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Howard J. Luks, M.D. ’91, M.S. ’90, is assistant professor of orthopedic surgery and chief of sports medicine and arthroscopy at University Orthopedics, PC. He is board certified in sports medicine and has been named as one of the top Sports Medicine Physicians in the United States, by U.S. News and World Report. He has also been named as one of the Top 10 “Social Healthmakers” for Osteoarthritis. Dr. Luks has been named one of the top Sports Medicine Physicians in New York for nearly 10 years in a row and was named one of Twitter’s Top Ten Doctors and serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media.
Areas of Expertise: Orthopedic Disorders including: shoulder – advanced arthroscopic reconstruction, knee –advanced arthroscopic reconstruction , computer navigated, minimally invasive replacements, meniscus repairs, elbow, ankle and cartilage regeneration or replacement Cyber Medicine Role of social media in medicine
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Education (2)
New York Medical College: M.D., Medicine 1991
Muhlenberg College: B.S., Chemistry 1985
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- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Medical Society of the State of New York
- Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
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Tear Your Meniscus? This “Living Bandage” May Help
Smithsonian Magazine online
2017-01-10
“I'm not jumping out of my chair saying I have to grab this technology and have to employ this in my practice,” says Howard Luks, chief of sports medicine at New York Medical College. Not only did the test have a relatively small test group (five people), it had a modest success rate (three out of five).
How to Prepare for Surgery with Exercise and Diet
Next Avenue online
2016-05-06
“We’ve learned that the steps you take before surgery are just as important as what happens during and after surgery,” said Dr. Howard Luks, an orthopedic surgeon who practices about 60 miles north of New York City.
Physician and Content Producer Dr. Howard Luks
Get Social Health - Social Media for Healthcare online
2016-01-19
Being early to social media and blogging has an advantage when you are a physician and a content producer. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Howard Luks began writing his blog to answer questions from his patients. After years of producing content that addressed real patient concerns he now sees over 4 million visitors to his website annually. Dr. Luks is a social media early adopter and has tried most social media platforms some of which he has dropped after not getting the results he wanted. Aside from continuing his active blogging, Dr. Luks is now live-streaming content to his audience via Periscope. Listen in to my conversation with social media pioneer Dr. Howard Luks or drop in at the time stamps below.
Why Patients’ Questions Fuel Successful Treatment
Zoc Doc
2015-05-19
In Bill’s room was his doctor, a medical scribe, a physicians assistant, and a medical student. Not an imposing group, but in that moment each of them knew more about what was happening to Bill than he himself did. They were strangers who held keys to his fate.
Ultrasound Treatment May Be an Option for Plantar Fasciitis
Health Day
2015-03-01
An ultrasound technique is showing early promise as a quick and minimally invasive treatment for the common and painful foot condition known as plantar fasciitis. The finding is based on a short-term study involving just 65 patients, the researchers noted.
Treating the Patient, Not the X-Ray
ZocDoc
2015-01-29
A dignified man, mentally sharp with clear blue eyes, sat before me. Next to him, his wife of 51 years, and next to her, their three children. His voice – surprisingly soft, and muted – offered the probability that he was nervous. Yet his attention was unwavering. He appeared to be waiting for me to speak.
Helping Patients Stay Engaged in their Own Care
U.S. News & World Report online
2013-09-06
"Having a physician penalized for something a patient doesn't do is troubling," says Dr. Howard J. Luks, chief of sports medicine and arthroscopy at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y. A strong proponent of social media in medicine, Luks publicizes his email address and Facebook, Twitter and Google+ accounts on his website and on his business cards. The response has been underwhelming. "The number of people who reach out are very low," Luks reports. He forges ahead because he sees the promise of patient-doctor communication...
Twitter Community #BCSM Expands Online To Broaden Patient Engagement
Forbes online
2013-03-31
Symplur – a social media consultancy with a focus on healthcare developed The Hashtag Project as a directory listing of healthcare social media communities and tweetchat activity. Co-Founded with two others by noted orthopedic surgeon Howard J. Luks, it also runs analytics for each of the healthcare hashtags in the directory. As one of the healthcare pioneers, #BCSM is always among the highest rated and the statistics (as provided by Symplur) over the course of this last year are impressive (running at almost 6,000 tweets per month)...
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Online professional networks for physicians: risk management
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
2011 ABSTRACT: The rapidly developing array of online physician-only communities represents a potential extraordinary advance in the availability of educational and informational resources to physicians. These online communities provide physicians with ...
Identification of sulfate and glucuronic acid conjugates of the 5-hydroxy derivative as major metabolites of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo [4, 5-f] quinoline in rats
The Journal of Cancer Research
1989 ABSTRACT: New metabolites of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo [4, 5-f] quinoline (IQ), a potent mutagen and carcinogen formed during cooking of meat or fish, have been identified and quantitated in the urine and bile of rats. Administration was either by a pulse gavage dose ...
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