Daniel W. Green, MD, MS, FACS

Meet Dr. Green

Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and founder of the sports program in the HSS pediatric division.

Dr. Daniel W. Green is Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, and the founder of the sports program within the hospital’s pediatric division. His practice is almost exclusively the surgical treatment of knee disorders in children, teenagers and young adults.

Daniel W. Green, MD, MS, FACS, Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery

Dr. Green founded the HSS pediatric sports service he now leads

Dr. Green founded the sports program of the HSS pediatric division — the service he now leads. Alongside it he holds a professorship at Weill Cornell Medical College and was the first recipient of an endowed research chair at HSS.

  • Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
  • Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Mary Kathryn and Alexander Navab Chair for Pediatric Orthopedic Research First recipient
  • Founder, Sports Program of the HSS Pediatric Division

At HSS he is listed with the Patellofemoral Center and the HSS Center for Regenerative Medicine.

How Dr. Green decides between surgery and non-surgical treatment

  1. A precise diagnosis

  2. An independent review of the radiology studies

  3. Understanding the patient’s goals

  4. A review of the treatment options against those goals

Who Dr. Green treats, and where they travel from

Patients come to Dr. Green from the New York metropolitan region, and from the east coast, the south east and the west coast — as well as internationally.

  • Youth athletes
  • Professional and elite athletes
  • Patients after trauma
  • Second opinions

Where Dr. Green sees patients

Hospital for Special Surgery 535 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
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