This surgeon was submitted to G.O.S. by B. Mui. Mr. Mui commented in his entry:

I took a chance on Dr. Rose – I didn’t know anything about him. I later learned he worked with dancers to heal their knee injury. I thought he would be arrogant and full of himself, but found it the opposite.

He is caring and understands your needs even before you know yours. I have been aback to him one other time and he remembered me – this was almost 30 years later. He asked – what happened now. I just came in for a check-up on another issue. He laughed. I highly recommend him.

His office staff might be a little rude, but it’s because they are extremely busy and short staff at times, but as you get to know the staff they are wonderful.

B. Mui


Donald J. Rose, M.D., FACS, FAAOS (NEW YORK)

Dr. Rose is a nationally and internationally recognized specialist in the field of sports and dance injuries, extensively publishing and lecturing both in the United States and abroad.

He has served as the founding Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health since 1988. Dr. Rose has served as the Company Orthopaedic Consultant for several dance companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Martha Graham, STREB, Complexions, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Cedar Lake, numerous Broadway and off-Broadway shows, and the Joyce Theater Foundation.

He is the 1997 recipient of the prestigious Dance Library of Israel Documents of Dance Award. Dr. Rose was honored as the 2002 recipient of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Distinguished Alumnus Award, as well as the 2012 UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Rose has been honored by Martha Graham Dance School, Peridance, Buglisi Dance Theatre, NYU Langone Medical Center. He has been listed as a “Top Doctor” by New York Magazine and Castle Connolly.

Dr. Rose holds a Clinical Associate Professorship of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU School of Medicine. He serves on the Sports Medicine Service at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital. At NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, served as Director of Ambulatory Surgery, has served as a member of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Ambulatory Surgery Standardization Committee, and is past President of the Alumni Association. Dr. Rose served on the Lincoln Center Business Council, as well as the Actors Fund Dancers Resource Advisory Council, and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company Board.

Dr. Rose is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons, and is an active member of several professional societies. He is on the Editorial or Advisory Board of several professional journals, and has served on the Instructional Course Faculty of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Association of North America.

Dr. Rose’s personal athletic achievements include several Gold Medals (rowing) in U.S. National Championships, Royal Canadian Henley Championships, and the World Maccabiah Games.

Website: Dr. Donald Rose


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