Moira McCarthy, MD
HSS Orthopedics with Stamford Health
Stamford, CT 06904
Main: 877.589.8545
HSS Orthopedics with Stamford Health At Tully Health Center
Stamford, CT 06902
Main: 877.589.8545
HSS Orthopedics with Stamford Health
Stamford, CT 06902
Main: 203.705.2400
Fax: 203.705.2116
About Me
Dr. Moira M. McCarthy is an Orthopedic Surgeon in the Sports Medicine Institute at HSS. She is a specialist in the fields of arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery.
Dr. McCarthy attended Princeton University for her undergraduate studies and completed her medical training at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honor society. She completed her residency training at HSS. Following residency, she was co-chief fellow during her fellowship in Sports Medicine at HSS. During residency and fellowship, Dr. McCarthy gained experience while treating athletes on the field and in the operating room. She was an assistant team physician with the New York Giants, the New York Liberty, and with several other collegiate and high school teams and athletes.
Dr. McCarthy’s clinical and research background is focused on disorders of the knee and shoulder. She has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters as well as given presentations at national meetings on topics involving sports medicine conditions of the knee and shoulder. Her main clinical interests are anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and other knee ligament injuries, meniscus injuries, shoulder instability and labral tears, rotator cuff tears, and biceps tendon injuries.
Following fellowship, Dr. McCarthy spent time traveling to learn specialized orthopedic techniques. She studied ACL reconstruction and anterolateral ligament (ALL) reconstruction with members of the ACL Study Group in England, Belgium, and France. She also spent time learning sports orthopedic techniques in Australia and New Zealand.
Dr. McCarthy is determined to offer customized expert care including surgical as well as non-surgical solutions for patients with injuries to the knee and shoulder.
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Specialties
Specialties
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic SurgerySpecial Interests
Special Expertise
ACL Reconstruction
Female ACL
ACL Prevention and Return to Play
Adolescent ACL ReconstructionProcedures
Knee:
ACL reconstruction
ACL repair
ACL repair with BEAR implant
ACL tear treatment
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL, PCL)
MCL repair
MCL reconstruction
Collateral ligament reconstruction (MCL, LCL, PLC)
Knee arthroscopy
Meniscal repair
Meniscus repair
Meniscectomy
Meniscus tear treatment
Cartilage repair
MPFL reconstruction
Patella dislocation
Quadriceps tendon repair
Patella tendon repairShoulder:
Shoulder arthroscopy
Subacromial decompression
Rotator cuff repair
Instability repair and stabilization
Labral repair
Biceps tendon repair
AC joint injury
AC joint reconstructionElbow:
Biceps tendon repair
Triceps tendon repairLanguages
English
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Education & Training
Medical School
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Residency
Hospital for Special Surgery
Fellowship
Hospital for Special Surgery
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Board Certifications & Affiliations
Board Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic SurgeryAffiliations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Arthroscopy Association of North America
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Published Work
Risk Factors for Revision Surgery After Superior Labral Anterior-Posterior Repair: A National Perspective
Taylor SA, Degen RM, White AE, McCarthy MM, Gulotta LV, O’Brien SJ, Werner BC. Am J Sports Med. 2017 Jun;45(7):1640-1644. doi: 10.1177/0363546517691950. Epub 2017 Mar 10.
Subscapularis tendon loading during activities of daily living
Gausden EB, McCarthy MM, Kontaxis A, Corpus KT, Gulotta LV, Kelly AM. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2017 Feb:26(2):331-336. doi: 10.1016/j.jse2016.07.013.Epub 2016 Oct 5.
Medial Patellofemoral Reconstruction in Children and Adolescents
Gausden EB, Fabricant PD, Taylor SA, McCarthy MM, Weeks KD, Potter H, Shubin Stein B, Green DW. JBJS Rev. 2015 Oct 13;3(10). Pii: 01874474-201510000-00001. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.N.00091. No abstract available.
Increased Lateral Tibial Slope Is a Risk Factor for Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
An MRI-Based Case-Control Study of 152 Patients
Dare DM, Fabricant PD, McCarthy MM, Rebolledo BJ, Green DW, Cordasco FA, Jones KJ. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Jul;43(7): 1632-9. Doi: 10.1177/0363546515579182.
Open and Arthroscopic Anterior Shoulder Stabilization
Fabricant PD, Taylor SA, McCarthy MM, Gausden EB, Moran CJ, Kang RW, Cordasco FA. JBJS Rev. 2015 Feb 24;3(2). pii: 01874474-201503020-00001. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.N.00060. No abstract available.
Outcomes for surgical treatment of posterolateral instability of the knee
Sullivan JP, McCarthy M, Marx RG. Sports Med Arthrosc. 2015 Mar;23(1):55-9. doi: 10.1097/JSA.0000000000000037. Review.
All-epiphyseal, all-inside anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction technique for skeletally immature patients
McCarthy MM, Graziano J, Green DW, Cordasco FA. Arthosc Tech. 2012 Nov 22;1(2):e231-9. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2012.08.005. Print 2012 Dec.
Contact stress and kinematic analysis of all-epiphyseal and over-the-top pediatric reconstruction techniques for the anterior cruciate ligament
McCarthy MM, Tucker S, Nguyen JT, Green DW, Imhauser CW, Cordasco FA. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Jun;41(6): 1330-9. doi 10.1177/0363546513483269. Epub 2013 Apr 23.
Injury profile in elite female basketball athletes at the Women’s National Basketball Association combine
McCarthy MM, Voos JE, Nguyen JT, Callahan L. Hannafin JA. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Mar;41(3):645-51. doi: 10.1177/0363546512474223. Epub 2013 Feb 1.
The moving patellar apprehension test for lateral patellar instability
Ahmad CS, McCarthy M. Gomez JA, Shubin Stein BE. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Apr;37(4): 791-6. doi: 10.1177/0363546508328113. Epub 2009 Feb 3.
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