Where In The World Is Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH?

New York and Greenwich, CT
May 3, 2022

Last week had us wondering where Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAAOS would pop-up next. Our globetrotter was at it again as he spanned three countries in four days participating in a host of conferences.

First stop; Paris, for the 20th ESSKA Congress where Dr. Plancher joined colleagues from around the world and represented his team at the Orthopaedic Foundation, presenting posters and manuscripts:

• Functional Outcomes And Success Rate Following Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone (BPTB) Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) In Patients <30 Years Old: Autograft Vs. Allograft. (abstract)
• Good Functional Outcomes And Satisfaction In Patients With Comorbidities After Rotator Cuff Repair (RCR) With The Bovine Bioinductive Patch (abstract)
• Isolated Lateral Joint Osteoarthritis (OA): Survivorship And Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) At A Mean 10 Years Following Lateral Fixed-Bearing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA) (abstract)

Then, Dr. Plancher headed to Miami for Shoulder 360 The Comprehensive Shoulder Course where he joined his peers as a judge and presenter:

• Panel Judge: Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
• Presenter: Provider Take Care of Thyself: Alternate Investments – How to Build Wealth
• Presenter: Pearls and Secrets – Bracket D: Pearl/Technique 16: Anchor Placement, Suture Placement (Mattress vs Simple)

The final stop on Dr. Plancher’s trek was Mexico City for LXVII Congress Nacional de Ortopedia where he participated both in-person and virtually:

• I Can Tell You How To Fix Almost All Cartilage Injuries
• Treatment Of Ostecochondral Injuries Of The Elbow. What Can Be Done With The Scope?
• Instability Nightmare Case. Le Me Show You What I Have Learned
• Nonsense!!! You Need Biologic For Your Repair. How I Improve Tendon Healing. Orthobiologics For The Rotator Cuff
• How To Improve My ACL Reconstruction Healing From Surgical Technique to Orthobiologics. What’s Different, What’s Unique?
• Elbow Arthroscopy, From Simple To The Complex

Dr. Plancher’s speaking schedule is packed with more globetrotting conference in 2022. He is delighted to have to opportunity to share his team’s research and learn from his fellow orthopedist from around the world. For photos of Dr. Plancher and his colleagues, please visit our photo gallery.

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAAOS, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics. Dr. Plancher is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic 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 Orthopaedics is a comprehensive orthopaedics and sports medicine practice with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in orthopaedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopaedic care. plancherortho.com.