Jonathan D. Hughes
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Research interests: shoulder and knee arthroscopy, shoulder arthroplasty, and complex reconstructive and open surgery of the shoulder and knee
Jonathan D. Hughes, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and team physician for the University of Pittsburgh football team. Dr. Hughes specializes in the care of athletes as well as complex knee and shoulder surgery, with a specific focus on shoulder and knee arthroscopy, shoulder arthroplasty, and complex reconstructive and open surgery of the shoulder and knee. He is a graduate of the University of Texas Health San Antonio Medical School and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Baylor Scott and White Residency Program in Temple, Texas, as a well as a Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Hughes is an active committee member of AAOS, AOSSM, ASES, and ISAKOS. He has published more than 100 papers, abstracts, and book chapters related to clinical and basic science research on rotatory knee instability, knee meniscus pathology, knee malalignment, shoulder instability, rotator cuff pathology, shoulder arthroplasty, and complex shoulder and knee conditions, and regularly presents his research at international and national meetings. He is actively involved in medical school, residency and fellowship education at the University of Pittsburgh. He also recently received his PhD through the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg on the relationship of surgical technique and bony morphology on ACL failure.
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Terms of Appointment: July 2024 - December 2026