From South Korea to Finland, Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAAOS Is Always On The Move

New York City, NY and Greenwich, CT
November 21, 2022

Our last update had Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAAOS as an honored professor at the Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society (KSES) Fall Symposium. This week we find Kevin in Levi, Finland for the FIS World Cup as a team physician with the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team Women’s Team! While in attendance Dr. Plancher had the honor of meeting the U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Douglas Hickey. The celebrations were non-stop as the team witnessed Ava Sunshine’s debut in the World Cup circuit earning her first points while coming in with two top-30 finishes. Katie Hensien also placed in the top-30. All eyes were on Mikaela Shiffrin this weekend as she ran away with her 75th and 76th World Cup victories and broke the record for the most podiums in a single discipline by any female skier. Read more about the debut World Cup weekend.

  Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAAOS, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopedics. Dr. Plancher is one of only thirty-six Orthopedic Surgeons who hold American Board of Orthopedic Surgery certification in both Surgery of the Hand and Orthopedic Sports Medicine. He is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.

Plancher Orthopedics is a comprehensive orthopedics and sports medicine practice with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in orthopedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopedic care. plancherortho.com.