Get to know Dr. Sabrina Strickland

About Dr. Sabrina Strickland

I am an orthopaedic 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:

• ACL ligament tears
• Patellar dislocations
• Meniscal tears

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 19 and my 21 year old, Alexandra, started college at Cornell University in Fall 2020. She has now started at Cornell Law. In Fall 2022, my daughter Natasha joined her sister at Cornell; in 2023 she joined the Business School. Victoria is back at Boston College this year and is 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 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 Orthopaedic 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 orthopaedic sports surgeon might be helpful to your needs.