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Alexander Golant, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon
Alexander Golant, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon
Fellow of the American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons
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Dr. Golant was selected as a 2024 Top Doctor by Castle Connolly Medical LTD

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Dr. Golant provided medical coverage to the US Women’s Ski Team at the World Cup Slalom Race in Courchevel, France, on December 21, 2023

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Dr. Golant provided medical coverage to the US Women’s Ski Team at the World Cup Slalom Race in Courchevel, France, on December 21, 2023. What an honor to be standing on the podium alongside world’s best skier, Mikaela Shiffrin, and her team, as well as to be taking care of the entire team. Great night for the US ladies and an incredible experience to be a part of.

Individual photos with racers AJ Hurt, Paula Moltzan, and Mikaela Shiffrin. Also with coach Magnus Andersson, as well US Ski Team physical therapists Brooke Milliet and Regan Dewhirst.


Dr. Golant speaks to AAOS (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons) about his experience “in the trenches” during the coronavirus pandemic surge in NYC

Being one of the busiest hospitals in the largest and second most populous borough in New York City, New York–Presbyterian/Queens Hospital cared for hundreds of patients infected with COVID-19. Alexander Golant, MD, FAAOS, associate director of sports medicine at the New York–Presbyterian/Queens Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in Flushing, N.Y., and assistant professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, transitioned from orthopaedic surgeon to frontline physician. Julie Balch Samora, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAOS, talked to Dr. Golant about his experience in New York during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dr. Golant provides medical coverage for the U.S. Ski Jumping Team during the World Cup Tournament in Austria, January 2020

  • Top DoctorDr. Golant with Bine Norcic, head coach of the U.S. Ski Jumping Team; Bischofshofen, Austria
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After completing a special training course in December 2019 in Beaver Creek, Colorado, Dr. Golant joined the United States Ski & Snowboard (USSA) medical volunteer pool. During the first week of January 2020, Dr. Golant traveled to Austria with the U.S. Ski Jumping Team, to cover two World Cup Tournament events. This particular competition, called The Four Hills Tournament (https://www.vierschanzentournee.com/en), is one of the biggest events of the year in the world of Ski Jumping. It takes place at 4 different locations – two in Germany, and two in Austria – and draws enormous crowds and TV coverage, as Ski Jumping is hugely popular in Europe and other parts of the world (including Japan and Russia). Dr. Golant covered the last two (most attended) events of the tournament – in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, overseeing medical care for the US and the Canadian team.


Dr. Golant was selected as one of NY Top Docs 2018

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Dr. Golant was selected as a 2017 Top Doctor by Castle Connolly Medical LTD

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Dr. Golant publishes the first newsletter for the NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation

Department of Orthopedics and RehabilitationDepartment of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation - August 2016 - Volume 1, Issue 1


October 10, 2014

On Friday, October 10th, 2014, Dr. Golant chaired the 4th Annual Continuing Medical Education Symposium, presented by the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation of the New York Presbyterian Queens .

The topic of this year's symposium was "All Things Hip: From Pediatric to Geriatric, And Everything In Between".  Over 100 health-care professionals attended this educational event, which covered a broad range of topics pertaining to injuries and conditions of the hip joint.

Dr. Golant has planned and organized every annual NYP/Q Orthopaedic Symposium since 2011.


September 28, 2014

For a 2nd year in a row Dr. Golant was selected to the Super Doctors® 2014 New York RisingStarsSM list. The list of honorees was published in the September 28, 2014 issue of The New York Times Magazine and online at www.superdoctors.com.

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Dr. Golant takes the Ice Bucket Challenge in support of the ALS Association


May 17th, 2014

Dr. Golant and his team “NYP/Q Ortho & Friends” successfully participated in fundraising for the Arthritis Foundation, including the NYC Walk to Cure Arthritis on May 17th, 2014. Dr. Golant’s team raised over $20,000, and the total amount raised by this event is near $400,000! You can still donate by going to www.walktocurearthritis.nyc.kintera.org/algolant Check out some of the information about and pictures from the 2014 NYC Walk to Cure Arthritis event.

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April, 2014

In April 2014 Dr. Golant completed the 2-week long Advanced Arthroscopy Traveling Fellowship with the Arthroscopy Association of North America. Dr. Golant and his co-fellows were accompanied by their “Godfather” – a world-renown knee surgeon, Dr. Donald Johnson – as they visited some of the top orthopaedic institutions around the country, in order to gain additional insight into, and foster an exchange of scientific and technical information concerning arthroscopic surgery.

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March 21, 2014

2014 Walk to Cure Arthritis New York City

The Walk to Cure Arthritis raises funds and awareness to fight the nation's leading cause of disability. We aren't just helping the millions of people who live with arthritis pain, we're funding research that's getting us closer to a cure.

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April 20, 2014

Dr. Golant was recently honored to have been selected as a 2014 Traveling Fellow for the Advanced Arthroscopy Traveling Fellowship of the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA). He will be participating in this prestigious program from April 20th to May 3rd, 2014. 

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2013

The NY Cosmos win the 2013 NASL Soccer Bowl! Here is Dr. Golant and the rest of the NY Cosmos medical staff, with the team captain, Carlos Mendes, holding the Championship Trophy.

NY Cosmos medical staff


2013

Dr. Golant is now one of the team physicians for the New York Cosmos soccer team. For a full press release about the partnership between the New York Presbyterian Queens and the New York Cosmos

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July 29, 2013

During the New York Cosmos Media Day (July 29th, 2013) Dr. Golant was interviewed by 1495 Sports about the partnership between the New York Presbyterian Queens and the team. Watch the interview here:

Also go to 1495sports.com for more videos from the New York Cosmos Media Day.


November 24, 2013

Dr. Golant was recently honored by being selected as one of Super Doctors® 2013 New York Rising Stars SM.

The list of honorees will be published in a Sunday, November 24, 2013 issue of The New York Times Magazine and online at www.superdoctors.com.

Rising Stars are outstanding physicians who have been fully-licensed to practice approximately 10 years or less. Doctors were selected after a peer-nomination process, input by a special blue ribbon panel of honorees and extensive review by the research team at Key Professional Media, Inc., a leading researcher and publisher of Super Doctors. Rising Stars represent approximately 2.5 percent of the top young physicians in the area that have demonstrated noteworthy achievements early in their careers.


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