Dr. Peter Fabricant is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in pediatric and adolescent orthopedic surgery. His clinical expertise is in sports medicine and trauma surgery of the knee, shoulder, elbow, and ankle.
Dr. Fabricant completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Rochester, graduating with honors. He then attended Yale University School of Medicine. During his orthopedic surgery residency training at Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Fabricant earned a Master of Public Health Degree from Columbia University, and won several awards for excellence in patient care and innovation in patient safety.
Following residency, Dr. Fabricant completed two fellowships: first in pediatric orthopedic surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the second in sports medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. This afforded him the unique opportunity to study with renowned mentors at both institutions in order to compile additional subspecialty training uniquely focused on the care of children and adolescents with sports-related injuries and fractures. He has cared for athletes and performers at all levels, including the Boston Ballet, Babson College, the International Skating Union World Figure Skating Championships, and the Boston Marathon.
Dr. Fabricant is an accomplished researcher, with over 200 peer-reviewed publications and 15 book chapters in circulation. He has received multiple institutional, national, and international awards for clinical research, including the Herodicus Award (AOSSM), the Excellence in Research Award (AOSSM), the Promising Career Award (PRiSM Society), and the Richard S. Laskin Young Attending Resident Teaching Award (HSS), among others. Dr. Fabricant currently serves on several research and education committees in two international professional societies (POSNA and PRiSM). He is a member of several pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine research consortiums, through which he participates in cutting-edge multicenter clinical research studies with many of the most prolific researchers in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine. He is an active fellow of both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
He also serves on the editorial board of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR), on the Peer Review Committee for the Orthopaedic Research and education Foundation (OREF), and as a reviewer for several academic orthopaedic journals including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM), Arthroscopy, and the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics (JPO).
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- Medical Doctorate, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Master's in Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
- Residency, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
- Fellowship Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
- Fellowship Sports Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard University, Boston, MA
Awards
- Richard S. Laskin, MD Young Attending Resident Teaching Award, Hospital for Special Surgery, 2020
- Young Investigator Award, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). For: “Fixation of Chondral-Only Fragments of the Knee in Pediatric and Adolescent Athletes”, 2016
- Fellow Research Award, Boston Children's Hospital Sports Medicine Research Day. For: "Range of Motion Improvement Following Surgical Management of Arthrofibrosis in Children and Adolescents", 2016
- Promising Career Award, Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRISM) Society. For: "Cost Savings from Utilization of an Ambulatory Surgery Center for Orthopaedic Day Surgery", 2016
Certification
Bibliography
- Pascual-Leone N, Chipman DE, Davie R, Bram JT, Mintz DN, Fabricant PD, Green DW. Measurement of TT‐TG Can Change with Sequential MRIs Due to Variations in Tibiofemoral Rotation in Patellofemoral Instability Patients. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2024 Jan 31. [Epub Ahead of Print]. PMID: 38291960
- Fabricant PD, Heath MR, Mintz DN, Emery K, Veerkamp M, Gruber S, Green DW, Strickland SM, Wall EJ, JUPITER Study Group, Shubin-Stein BE, Parikh SN. Many Radiographic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessments for Surgical Decision Making in Pediatric Patellofemoral Instability Patients Demonstrate Poor Interrater Reliability. Arthroscopy. 2022 Sep; 38(9): 2702-2713. Epub 2022 Apr 7. PMID: 35398485
- Dawkins BJ, Shubin Stein BE, Mintz DN, Fabricant PD, Gomoll AH, Strickland SM, Aitchison AH, Hidalgo Perea S, Green DW. Patellofemoral Joint Cartilage Restoration with Particulated Juvenile Allograft in Patients Under 21 Years Old. Knee. 2022 Jun; 36: 120-129. Epub 2021 Aug 7. PMID: 34376348
- Fabricant PD, Heath MR, Veerkamp M, Gruber S, Green DW, Strickland SM, Wall EJ, Mintz DN, Emery KH, JUPITER Study Group, Shubin Stein BE, Parikh SN. Reliability of Radiologic Assessments of Clinically Relevant Growth Remaining in Knee MRI of Children and Adolescents With Patellofemoral Instability: Data From the JUPITER Cohort. Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Apr 13; 9(4): 1-8. Epub 2021 Apr 13. [Epub Ahead of Print]. PMID: 33912616
- Weltsch D, Chan CT, Mistovich RJ, Urwin JW, Gajewski CR, Fabricant PD, Lawrence JTR. Predicting Risk of Recurrent Patellofemoral Instability with Measurements of Extensor Mechanism Containment. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Mar; 49(3):706-712. PMID: 33636096
- Lin KM, Thacher RR, Apostolakos JM, Heath MR, Mackie AT, Fabricant PD. Implant-Mediated Guided Growth for Coronal Plane Angular Deformity in the Pediatric Patient with Patellofemoral Instability. Arthroscopy Tech. 2021 Feb 22; 10(3): e913-e924. PMID: 33738233
- Lin K, Mackie AT, Aitchison AH, Cruz AI, Franklin CC, Molony JT, Shea KG, Green DW, Fabricant PD. Recurrent Pediatric Patellofemoral Instability: Beyond the MPFL. JPOSNA. 2020 Aug; 2(2): 1-14.
