Paul Saluan, M.D.

Paul M. Saluan, MD, holds joint appointments in the Center for Sports Health and the Center for Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery within the Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He specializes in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery and in pediatric orthopaedic surgery. He is certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

In addition, Dr. Saluan is the developer and Director of the Orthopaedic Arthroscopy Skills Lab Curriculum. He also acts as a Contributor to a Pediatric Outcomes Instrument being developed to assist in pediatric injury/disease-specific outcomes research.

Pinnacle Performance Center Award for Clinical Excellence in Sports Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, 2005

Acute sports injuries, adolescent low back pain, all sports related musculoskeletal injuries, and musculoskeletal diseases, and upper extremity, Ankle Injuries, arthroscopic shoulder, arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, arthroscopy, athletic knee injury, cartilage repair/transplantation, developmental dysplasia of the hip, disorders of the shoulder, elbow, elbow and knee, elbow surgery, foot and ankle surgery, foot injuries, Fracture Care, Fractures, frozen shoulder, general medical orthopaedics, general orthopaedic surgery, general orthopaedics, general pediatric orthopaedics, hip and knee surgery, hip pain in the active adolescent and young adult, idiopathic scoliosis, knee and shoulder problems, knee and shoulder surgery, knee and shoulder surgery arthroscopy, knee arthroscopic surgery, Knee Arthroscopy, knee cartilage injuries, knee cartilage injury, knee joint disorders, knee ligament injuries, knee ligament injury, knee surgery, Leg length inequality, leg lengthening, Low Back Pain, musculoskeletal injuries in athletes and arthuritic knee problems, orthopaedic research, patellofemoral problems, pediatric, pediatric and adolescent hip disorders, pediatric and adolescent orthopaedics, pediatric orthopaedic surgery, pediatric orthopaedics, pediatric trauma, pediatrics, rotator cuff pathology, rotator cuff surgery, rotator cuff tears, shoulder, shoulder and elbow including congenital hand reconstruction, shoulder and peripheral nerve surgery, shoulder dislocations, Shoulder Fractures, Shoulder Injuries, spondylolysis - stress fracture of low back, sport injuries to the foot and ankle, sports, Sports Injuries, sports injuries and arthroscopy of the shoulder, Sports Medicine, sports medicine; upper extremity, sports related foot and ankle injuries, Stress Fractures, Surgery, surgery for shoulder instability, surgery of the shoulder, treatment or second opinions for injuries, upper extremity, upper extremity injuries.

• Patent pending on surgical hypothermia preventative cap; proprietary design to help greatly reduce incidence and magnitude of intraoperative/postoperative hypothermia, thereby potentially significantly reducing postoperative complications including infection 
• Active ongoing involvement in development of novel anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction technique for skeletally immature patients with ACL tears
• Development of Arthroscopy Skills Lab Curriculum for orthopaedic surgery residents and sports medicine fellows; developing standardized validated tool for assessment of resident and fellow performance in arthroscopic skills exercises

Pinnacle Performance Center Award for Clinical Excellence in Sports Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, 2005

• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• Arthroscopy Association of North America
• Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American College of Sports Medicine

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