– Sabrina Strickland, MD
Patellofemoral surgery (kneecap)
ACL and meniscus surgery
Meniscus surgery
Rotator cuff and labral repair surgery
Non-operative treatment
If your insurance plan is not listed, we will strive to work with you and your out of network benefits to accommodate you. Please contact our office at 212-606-1725 for personal assistance.
I am an orthopedic sports surgeon specializing in knee and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Although many patients come to see me after a knee injury playing sports such as soccer, basketball or skiing, others come due to pain in everyday activities, such as walking down stairs. Common injuries I see and help with are related to sports and include:
Many patients also come to see me who have never played sports. I find it very rewarding to help patients return to their favorite activities – especially those who have been told by other doctors that there is no further treatment available (and in many cases, have had a number of unsuccessful surgeries and continue to suffer). In these instances, I find misdiagnosis is common or that the previous surgical treatment was incorrect. In these cases I have had great success helping patients who had given up hope of returning to an active lifestyle.
I live in New York City and am the mother of three girls; my twins are currently 20. My oldest daughter, Alexandra, is studying at Cornell Law. In Fall 2022, my daughter Natasha joined her sister at Cornell; in 2023 she joined the Business School. Victoria is at Boston College and majoring in neuroscience. She is a resident assistant in the lab. I could not be prouder of my daughters in everything they pursue.
Because I live in New York City, it can be difficult to exercise outside year round, so I go to rowing classes, spin classes, barre classes, and lift weights. My kids are all focused on different sports. Two of them trained for and ran a half-marathon in 2023 and Alexandra is running again this year.
I went to college at Cornell University, majoring in Psychology while completing my pre-med requirements. Over the holiday breaks I worked at Stratton Mountain as a ski instructor. I subsequently spent a year working and skiing in Crested Butte, Colorado, and then went on to Rush Medical College at Rush University in Chicago. I completed my internship at Cornell/New York Hospital and then completed my Residency and Fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery. I find that I have an incredibly interesting job during the week and then spend my weekends at college sporting events, where it seems to be quite convenient that I am an orthopedic sports surgeon.
Please contact my office if you have any questions or concerns. We have a great team, including two athletic trainers and a nurse practitioner who played college soccer. I think my team is very empathetic to the plight of our patients, whether it is an athletic injury or pain that is limiting activities of daily living such as walking up and down the subway steps.
I’d be honored to discuss your situation and see how my skills and experience as an orthopedic sports surgeon might be helpful to your needs.
To provide the highest quality patient care, improve mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all.
Hospital for Special Surgery is one of the world’s largest academic centers devoted to orthopedics.
HSS is nationally ranked #1 in orthopedics, #3 in rheumatology by U.S.News & World Report. HSS has been top-ranked in the Northeast for both orthopedics and rheumatology for many years. In addition, Consumer Reports ranked Hospital for Special Surgery one of the best hospital in New York City according to their patient satisfaction study.
Founded in 1863, Hospital for Special Surgery is the nation’s oldest orthopedic hospital. More than 25,000 surgical procedures are performed annually. HSS performs more hip surgeries and more knee replacements than any other hospital in the nation. Every HSS surgeon who specializes in joint replacement performs more than 320 operations every year. Comparatively, 5 out of 6 hip replacements are done by surgeons who perform fewer than 50 per year.
Please call our office at 212-606-1725 if you have questions regarding
your insurance coverage. If you have out-of-network benefits, then your
insurance may reimburse you for a portion of your office visit. We will
work with you and your insurance to minimize your out-of-pocket costs.
Financial assistance may be available for patients in need.
New York Magazine, 2019
Best Doctors
Patellofemoral Research Excellence Award, 2015-2016
Arthroscopy Association of America/Patellofemoral Foundation.
Awarded to an outstanding research project leading to improved understanding, prevention and treatment of patellofemoral pain or instability.
Fellow Research Award – Clinical Science, 2016
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Awarded to the best papers in clinical science and basic science submitted by a sports medicine fellow.
Philip D. Wilson, MD Award, 2015
Hospital for Special Surgery
Awarded to a fellow for excellence in orthopaedic surgery research.
Leadership Fellow, 2012-2013
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chosen as one of ten orthopaedic surgeons under the age of 45 to participate in a year long leadership training program.
Philip D. Wilson, Jr., MD Teaching Award for outstanding commitment to resident education, 2011
Hospital for Special Surgery
Awarded to the outstanding faculty teacher by the graduating residency class.
Resident Research Award, 2001
Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society
Best research project.
Distinguished Housestaff Award, 2000
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council
For “exemplary all-around service at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.”
Nathan M. Freer Prize, 1996
Rush Medical College
Voted the outstanding senior medical student by the Rush Medical College faculty.
The American Medical Women’s Association Award, 1996
Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, elected 1995
Retzky JS, Fletcher C, Rizy M, Burge A, Strickland SM. “Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue (MOCART) Scores > 55 at 6 Months Postoperative Predict Ability to Achieve Patient Acceptable Symptomatic State at Minimum 1 Year Postoperative Following Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Grade IV Chondral Defects About the Patellofemoral Joint.” Cartilage. 2025 March 1.
Thor P, Moreno A, Zhong H, Sheetz M, Popovic M, Strickland SM, Ast MP, Cheng SI. Thor P, Moreno A, Zhong H, Sheetz M, Popovic M, Strickland SM, Ast MP, Cheng SI. ” A qualitative analysis of the use of intraoperative acupuncture for patients with nosocomephobia.” Acupuncture in Medicine. 2024 Nov 22.
Palhares GM, Vaswani R, Fletcher C, Hinkley P, Rizy M, Strickland SM, Gomoll A.
