Mike Mastroianni, MD

A truly incredible week in Petoa with our largest @actionforedu medical, dental, and optometry team yet serving 1776 Honduran patients! We partnered with local clinics, Ministry of Health officials, and the Mayor to launch our electronic med record. We worked on this for 2+ yrs

Check out our recent AJSM publication highlighting pitch-tracking risk factors and warning signs for UCL injuries in Major League Baseball pitchers! @drchrisahmad @OrthoColumbia

Pitch-tracking data show @MLB pitchers undergoing UCL surgery had higher baseline velocity, greater horizontal release variability, and warning signs, including release shifts, rising spin rate, and late-season velocity decline. ow.ly/2Qs150Yoj4M #AJSM #Pitching

An incredible read by Dr. Ahmad - highly recommend for everyone! Lucky to be able to learn directly from him at @OrthoColumbia 🙌🏼🙌🏼

I don’t think people realize how much healthcare costs are driving big companies to fire and not hire. It costs them $30k per family, per year for premiums and care. Most of that goes to the massive, vertically integrated insurance companies that send weekly bills that no one reviews in details. And it doesn’t include the company overhead to deal with it all. It’s usually the 2nd largest expense after payroll. Which is insane It’s far easier to blame AI than it is to blame Healthcare costs. Want to increase jobs, wages and improve affordability for every American ? Break up the biggest insurance companies. Make divest non insurance companies. They don’t need thousands of subsidiaries. That’s how they game and abuse the system and increase costs for all of us. Call your senator and tell them to support the BreakUp Big Medicine Bill by @HawleyMO and @SenWarren.

Talking to independent physicians, it's obvious that the big insurance carriers are doing to them, what their PBMs are doing to independent pharmacies. They deny, underpay, slow pay, clawback, and create administrative mazes, knowing their victims don't have the time or resources to fight. Why ? By putting financial pressures on physicians and pharmacies, it makes them more likely to sell their businesses to them , close their doors, or refer the business to their captive pharmacy or provider. All benefitting the biggest insurance companies We need to ditch the concept of "claims" and make every delivery of medications or care as a billable event that must, by law, be paid on a timely basis , with interest charges for any delays. If the physician or pharmacy doesn't deliver , the carrier has plenty of legal options already. As does the patient. This is not an efficient market. This is the big guy abusing the little guy. It needs to change to better the care we get in this country

We found pitch-specific differences (velocity, pitching ability, and/or command) in fastballs, sliders, sinkers, and changeups compared to matched uninjured controls. This study shows that pitch-specific risk factors for UCL injury likely exist + warrant further evaluation ⚾️

Given the differences in each pitcher's arsenal, decreased fastball usage, and improved secondary pitches, it is critical to examine entire pitching arsenals for potential risk factors for injury. This could lead to more targeted injury prevention initiatives + risk adjustment

Check out our recent AJSM publication on Pitch-Specific Risk Factors for UCL Injuries in MLB Pitchers! @drchrisahmad @BillLevineMD @DavidTrofaMD @OrthoColumbia journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

🚨Our new pub in @PhysSportsMed evaluates online info on #PRP: ✅Most patient ?s: efficacy of treatment (14%), comparison treatments (13%) ✅Most sources: medical practice (50.9%) and single surgeon personal websites (14.7%), with low website quality via JAMA Benchmark criteria

Start Spreading The News. #RepBX

I will always remember that period in 2021 when our ICU was absolutely stuffed full of extremely sick Covid patients - and they were ALL unvaccinated 2025 and all I hear every day is "the vaccines didn't work" Complete nonsense

RFK Jr is going to tell the world that vaccines cause autism because it's something that he has believed all his life despite all evidence to the contrary No new evidence has come to light to support this. Its simply not true. Doesn't matter. He's decided Dangerous moment.

Join @orthomentor1 @OrthoColumbia for our 17th webinar Sep 8, 2025 9pm EST. Phenomenal faculty ready to share their wisdom to help you match! Register at bit.ly/Match2026. See you there. @InsideTheMatch @AAOS1 @alexneuwirthMD

New study from Denmark 🇩🇰 of over 1.5 MILLION people who received an mRNA Covid vaccine NO increased risk of 29 different adverse events Filter out the noise. Look at real data. mRNA vaccines are incredibly safe. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of David W. Altchek, MD, a true legend in sports medicine and a beloved HSS colleague for decades.

Honored to be part of the ABOS Resident Advisory Panel and working with this great team! 🙌🏼

Pitch tracking metrics (velo/spin rate) more predictive of injury than player demographics/workload. What ⬆️ performance can also ⬆️ injury risk. This is why injuries are up & will stay up. Every decision has trade-off #SaveTheElbows Learn more👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

We’re proud to be ranked #4 in the nation for Orthopedic Surgery by @usnews. This honor reflects the hard work of every member of our department. We’re grateful for this recognition and proud of our extraordinary team! #orthopedics #orthopedicsurgery #NYC #NYCmedicine

Jalen Brunson games should be required viewing for high schoolers everywhere. Six-foot-ish with a below the rim game and he continues to prove he's one of the best players in the world.

THE KNICKS HAVE TAKEN GAME 1 IN BOSTON.