Richard M. Savino, M.D. is a board certified Orthopedic Surgeon who returned home to Long Island to join Long Island Bone and Joint. He was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University Hospital where his responsibilities included being a team physician for the Baltimore Orioles and the Johns Hopkins University athletic department. In addition he has served as a physician for the U.S. Open at Bethpage and at Shinecock Hills.

His personal perspective on Sports Medicine began in middle school with a radial head fracture and continued in High School with an ACL tear. Dr Savino received his undergraduate degree at Boston College where he majored in Biology and Theology and was the recipient of a student athletic trainer scholarship. He received his medical degree from The State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse and residency at Temple University Hospital, and trained in pediatric orthopedics at Shriner's Hospital for Childeren. While a resident he won the prestigious Resident Bowl from the Philadelphia Orthopedic Society in 2000.

Dr. Savino completed a Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery at Johns Hopkins University hospital where his experience ranged from pediatric patient care to total joint arthroplasties. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society, as well as the New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Suffolk Academy of Medicine.

He is a member of the John T Mather Memorial Hospital Board of Directors as well as the Medical Board.

Areas of Specialization 
Dr Savino was recently featured in the Times Beacon Record Newspapers and the John T Mather Community News for specializing in Computer Assisted Surgery, and minimally invasive surgery and joint replacement. He also lectures on these subjects to train other health care providers.

Publications
Tae Kyun Kim, MD, PhD, Richard M Savino, MD, Edward McFarland, MD, and Andrew Cosgarea, MD: Current Concepts: Neurovascular Complications of Knee Arthroscopy. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 30, No 4: 619-629.

Clinical assessment of three common tests for superior labral anterior-posterior lesions
Authors: McFarland EG; Kim TK; Savino RM
McFarland EG - Am J Sports Med - 01-NOV-2002; 30(6): 810-5 From NIH/NLM MEDLINE


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