“Increased Host Bone Marrow Edema on 6-Month Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is a Risk Factor for Osteochondral Allograft Failure.” Arthroscopy. 2024 Sep.
Tyler K. Khilnani M.D., Tyler J. Uppstrom M.D., Giuseppe Anzillotti M.D., Morgan Rizy B.S., Sabrina M. Strickland M.D., Andreas H. Gomoll M.D. “Combined All-Inside Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Tibial Anterior Closing Wedge Tibial Osteotomy Using Staple Fixation: Surgical Technique.” Arthroscopy Techniques. 2024 Sep 24.
Conte P, Anzillotti G, Crawford DC, Dasa V, Flanigan DC, Nordt WE, Scopp JM, Meislin RJ, Strauss EJ, Strickland SM, Fiorentino G, Lattermann C. “Differential analysis of the impact of lesions’ location on clinical and radiological outcomes after the implantation of a novel aragonite-based scaffold to treat knee cartilage defects.” International Orthopedics. 2024 Sep 21.
Fletcher C, Rizy M, Gomoll A, Strickland S. “Treatment of Patellar Chondral Lesions With Concomitant Matrix-Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation, Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction, and Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy.” Arthroscopy Techniques. 2024 Sep.
Rizy ME, Uppstrom TJ, Gomoll AH, Strickland SM. “Combined Medial Quadriceps Tendon-Femoral Ligament and Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction for Revision Patellofemoral Soft-Tissue Stabilization.” Arthroscopy Techniques. 2024 Aug.
Julia S. Retzky MD, E. Grant Carey MD, Ryan S. Selley MD, Connor Fletcher BS, Matthew J. Hartwell MD, Alissa J. Burge MD, Andreas Gomoll MD, Sabrina Strickland MD. “Management of Patellar and Trochlear Cartilage Lesions with Matrix-Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in Conjunction with Patellofemoral Realignment Procedures Improves Patient Reported Outcomes and Magnetic Resonance Image Appearance.” The Journal of ISAKOS. 2024 Aug 21.
Ava G. Neijna B.A., Hailey P. Huddleston M.D., Andreas H. Gomoll M.D., Sabrina M. Strickland M.D. “Medial Meniscus Root Repair With Implantable Shock Absorber Placement: A Combined Technique for Early Partial Weightbearing. ” Arthroscopy Techniques. 2024 Aug 09.
Andreas H. Gomoll, MD, Sabrina M. Strickland, MD. “Both osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCA) and autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) are valuable treatment options for patellofemoral joint cartilage defects.” Arthroscopy. 2024 Aug 06.
Julia S. Retzky, Aakash K. Shah, Ava G. Neijna, Morgan E. Rizy, Andreas H. Gomoll, Sabrina M. Strickland. “Defining the minimal clinically important difference for IKDC and KOOS scores for patients undergoing tibial tubercle osteotomy for patellofemoral pain or instability.” Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 2024 Jul 29.
Shah AK, Rizy ME, Neijna AG, Uppstrom TJ, Gomoll AH, Strickland SM. “A Preliminary Study of Post-Market Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration (BEAR) Suggests Non-Inferior Short-Term Outcomes and Low Complications.” HSS Journal®: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. 2024 Jul 27.
Julia S Retzky , Francesca R Coxe, Brittany Ammerman , Ava G Neijna , Paige Hinkley, Andreas Gomoll, Sabrina M Strickland. “Initial Outcomes of Single Versus Multiple-Plug Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation for Osteochondral Defects About the Knee: A Matched Cohort Analysis.” The Journal of Knee Surgery. 2024 Jul 17.
Julia S Retzky, Guilherme M Palhares, Tyler J Uppstrom, Paige Hinkley, Connor Fletcher, Andreas H Gomoll, Sabrina M Strickland. “Risk Factors for Atraumatic Medial Patellar Facet Lesions.” Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024 Jun 14.
Shah AK, Uppstrom TJ, Rizy ME, Gomoll AH, Strickland SM. “Incidence of Complications After Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy and Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy With Distalization.” American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024 Mar 22.
Julia S. Retzky, MD, Preston W. Gross, BS, Shevaun M. Doyle, MD, and Sabrina M. Strickland, MD. “High Rates of Abnormal Patellofemoral Morphology in Adolescents With Anterior Knee Pain: A Retrospective Review.” HSS Journal®: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. 2024 Mar 20.
Oeding JF, Varady NH, Fearington FW, Pareek A, Strickland SM, Nwachukwu BU, Camp CL, Krych AJ. “Platelet-Rich Plasma Versus Alternative Injections for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Systematic Review and Statistical Fragility Index-Based Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.”
American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024 Feb 29.
Tyler J Uppstrom, Connor F Fletcher, Daniel W Green, Andreas H Gomoll, Sabrina M Strickland “Decreased Effective Patellar Tendon Length following Distalization Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy without Patellar Tendon Tenodesis.” Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024 Feb 15.
Retzky JS, Thacher RR, Palhares GH, Gomoll AH, Strickland SM. “Impact
of Wiberg Patellar Type on Outcomes and Survival Following Cell-Based
Cartilage Repair for Patellar Chondral Lesions at Midterm Follow-up.” The Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024 Jan 20.
Palhares GM, Vaswani R, Fletcher C, Hinkley P, Rizy M, Strickland SM, Gomoll A. “Diffuse Host Bone Marrow Edema on Six-Month MRI is a Risk Factor for Osteochondral Allograft Failure.” Arthroscopy. 2024 Jan 17.
Brusalis CM, Chastain KL, Uppstrom TJ, Steineman BD, Gomoll AH, Maher SA, Strickland SM. “Medial Meniscus Posterior Root Tears Lead to Changes in Joint Contact Mechanics at Low Flexion Angles During Simulated Gait.” The Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024 Jan 2.