Matthew Best, MD

I am an orthopedic surgeon with advanced specialty training in sports medicine and sports-related injuries. I have cared for athletes at all levels and have served as an assistant team physician for numerous professional and collegiate sports teams. These include the New England Patriots, the New England Revolution, Harvard University Athletics and Johns Hopkins University Athletics. I specialize in various conditions such as rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability or labral tears, cartilage injuries of the knee, ACL tears, meniscus tears, UCL injuries of the elbow (Tommy John surgery) and shoulder and knee arthritis.

I completed my fellowship in sports medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where I was selected for the Frisbie Family Endowed Fellow Award. I completed my orthopedic surgery training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and received the Frank L. Coulson Award for Clinical Excellence and the Paul S. Lietman Global Health Scholarship for my outreach work in Kumasi, Ghana. I graduated from medical school at the University of Miami. I was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and was awarded the Benton-Stockman Medical Scholarship and the Dean’s Fund scholarship.

Before joining St. Luke’s, I was an orthopedic surgeon and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where I served as the Director of Research for the Sports Medicine Division and the Surgical Director for the Johns Hopkins Ambulatory Surgery Center within the orthopedic department. I have over 150 scientific publications and more than 150 presentations at national and international meetings on topics related to sports medicine and shoulder conditions.