Christopher S. Ahmad

Christopher S. Ahmad (born March 25, 1968) is the head team physician for the New York Yankees and a member of the Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association. He is a professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and an attending orthopaedic surgeon at the New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. In 2013, New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Ahmad, which he subsequently dropped.

Ahmad serves as the chief of adolescent and pediatric sports medicine and as the director of biomechanics research at the Center for Orthopaedic Research at Columbia University. He has authored more than 100 articles and book chapters related to knee, shoulder, elbow, and sports medicine and has given more than 100 lectures nationally and internationally. He is the author of the textbooks Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Injuries and Minimally Invasive Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, and the general interest book: "Skill: 40 Principles that Surgeons, Athletes, and Other Elite Performers Use to Achieve Mastery."

Ahmad has served on MLB research committees to address the high incidence of Tommy John Surgeries in professional baseball. He is the head team physician for the New York City Football Club, for local high schools and serves as consultant to local metropolitan gymnastics and swim teams. He also is the official medical provider to the Football Club Westchester Soccer Academy. Provided by Wikipedia