Orthopaedist-in-Chief; Professor and Chairman, Tufts University School of Medicine
Clinical Focus Areas
- Hand, elbow and upper extremity surgery
- upper extremity joint replacement surgery
- peripheral nerve surgery and soft tissue reconstruction
- workers’ compensation
Education
- Northwestern University School of Medicine
- Mayo Clinic
- Tufts Affiliated Hospitals
Honors and Awards
- 2021, “Top Doctor”, Boston Magazine
- 2020, “Top Doctor,” Boston Magazine
- 2018/2019, “Top Doctor,” Boston Magazine
- 2017, “Top Doctor,” Boston Magazine
- 2015, “Top Doctor,” Boston Magazine
- 2013-11, 2009-08, Compassionate Doctor Recognition, Patient’s Choice Award
- 2013-08, Patient’s Choice Award
- 2013, “Top Doctor,” Boston Magazine
- 2013, “Top Doctor” and in top 1% in the nation in his specialty, U.S. News & World Report
- 2013, Tufts MC Boston Strong Award Recipient
- 2012, “Top Doctor,” Boston Magazine
- 2012, “Top Doctor” and in top 1% in the nation in his specialty, U.S. News & World Report
- 2011, The Mentor of the Year, Tufts University School of Medicine
- 2009, On Time Physician Award, Patient’s Choice Award
- 2007, Teacher of the Year Award, Tufts Orthopaedics
- 2004, First annual Orthopaedic Faculty Award, presented by the Tufts Orthopaedic Residents
- 2002, Clinical Teaching Award, Tufts University School of Medicine
Publications and National Presentations
- Pitkin M, Cassidy C, Muppavarapu R, Raymond J, Shestov M, Galibin O, Rousselle S. New Method of Fixation of In-bone Implanted Prosthesis. J Rehabil Res Dev 2013;Aug 50(5):709-22.
- Robinson S, McGonigle O, Volin S, Yung-Chi S, Moore M, Cassidy C, Smith E. Comprehensive Look at Blood Transfusion Utilization in Total Joint Arthroplasty at a Single Academic Medical Center under a Single Surgeon. Journal of Blood Transfusion Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 983250, 6 pages
- Hageman MG, Guitton TG, Ring D…Cassidy C; Science of Variation Group*.How Surgeons Make Decisions When the Evidence is Inconclusive. J Hand Surg Am. 2013 Jun;38(6):1202-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.02.032. Epub 2013 May 4. *=Group Authorship.
- Hageman MG, Becker SJ, Bot AG, Guitton T, Ring D…Cassidy C; Science of Variation Group*. Variations in Recommendation for Surgical Treatment of Compressive Neuropathy. J Hand Surg Am. 2013 May;38(5):856-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.02.008. Epub 2013 Apr 3. *=Group Authorship.
- Doornberg JN, Guitton TG, Ring D…Cassidy C; Science of Variation Group. Diagnosis of elbow fracture patterns on radiographs; interobserver reliability and diagnostic accuracy. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Apr;471(4):1373-8. doi: 10.1007/s11999-012-2742-4. Epub 2012 Dec 18. *=Group Authorship.
- Pitkin M, Cassidy C, Muppavarapu R, Edell D. Recording of Electric Signal Passing Through a Pylon in Direct Skeletal Attachment of Leg Prostheses with Neuromuscular Control. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2012 Vol 59, No. 5, 1349-1353.
- Lindenhovius A, Karanicolas PJ, Bhandari M, Ring D…. Cassidy C; COAST Collaborative*. Radiographic arthrosis after elbow trauma: interobserver reliability. J Hand Surg Am. 2012;37:755-9. *=Group Authorship.
- Buijze GA, Guitton TG, van Dijk CN, Ring D…. Cassidy C; Science of Variation Group*. Training improves interobserver reliability for the diagnosis of scaphoid fracture displacement. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2012;470:2029-2034. *=Group Authorship.
- Buijze GA, Wijffels MM….Cassidy C; Science of Variation Group*. Interobserver reliability of computed tomography to diagnose scaphoid waist fracture union. J Hand Surg Am 2012;37:250-4. *=Group Authorship
- Guitton TG, Ring D,… Cassidy C; Science of Variation Group*. Interobserver reliability of radial head fracture classification: two-dimensional compared with three-dimensional CT. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Nov 2;93(21):2015-21. *= Group Authorship