jan 2015 - Orthopaedic Learning Center, Chicago IL
Master Instructor AANA Elbow Arthroscopy Course. June 2015 - Orthopaedic Learning Center, Chicago IL
Faculty for Advanced Shoulder and Elbow: Evidence, Outcomes and Controversies Course. April 2016 - Faculty for Shoulder and Elbow Symposium. Cooperstown, NY 2015
- Faculty Tornier Shoulder and Elbow Masters Symposium. Minneapolis, MN 2015
- Reviewer, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
- Reviewer, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Arthroplasty
- Question writer for elbow section of the AANA-ASES MOC, 2015
- Faculty Catalyst Shoulder Masters Symposium, Nashville, TN 2022
Membership In Societies
- Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), member since 2011.
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Fellow 2015.
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society (NESES), member since 2006.
- American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES), member since 2017.
Professional Development
- AO ASIF Basic Principles and Techniques of Operative Fracture Management. Toronto, ON 2006
- Boston Trauma Symposium. Boston, MA 2006
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting. Jay Peak, VT 2007
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting. Jay Peak, VT 2010
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting. Jay Peak, VT 2011
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting. Jay Peak, VT 2014
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting. Jay Peak, VT 2015
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting. Jay Peak, VT 2017
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting. Jay Peak, VT 2018
- New England Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting, Jay Peak, VT 2019
- Transforming Orthopaedics Trauma Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT 2007
- Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA 2007
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA 2007
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, 2010
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA 2011
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, 2012
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL 2013
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV 2015
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA 2018
- Zimmer Shoulder Reconstruction/Fracture Course. Parsippany, NJ, 2010
- Zimmer Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Course, Miami, Fla. 2011
- Zimmer Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Course, Celebration, Fla. 2012
- Tornier Shoulder Arthroplasty Innovations. Cumberland, RI 2011
- Tornier Masters Shoulder Arthroplasty Invitational Meeting. Minneapolis, MN 2015
- Tornier Masters Shoulder Arthroplasty Invitational Meeting. Austin, TX 2017
- Tornier Masters Shoulder Arthroplasy Invitational Meeting, Dallas, TX 2021
- Zimmer Medical Education Event, San Diego CA, Feb, 2011
- Esch Shoulder Course, San Diego CA, June 2014
- American Shoulder and Elbow Society closed meeting, NY, NY 2019
- American shoulder and Elbow Society closed meeting, Altanta, GA 2022
Original Research
Presentations:
- Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2013, January 13-16, 2013. Short Term Clinical Evaluation Utilizing Global Percutaneous Technique (GPS) for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. Jothi Murali, MD, Bryan Vopat, MD, Lee Kaback, MD, Duong Nguyen, MD, FRCSC; Lan Chen, MD; Matthew Kippe, MD; Theodore Blaine, MD
- Charles Neer Award Nomination: Presented at the 2011 closed ASES meeting. The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Oct 12-15, 2011. Functional and Radiographic Outcomes using a Trabecular Metal Prosthesis in the Treatment of Three and Four Part Proximal Humerus Fractures. Lee A. Kaback, Daniel L. Aaron, Andrew S. Neviaser, Mary K. Mulcahey, Evan L. Flatow, Bradford O. Parsons, Theodore A. Blaine, MD
- Charles Neer Award Nomination: Presented at the 2012 open ASES meeting. San Francisco. Feb 12, 2012. Functional and Radiographic Outcomes using a Trabecular Metal Prosthesis in the Treatment of Three and Four Part Proximal Humerus Fractures. Lee A. Kaback, Daniel L. Aaron, Andrew S. Neviaser, Mary K. Mulcahey, Evan L. Flatow, Bradford O. Parsons, Theodore A. Blaine, MD
- Podium presentation, Closed Meeting of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Oct. 14, 2011. Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes of Bipolar Radial Head Replacement for Fracture. Kaback LA; Mulcahey MK; Zimmermann M; Green A; Blaine TA.
- Presentation at 2012 AAOS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 7-11, 2012. Factors- Expressed in the Glenoid Labrum in an Animal Model of Glenohumeral Instability. Mary Mulcahey, Mindy Cote, Stacey Gallacher, Lee Kaback, Theodore Blaine.
