Dr. Theodore Blaine joined the Yale Orthopedics staff in 2011 after practicing for eight years with Columbia Orthopaedics – New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York, and four years with University Orthopedics at Brown University. He brings specialized experience in minimally invasive surgery of the shoulder and elbow,and has pioneered several new medical and surgical techniques including injectable medications for shoulder arthritis, minimally invasive shoulder replacement and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. He also lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on both traditional and Reverse Shoulder Replacement, a new procedure for patients with shoulder arthritis and non-repairable rotator cuff tears. Dr. Blaine’s clinical interests and experience include arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder and elbow, orthopaedic trauma, sport smedicine and athletic injuries, and orthopaedic research. Dr. Blaine is board certified by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons with additional subspecialty accreditation by the American Society of Sports Medicine. He has been recognized as one of the“Best Doctors in America,” an award given to only the top 5% of all physicians. A former competitive swimmer and collegiate lacrosse player, Dr. Blaine enjoys treating all athletic injuries in patients of all ages. He has significant expertise in treating shoulder and elbow instability,labral tears, and tendonitis of the shoulder and elbow (impingement syndromeand tennis elbow). He has been team physician at the collegiate and professional level including soccer, football,hockey, lacrosse, and baseball. His primary practice is in Southern Connecticut, and he is pleased to serve patients in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Education & experience

Education

Medical School - University of Connecticut

University of Rochester, Residency in Orthopedics

Columbia University, Fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Columbia University, Fellowship in Sports Medicine

Mayo Clinic, Fellowship in Elbow Surgery

Practice

Yale Orthopaedics

Affiliation

Stamford Hospital

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery)

Professional memberships

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Orthopaedic Association

American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

Orthopaedic Research Society

Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

Awards and publications

Castle Connolly Top Doctor

AOA ASG Traveling Fellow, Tour scheduled April, 2012

Neer Award Nomination, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, 2012

AOA ABC Traveling Fellowship, Finalist, Alternate, 2011

Best Doctors in America, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2012

Aircast Award, Best Paper, 2007

Zimmer Travel Award, American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) 1997

eNews Featured Alumnus, Avon Old Farms Preparatory School, Avon, CT March, 2009

Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee, Lacrosse, Avon Old Farms School, Avon, CT, May, 2009

Behrens S; Deren M; and Blaine TA: Tennis elbow treatment: an internal comparison of platelet rich plasma versus contralateral arthroscopic ECRB release in a patient with bilateral lateral epicondylitis. ORTHOPEDICS, 34(4): 314, 2011

Blaine TA; Cote M; Proto A; Mulcahey M; Lee FY; and Bigliani LU: IL1- beta induces Expression of Stromal Derived Factor-1 in Subacromial Bursal Cells, J. ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH, 29: n/a. doi: 10.1002/jor.21416, 20:11, 1695-99, 2011

Edwards SL, Packer JD, Lee JA, Bell JE, Ahmad CS, Levine WN, Bigliani LU, Blaine TA: Superior Results with Non-operative Management of Superior Labral Tears. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE, 38:1456-61, 2010

Barwood S, Blaine TA, Setter KJ, Lee, J., Levine, WN, Wiater JM, and Bigliani LU: The Low Prevalence of Early Radiolucencies About A Pegged Glenoid Component Using Cement Pressurization, J SHOULDER ELBOW SURG., 17: 703-708, 2008

Levine WN, Kashyap, CP, Bak, SF, Ahmad, CS, Blaine, TA, and Bigliani, LU: Non-operative management of idiopathic adhesive capsulitis, J SHOULDER ELBOW SURG., 16 (5): 569-73, 2007. Epub 2007 May 24

Levine, WN, Soong M, Ahmad C, Blaine TA, and Bigliani LU: Arthroscopic distal clavicle resection: A comparison of bursal and direct approaches. ARTHROSCOPY, 22(5): 516-520, 2006

Voloshin I, Gelinas J, Maloney M, O’Keefe RJ, Bigliani LU, and Blaine TA: Pro-inflammatory cytokines and metalloproteases are expressed in the subacromial bursa in patients with rotator cuff disease. ARTHROSCOPY, 21(9); 1076, 2005

Kaback L, Green A, and Blaine TA: Elbow Arthroplasty in RHODE ISLAND MEDICAL JOURNAL, April 2012

Kaback L, Green A, and Blaine TA: Shoulder Arthroplasty in RHODE ISLAND MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2012

Gosselin M, Mulcahey M, and Blaine TA: Treatment of Chronic Shoulder Pain, JOURNAL OF MUSKULOSKELETAL MEDICINE, October 2010

Ankem H and Blaine TA: Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty, TECHNIQUES IN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY. 6(4):189-198, December 2005

Ugwonali, O and Blaine TA: Acromioclavicular Joint Reconstruction, TECHNIQUES IN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY. 7(1):27-35, March 2006

Sanchez-Sotelo J, Barwood S, and Blaine TA: Current Concepts in Elbow Fracture Care, CURR. OPIN. ORTHOP., 15 (4): 300-310, August, 2004

Carroll, R., Osgood, G., and Blaine, TA: Radial Head Fractures: Repair, excise, or replace?, CURR. OPIN. ORTHOP., 13(4):315-322, August, 2002

Park, M., Blaine, TA, and Levine, WN: Shoulder Dislocation in Young Athletes: Current Concepts in Management, THE PHYSICIAN AND SPORTS MEDICINE, 30: 41-48, 2002

Blaine, TA, Green A, and Bigliani LU: Bankart repair and inferior capsular shift, in OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY: SHOULDER AND ELBOW, Eds.: Wiesel S, (sections eds. Ramsey M and Williams G,) Lippincott Williams Wilkins, 2010