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Dr. Kevin Plancher, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine expert with offices in Greenwich and New York City, has been named a top sports medicine specialist for the ninth year in a row by New York Magazine. Since 2001, Plancher has been recognized by the magazine for his knowledge and patient care in the field of sports medicine and orthopedics.

Plancher also is Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and is an attending physician at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, Stamford Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y. Plancher is head team physician for Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., and an official surgeon of the U.S. ski and snowboard team. Recently he was named team physician for the Long Island Lizards, a professional lacrosse team.

Plancher was recognized as a Connecticut Magazine Top Doctor in Sports Medicine in 2008 and is a winner of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine’s 2003 Richard Caspari Award.