Dr. Peter D. McCann, MD
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of Beth Israel Medical Center
Dr. McCann was recently cited in NY Magazine as one of the Best Doctors in New York.
Following his graduation from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1971, Dr. McCann attended Columbia College in New York, receiving his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry in 1975. Following a year working in a research lab at the Sloan-Kettering Institute, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1976, and received his M.D. degree in 1980.
After completing a surgical internship and second year residency in general surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital, he joined the orthopaedic residency staff at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in 1982, graduating as chief resident in 1985. Following his residency, Dr. McCann completed the Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship at Columbia under the direction of his mentor, Charles S. Neer II, M.D., who is widely recognized as the father of modern shoulder surgery.
Dr. McCann joined the attending staff in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center following his fellowship and was Chief of the Orthopaedic Service at Helen Hayes Hospital, a Columbia affiliate until 1991, at which time he became a founding member of The Insall Scott Kelly Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. At ISK, Dr. McCann was fellowship director, and served in several administrative positions at Beth Israel Medical Center, including Chair, Singer Division Executive Committee, and Associate Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
With the sale of the Singer Division building in 2004, Dr. McCann resigned from the ISK Institute and transferred his practice full time to the Petrie Division of Beth Israel Medical Center, moving into the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center at Union Square. In December of 2004, Dr. McCann was promoted to Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center and currently holds the academic title of Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. McCann is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a member of American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, the premier international professional society of surgeons dedicated to foster and advance the science and practice of shoulder and elbow care. He is also a member of The American Orthopaedic Association, the oldest national orthopaedic association in the world, founded in 1887, whose mission is to identify, develop, engage, and recognize leadership to further the art and science of the practice of orthopaedic surgery.
Dr. McCann is a reviewer for the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, and is Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Orthopedics, one of the most widely circulated professional journals in orthopedic surgery with a monthly circulation of 30,000. He has authored nearly fifty articles and chapters in textbooks, and is the co-editor of Sports Medicine, a comprehensive 782-page textbook on sports medicine, currently in its second edition.
Dr. McCann has been involved in academic and administrative orthopedic surgery for his entire career and currently limits his practice to shoulder and elbow surgery. Along with fellowship director and partner, Frances Cuomo, M.D., he is a member of the shoulder and elbow service at Beth Israel Medical Center and is among the faculty members responsible for teaching our shoulder fellow who participates in the American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), accredited shoulder and elbow fellowship.
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