- Presentation at the AANA Annual Meeting, May 17-19, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. A Biomechanical Analysis of Long Head Biceps Tenodesis Techniques in the Bicipital Groove. Lee A. Kaback, David Paller, Andrew Green, Theodore A. Blaine.
- Presentation at the ORS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 4-7, 2012. CXCR4 Inhibitor (AMD 3100) Does Not Impede Rotator Cuff Tendon Healing in an Animal Model. Daniel Aaron; Benjamin Bruce; Mindy Cote; David Paller; Lee Kaback; Douglas Scott; Francis Lee; Louis Bigliani; Theodore Blaine
- Presentation at 2012 ORS Annual Meeting, February 7 – 12, 2011 in San Fransisco, California. Biomechanical Testing of Glenohumeral Stability in an Animal Model of Acute Anterior Shoulder Instability. Mary K. Mulcahey MD; Mindy A Cote; Stacy Jaumot MD; Lee A. Kaback MD; Douglass Scott MD; Theodore A. Blaine MD.
- Podium presentation, AOSSM Annual Mtg, San Diego, CA, 2011. A prospective randomized study comparing intraarticular versus extraarticular corticosteroid injection for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis. Kamal R, Gosselin M, Packer J, Mulcahey M, Kaback L, Green A, and Blaine TA.
- Poster presentation, ORS Annual Mtg, San Diego, CA 2011. p38 and ERK signal transduction pathways in IL-1 mediated activation of human subacromial bursa cells. Bruce B, Cote M, Kaback L, and Blaine TA.
- Presentation at 2011 AOSSM Annual Meeting, July 7 – 10, 2011 in San Diego, California. A prospective randomized study comparing intraarticular versus subtendinous corticosteroid injection for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis. Robin Kamal , MD; Michelle Gosselin , BS; Jonathan Packer , MD; Mary Mulcahey , MD; Lee A Kaback , MD; Andrew Green , MD; Theodore A. Blaine , MD.
- Special Emphasis Poster Presentation at the 124th Annual Meeting of The American Orthopaedic Association, 2011, Boston, MA. A prospective randomized study comparing intraarticular versus extraarticular corticosteroid injection for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis. Robin Kamal , MD; Michelle Gosselin , BS; Jonathan Packer , MD; Mary Mulcahey , MD; Lee A Kaback , MD; Andrew Green , MD; Theodore A. Blaine , MD.
- Podium Presentation at the 54th Annual Combined Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society/American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 2008, Las Vegas, NV.Short Course Daily Systemic Teriparatide (1-34 PTH) Modulates Fracture Healing in the Setting of Delayed and Nonunions. Lee A. Kaback, MD and Susan V. Bukata, MD
- Symposuim Presentation at the 23rd Annual North American Spine Society Meeting, October 2008, Toronto, ON. Teriparatide (1-34 PTH) can be used to augment bone formation in patients with spine injuries and failed fusions. Susan Bukata, MD; Lee Kaback, MD; Paul Rubery, MD; Glenn Rechtine, MD; and Randy Rosier, MD, PhD.
- Podium Presentation at the 53rd Annual Combined Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society/American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 2007, San Diego, CA. Osterix Regulation During Endochondral Ossification: Contribution to Chondrogenesis. Lee A. Kaback MD, Do Y. Soung PhD, Nathan Smith, Yasu Nishio MD PhD, Edward M. Schwarz PhD, Regis J. O'Keefe MD PhD and Hicham Drissi PhD
- Plenary poster presentation at the 29th annual American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Meeting, September 2007, Honolulu, HA. Osterix Mediates Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell Differentiation into Osteoblasts Downstream of PTH During Bone Repair. Lee A. Kaback, Ying Jiang, Amish Naik, Colleen Hock, Edward M. Schwarz, Susan Bukata, Regis J. O’Keefe, and Hicham Drissi
- Poster presentation at the 29th annual American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Meeting, September 2007, Honolulu, HA. Mechanisms of Osterix Control of Endochondral Ossification. Soung Do Y., Kaback Lee A., Naik Amish, Smith Nathan, Schwarz Edward M., O'Keefe Regis J., & Drissi Hicham
- Poster presentation at the 67th Annual American Thyroid Association Meeting, October 1997, Colorado Springs, CO. Expression and regulation of hyaluronan synthase (HAS) mRNAs in primary human fibroblasts: Potential insights into diseases of the thyroid. Lee A. Kaback and Terry J. Smith.
