He has educated and trained over 100 residents and sports medicine fellows over the span of his career. He is a faculty member of the Mount Sinai Orthopedic Residency program educating young surgeons. Seneviratne is deeply committed to the education of the next generation of orthopedic surgeons. The result is alow morbity, rapid recovery procedure used to treat problems of the biceps tendon and labrum.ĭr. Seneviratne has pioneered performing this same operation with a 7mm incision with the use of the endoscope. Through meticulous dissection studies Dr. While the results of this procedure were excellent, the morbidity of the operation meant a lengthy recovery period. This procedure used to be performed in an open manner with a large incision to attach the long head of the biceps tendon to the humerus bone under the pectoralis tendon. One such procedure is the endoscopic assisted subpectoral biceps tenodesis. Seneviratne has pioneered several procedures of the shoulder and knee. Seneviratne was a core member of the Lenox Hill Hospital Orthopedic Residency program and Sports Medicine Fellowship. Prior to his faculty appointment as associate professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical School, Dr. He also received additional training in complex shoulder problems as well as articular cartilage injuries in his traveling fellowship to Harvard University, Rush University and the San Antonio Orthopedic Center. He is currently part of the team caring for athletes of the US Open Tennis Championship. Currently he serves as a team physician for local New York City schools. He received his fellowship in sports medicine from Lenox Hill Hospital where he participated in the care of athletes from the New York Jets, New York Islanders and Hofstra University athletic teams. He was the recipient of the Lewis Clark Wagner Award for Excellence in Orthopedic Research during his orthopedic residency at the prestigious Hospital for Special Surgery. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California and his medical degree (MD) from New York Medical College. Seneviratne grew up in Southern California.
His academic work has been presented nationally and internationally at several specialty meetings.īorn in Sri Lanka, Dr.
He has authored several peer-reviewed, scientific articles and book chapters. He utilizes advanced open and arthroscopic surgical techniques to restore damaged joints, ligaments, and bones. Seneviratne is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgery specialist who specializes in disorders of the shoulder, knee, and elbow joints as well as all sports injury treatment.
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