- Lin KM, Fabricant PD. Can Guided Growth for Angular Deformity Correction Be Applied to Management of Pediatric Patellofemoral Instability? Clin Orthop Related Res. 2020 Oct; 478(10): 2231-2238. Epub 2020 May 18. PMID: 32433105
- Mistovich RJ, Urwin JW, Fabricant PD, Lawrence JTR. Patellar Tendon-Lateral Trochlear Ridge Distance: A Novel Measurement of Patellofemoral Instability. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Dec; 46(14): 3400-3406. Epub 2018 Nov 14. PMID: 30427701
- Gao B, Dwivedi S, Fabricant PD, Cruz AI. Patterns in Outcomes Reporting of Operatively Managed Pediatric Patellofemoral Instability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Sports Med. 2019 May; 47(6): 1516-1524. Epub 2018 Apr 1. PMID: 29630397
- Shea KG, Martinson WD, Cannamela PC, Richmond CG, Fabricant PD, Anderson AF, Polousky JD, Ganley TJ. Variation in the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Origin in the Skeletally Immature Knee: An Anatomic Study. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Feb; 46(2): 363-369. Epub 2017 Oct 1. PMID: 29083227
- Fabricant PD. CORR Insights on: Does the Utilization of Allograft Tissue in Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients Restore Patellar Stability? Clin Orthop Related Res. 2017 Jun; 475(6): 1570-1572. Epub 2016 Sep 14. PMID: 27637616
- Gausden EB, Fabricant PD, Taylor SA, McCarthy MM, Weeks KD, Potter H, Shubin-Stein B, Green DW. Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Children and Adolescents. JBJS Rev. 2015 Oct 13; 3(10):e2. PMID: 27490787
- Fabricant PD, Ladenhauf HN, Salvati EA, Green DW. Medial Patellofemoral Ligament (MPFL) Reconstruction Improves Radiographic Measures of Patella Alta in Children. Knee. 2014 Dec; 21(6)1180-4. Epub 2014 Jul 30. PMID: 25257777
- Pascual-Leone N, Chipman DE, Meza BC, Mintz DN, Fabricant PD, Green DW. Concomitant Anterior Medializing Osteotomy and MPFL Reconstruction Improves Patella Tilt When Compared to MPFL Reconstruction Alone. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2023 Apr 16. [Epub Ahead of Print]. PMID: 37062043
- Baskar D, Stavinoha TJ, Sanchez M, Gupta A, Randhawa SD, Rohde MS, Vuong B, Tomkins MA, Ganley TJ, Ellis HB, Wilson PL, Fabricant PD, VandenBerg C, Green DW, Segovia NA, Shea KG. Quantifying the Relationship Between the Medial Quadriceps Tendon-Femoral Ligament and Patellar Borders: A Pediatric Cadaveric Study. Am J Sports Med. 2022 Jul; 50(9): 2433-2438. Epub 2022 Jun 28. PMID: 35763589
- Sidharthan S, Schlichte LM, Green DW, Scher DM, Fabricant PD. Bifocal Patellar Tendon Avulsion Fractures in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Treatment Considerations for a Unique Injury Pattern. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2020 Dec 27; 3(1): e97-e103. PMID: 33615253
- Lorich DG, Fabricant PD, Sauro G, Lazaro LE, Thatcher RR, Garner MR, Warner SJ. Superior Outcomes after Operative Fixation of Patella Fractures using a Novel Cage Plate Construct: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Orthop Trauma. 2017 May; 31(5): 241-247. Epub 2017 Jan 24. PMID: 28166170
- Fabricant PD. CORR Insights on: Does the Utilization of Allograft Tissue in Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients Restore Patellar Stability? Clin Orthop Related Res. 2017 Jun; 475(6): 1570-1572. Epub 2016 Sep 14. PMID: 27637616
- Weeks KD, Fabricant PD, Ladenhauf H, Green DW. Surgical Options for Patellar Stabilization in the Skeletally Immature Patient. Sports Med Arthrosc. 2012 Sep; 20(3):194-202. PMID: 23882722