David P. Trofa, MD, is an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon specializing in the operative and non-operative treatment of athletes of all ages and skill levels.
Joined May 2020
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
17 Oct 2025
...and ACL Friday: What is the significance of the lateral femoral notch sign? #ACLR #ACLFriday ow.ly/ii2E50Xab4q
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25 May 2025
Honored to be an Avant-Garde Health "Top 1% Orthopedic Surgery Research All-Star" for 2025. Research is a team sport and would be impossible without my amazing team and partners at @OrthoColumbia, and collaborators @DrBryanSaltzman and @RobertLParisien
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
1 Apr 2025
Baseball is back! Our publication in OJSM highlights our findings looking at several modern analytic pitch-tracking metrics as potential risk factors for Tommy John Surgery.
In modern baseball, we have more info than ever to evaluate the rise in UCL injuries ⚾️
@drchrisahmad
1 Apr 2025
Baseball season is here! This study looked at several modern pitch-tracking metrics, finding increased velocity, pitching ability, and strike-zone command to be associated with UCL surgery.
ow.ly/Q4He50Vq3Hk
@MikeMastroMD @drchrisahmad @OrthoColumbia
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
22 Mar 2025
We were very excited to have our study entitled "Is Formal Physical Therapy Necessary After RTSA? A Single-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial" recognized at @AAOS1 last week as the **Best Shoulder and Elbow Poster** at the 2025 AAOS Annual Meeting!
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
24 Oct 2024
Particulated Juvenile Articular Cartilage Allograft Transplantation for Patellofemoral Defects Shows Favorable Return-to-Sport Rates and Patient-Reported Outcomes
@DavidTrofaMD @drlaurenredler @drcharliepopkin @drchrisahmad @DrBryanSaltzman
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
27 Sep 2024
27 Sep 2024
Our newest #publication in @ShoulderElbowJ reviews #PRP for #partial #UCL #tears in athletes:
✅ 5 studies, 156 athletes
✅ 75% #returntosport at mean 82.1 days
✅ Reconstitution of UCL on MRI in 87%
BUT: heterogeneous data, overall low quality - we need higher-level studies!
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
27 Sep 2024
Our newest #publication in @ShoulderElbowJ reviews #PRP for #partial #UCL #tears in athletes:
✅ 5 studies, 156 athletes
✅ 75% #returntosport at mean 82.1 days
✅ Reconstitution of UCL on MRI in 87%
BUT: heterogeneous data, overall low quality - we need higher-level studies!
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
22 Aug 2024
🚨 Our newest publication (@OJSM_SportsMed) evaluated patient #graft #preferences for #ACLR:
✅100 patients; mean age, 28
✅Most popular graft: BTB (56%),Quad (29%)
✅No diff in preference whether asked before/after surgeon consult
✅81.7% selected graft recommended by surgeon
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
14 Jun 2024
Kicking of #NYSATA2024 with a bang, first up @DavidTrofaMD Head Team Physician for @GoColumbiaLions 🦁
As an expert in arthroscopic and open surgery of the knee, Dr. Trofa will be discussing ACL Reconstruction and Femoral Tunnel Placement 🦵
#kneeinjuries #sportsmedicine #ACL👍
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10 Jun 2024
Excited to share this latest blog on the regenerative power of PJAC allograft transplantation for treating patellofemoral articular cartilage defects! At NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, we’re transforming knee treatments and helping athletes get back.
nyp.org/advances/article/ort…
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6 Jun 2024
I'm honored to be named a 2024 #OrthopedicResearch All-Star by Avant-garde Health. Representing NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia in pioneering research in sports medicine is a true privilege. nyp.org/advances/article/ort… #SportsMedicine #HealthcareInnovation
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Watch an #Arthroscopic interstitial #RotatorCuff repair with #BubbleSign on #OVT:
bit.ly/3eLIGPI
Submit your video for #AAOS2025 at bit.ly/45n3fXY
#OrthoTwitter
#MedTwitter
#OVTFridays
@drchrisahmad
@DavidTrofaMD
@OrthoColumbia
@JSonnenfeldMD
@columbiamed
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
26 Mar 2024
🚨Our recent pub in #OAJSM shows impact of #COVID19 on #mentalhealth of #studentathletes:
✅515 athletes, 5/2020-7/2020
✅Females: ⬇️PROMIS10 Depression & VR12 mental
✅Males: ⬇️VR12 physical
✅Strong association w/ athletics as central to personal identity = ⬆️psych impact
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
30 Dec 2023
30 Dec 2023
In our most recent pub, we evaluated the quality of #YouTube content on #UCL injuries
✅ 120 videos
✅ Only 3 (2.5%) had "excellent quality" content (all physician-sponsored)
✅ Most "somewhat useful" for both diagnostic/treatment content
✅ Physician vids = lowest # of views
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
30 Nov 2023
Maybe we should take a second look at RCTs of sham surgery say @billlevinemd @davidtrofamd @robertlparisien; find out more HERE bit.ly/47BvvXf
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
21 Oct 2023
Check out our new publication in @OJSM_SportsMed on our Early #Postop #Complications after #TibialTubercleOsteotomy:
✅334 knees
✅141 complications (34.3%) including stiffness (16.3%) & superficial wound issues (8.1%)
✅Risks: ⬆️age,⬆️CCI, smoking, inpatient surg, prior surg
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
31 Aug 2023
An important paper we were pleased to publish through @AJSM_SportsMed to guide surgeons in counseling their patients undergoing #osteotomy on early postoperative expectations!
@DavidTrofaMD @OrthoCarolina @OCResearchInst @AtriumMSKI
31 Aug 2023
Among patients undergoing HTO and DFO surgery, surgeons should be aware of the increased postoperative complications associated with smoking, concomitant chondroplasty, and concomitant ligament reconstruction. #osteotomy #kneepain @DrBryanSaltzman
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
8 Jul 2023
In our new @AJSM_SportsMed pub we eval #early #postop #complications after #HTO/#DFO at our Institution:
✅ 243 knees
✅ Most common: Stiffness (17.7%), wound issues (13.2%), hemarthrosis req aspiration (6.6%)
✅ ⬆️risk w/ smoking, concurrent ligament recon
@OCResearchInst
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
8 Jun 2023
Check out our newest publication in #OJSM reviewing the variability and trends in #PRO utilization in #ACL #Reconstruction literature:
✅ 510 studies --> 72 unique PROs
✅ IKDC (63.3%), Tegner (52.4%), Lysholm (51.0%)
✅ Only 20.6% of studies reported RTS
@OrthoCarolina
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Dr. David Trofa retweeted
2 Jun 2023
Our newest publication in @JSESMedia reviews data on #Subacromial #Balloon #Spacer for #Irreparable #Cuff #Tears:
✅894 shoulders, mean age 67.4 yrs; f/u 30.4 mo
✅Improvement in Constant, ASES, VAS/NPRS
✅Improved FE, Abd, ER
✅Complications, 3.6%
✅5% --> RTSA
@OrthoCarolina
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