Our own Dr. Tony S. Wanich was recently named as a 2016 Castle Connoly Top Doctor for Sports Medicine. Castle Connolly Top Doctors are highly sought after physician leaders in their communities and metropolitan areas. National Top Doctors are the top referred specialists that attract patients from wide geographical areas and across the country.
Physicians can nominate those other doctors whom they feel are the most outstanding in their medical specialties, in any area of medicine and in any part of the country, indicating also whether they believe that the physician is among the best in their region or among the very best in the nation. Also, already-selected Castle Connolly Top Doctors® are actively encouraged through various communications to participate in this process as well. A physician cannot nominate him/herself.
The Castle Connolly physician-led research team makes tens of thousands of phone calls each year, talking with leading specialists, chairs of clinical departments and vice presidents of medical affairs, seeking to gather further information regarding the top specialists for most diseases and procedures. Each year, Castle Connolly receives nearly 100,000 nominations via this process.
The Castle Connolly physician-led research team carefully reviews the credentials of every physician being considered for inclusion in Castle Connolly Guides®, magazine articles and website. The review includes, among other factors, scrutiny of medical education, training, board certifications, hospital appointments, administrative posts, professional achievements. After this careful review of credentials, nominated physicians may be chosen to be listed as a regionally outstanding or a nationally outstanding Castle Connolly Top Doctor.
About Dr. Tony Wanich
Dr. Tony Wanich specializes in the field of sports medicine and is an expert in the arthroscopic management of shoulder, hip, and knee injuries. After completing his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the world-renowned Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, Dr. Wanich received additional specialty training in Sports Medicine at the Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, Dr. Wanich assisted with the care of the Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers, Kings, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, and the USC Football team.
Dr. Wanich has a special interest in ACL tears, rotator cuff tears, and cartilage injuries, and utilizes cutting-edge operative and non-operative techniques in the management of these injuries. He has authored several chapters and papers on sports injuries and has been invited to speak both nationally and internationally. Additionally, he has appeared on television and has been quoted in multiple newspapers and magazines.
Dr. Wanich works with all types of patients from weekend warriors to elite athletes to get them back on the field as quickly as possible while also helping to prevent future injuries. He is currently the team physician for Lehman College, Truman High School, and Lehman High School. Dr. Wanich is an Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.