caption website birth_place nationality birth_date spouse article_title occupation
christopher s. ahmad md -lsb- http://www.elbowsportssurgeon.com// elbowsportssurgeon.com -rsb- , www.chrisahmadmd.com bayshore , new york , u.s. american 25 march 1968 beth shubin stein christopher s. ahmad
 orthopaedic surgeon , team physician
christopher s. ahmad

christopher s. ahmad , m.d. is the head team physician for the new york yankees and a member of the major league baseball team physicians association .
he is a professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at the columbia university college of physicians and surgeons and an attending orthopaedic surgeon at the new york-presbyterian/columbia university medical center .
in 2013 , new york yankee alex rodriguez filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against dr. ahmad , which he subsequently dropped .
dr. ahmad currently serves as the chief of adolescent and pediatric sports medicine and as the director of biomechanics research at the center for orthopaedic research .
he has authored more than 100 articles and book chapters related to knee , shoulder , elbow , and sports medicine and has given more than 100 lectures nationally and internationally .
he is the author of the textbooks pediatric and adolescent sports injuries and minimally invasive shoulder and elbow surgery and the general interest book : `` skill -- 40 principles that surgeons , athletes , and other elite performers use to achieve mastery . ''
dr. ahmad has received many awards for outstanding research in the field of sports medicine .
dr. ahmad has served on mlb research committees to address the high incidence of tommy john surgeries in professional baseball .
he is also the head team physician for the expansion major league soccer new york city football club and for local high schools and serves as consultant to local metropolitan gymnastics and swim teams .
he also is the official medical provider to the football club westchester soccer academy .
