One of the nation's leading orthopedic surgeons, Anthony A. Romeo, MD, specializes in the management and surgical treatment of shoulder and elbow problems.
His minimally invasive, state-of-the-art, arthroscopic techniques are used to accelerate the recovery process for challenging conditions such as rotator cuff disease, shoulder instability, and shoulder and elbow arthritis and stiffness. Using all-arthroscopic techniques, he routinely performs rotator cuff repairs, including revision repairs.
Additionally, Dr. Romeo is responsible for the design and development of an advanced shoulder replacement system for the treatment of arthritis. He teaches and lectures these advanced surgical techniques both nationally and globally.
Dr. Romeo is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and was re-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2008. He has numerous other credentials, including being a member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America, Mid-America Orthopaedic Society and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. These accomplishments have earned him the selection for the Best Doctors in America, and Chicago Magazine named him one of the top physicians in Chicago.
For medical school, Dr. Romeo attended Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation for Orthopaedic Surgery and his fellowship at the University of Washington Medical Center for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.
Here are five interesting facts about Dr. Romeo:
1. He has been selected to be the vice president of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons from October 2015 to 2016. He has also been named president-elect from October 2016 to 2017 and will serve as president of ASES from October 2017 to 2018.
2. He performed a successful surgery on Chicago White Sox pitcher Jack Peavy, who had a rare shoulder injury.
3. Dr. Romeo was selected to be director at large for the Arthroscopy Association of North America.
4. In 2010, he was awarded a $50,000 grant to determine whether his operations could prolong pitchers' careers without slowing them down.
5. Along with Nikhil Verma, MD, and Brian Cole, MD, MBA, Dr. Romeo studied the impact of pitching on youth players' arms and found that height, pitch speed and playing year-round correlate to a higher injury rate.