Peer-reviewed Manuscripts
- Lee A. Kaback, Daniel L. Aaron, Andrew S. Neviaser, Mary K. Mulcahey, Evan L. Flatow, Bradford O. Parsons, Theodore A. Blaine, MD. Functional and Radiographic Outcomes using a Trabecular Metal Prosthesis in the Treatment of Three and Four Part Proximal Humerus Fractures. Submitted for publication
- Lee A. Kaback, Ashok L. Gowda, David Pallor, Andrew Green, and Theodore A. Blaine. Long Head Biceps Tenodesis with a Knotless Cinch Suture Anchor: A Biomechanical Analysis. Arthroscopy. 2015 May;31(5):831-5.
- Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, Mindy A. Cote, MS, Stacey E. Gallacher, MD, Lee A. Kaback, MD, David J. Paller, MS, Theodore A. Blaine, MD. Factors Expressed in the Glenoid Labrum in an Animal Model of Anteriorinferior Glenohumeral Instability. Orthop J Sports Med. 2015 Aug 20:3(8).
- Vopat BG, Murali, J, Gowda AL, Kaback L, Blaine T. The global percutaneous shuttling technique tip for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Ortho Rev. 2014 May 13;6(2):5279.
- Kaback L, Green A, and Blaine TA: Elbow Arthroplasty. Med Health R I. 2012 Apr;95(4):110-2.
- Kaback L, Green A, and Blaine TA: Shoulder Arthroplasty. Med Health R I. 2012 Apr;95(4):120-4.
- Kaback L, Green A, and Blaine TA: Proximal Humerus Fractures, in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, 2014
- Lee A. Kaback MD, Do Y. Soung PhD, Nathan Smith, Edward M. Schwarz PhD, Regis J. O'Keefe MD PhD and Hicham Drissi PhD. Osterix/Sp7 Regulates Mesenchymal Stem Cell Mediated Endochondral Ossification.Journal of Cellular Physiology. 2008 Jan;214(1):173-82.
- Lee A. Kaback, Do Y. Soung, Amish Naik, Edward M. Schwarz, Randy N. Rosier, Regis J. O’Keefe, and Hicham Drissi. Teriparatide (1-34 human PTH) Regulation of Osterix During Fracture Repair. J Cell Biochem. 2008 Sep 1;105(1):219-26.
- Kim K-O, Kaback LA, Mulcahey M, Wu Q, Sampson E, O'Keefe RJ, Rosier RN and Zuscik MJ (2008). Smurf2 Accelerates Maturation and Inhibits TGF-b Signaling in Growth Plate Chondrocytes. (Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Submitted for publication).
- Naik A, Zhang M, Hock C, Bukata SV, Kaback LA, Schwarz EM, Calvi L, Drissi H, Zhang X, Zuscik MJ and O'Keefe RJ (2008). hrPTH(1-34) Improves the Rate of Fracture Repair in a Model of Murine Aging. (Submitted to Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, In Revision).
- Madtes DK, Elston AL, Kaback LA, Clark JG. Selective induction of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal of Respiration and Cellular Molecular Biology. 2001 May;24(5):599-607.
- Kaback LA and Smith TJ. Expression of hyaluronan synthase messenger ribonucleic acids and their induction by interleukin-1b in human orbital fibroblasts: potential insight into the molecular pathogenesis of thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Nov;84(11):4079-84.1999.
- Spicer AP, Kaback LA, Smith TJ, and Seldin F. Molecular cloning and characterization of the human and mouse UDP-glucose dehydrogenase genes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(39):25117-25124. 1998
Activities
- Master Instructor AANA arthroscopy course. Orthopaedic Learning Center. Chicago, IL 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
- Clinical Instructor to Orthopaedic surgery residents, Brown University, 2010-2011
- Clinical instructor in Orthopaedics for medical student curriculum, University of Rochester, 2006-2008
- Graduate Medical Education Committee, Orthopaedic Surgery Representative, University of Rochester, 2005-2007
- Guest Lecturer, Orthopaedic Residents, Albany Medical College, 2011-2013
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