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Dr. Shankar Das is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon whose interests are in sports medicine with a specific focus on shoulder and knee injuries and surgery. He also has vast experience in hip arthroscopy, including surgical repair of torn labrum and femoral acetabular impingement.
Dr. Das is the medical director of Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center and is the consultant for the Tri-City ValleyCats, as well as the team physician for the University at Albany and Guilderland Center High School. He also guest stars on the Sunday Sports Buzz’s “Breakdown the Bones” segment, where he talks sports injuries with Charlie Voelker. To listen to their discussions about various sports injuries, please use the button below.
On this week’s Breakdown of the Bones presented by The Bone & Joint Center, Dr. Shankar Das talks about working with the doctor who developed the Tommy John surgery, Dr. Jobe.
Dr. Das shares the origins of the Tommy John surgery and discusses using the procedure on young athletes and professional athletes like Shaker’s Tommy Kahnle, who underwent the surgery this week.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Shankar Das from The Bone & Joint Center joins us to Breakdown the Bones and discuss shoulder injuries.
Dr. Das from The Bone & Joint Center shared the road to recovery ahead for Yankees pitcher Zach Britton, who recently underwent elbow surgery.