S. Robert Rozbruch, MD

Dr. S. Robert Rozbruch is a foremost expert in limb lengthening and complex limb reconstruction surgery. He has served as Chief of the Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service at Hospital for Special Surgery since 2005 and is Director of the Limb Salvage and Amputation Reconstruction Center (LSARC) at HSS. His areas of expertise include limb lengthening surgery (adult & pediatric); osseointegration amputation reconstruction surgery; joint preservation and realignment; Ilizarov reconstruction surgery; limb deformity correction; fracture surgery; nonunions, malunions, and bone defects; and ankle distraction. A professor of clinical orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, he is a member of several national medical societies, including in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, and the Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Society (LLRS), where he served as president from 2012-2013. Dr. Rozbruch has lectured on his clinical and research work at both national and international meetings and has written more than 150 articles in medical journals and chapters in orthopedic textbooks. He is the editor of two major textbooks: Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Surgery and Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas.