Leone Popovitz, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon

Experience and background

ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

-Orthopedic Surgeon, AFAM Comprehensive Healthcare Medical Group, Brooklyn NY 2007- present

- Private Practice – Director, NY Bone and Joint Specialists, 2005-Present

- Metro Sports Medicine, Attending Physician: Lenox Hill Hospital; Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital

Education

  • M.D., New York Medical College, 1992 - 1994
  • B.S., Sophie Davis School Of Biochemical Education at the City College of New York (a 7-year B.S./M.D. program), 1987 - 1992

Publications

  • Popovitz, Leon E., Hershman Elliot B, and Gleim, Gilbert. “Femoral Interference Screw Placement in ACL Reconstruction: A comparison of Divergence Angles after Reconstruction Using Trailblazer Instrument vs. No Instrument”. Paper presented at Lenox Hill Hospital Alumni Day and submitted to Arthroscopy Journal
  • Popovitz, Leon E., Kasser, James R. and Mudgal, Chaitanya S. “Flexion Type Salter-Harris injury of Tibia Epiphysis.” Paper was accepted to the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Popovitz, Leon E, Sherman, Orrin, and Rokito, Andrew. “ALC Shrinkage: Preliminary Results”.

Affiliations

  • Orthopedic Surgeons for The US Open Tennis Championships, 2000 - 2005
  • Queens College Team Orthopedic Surgeon, 2000 - Present