Armin Tehrany

Armin M. Tehrany is an American orthopaedic surgeon, assistant clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and film producer.He is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in conditions of the shoulder and knee including rotator cuff tears, labrum tears, meniscus tears, cartilage lesions, patella dislocations, and tears of the anterior cruciate ligament. He specializes in minimally-invasive, arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee.Tehrany is the author of a number of articles and was listed among New York Magazine's "Best Doctors" for 2016. Castle Connolly listed him twice among New York's "Top Doctors".In 2015, Tehrany became an executive producer of the feature film Birth of A Nation – a biopic about Nat Turner, the leader of the slave rebellion in 1831. Tehrany was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Staten Island, New York. His parents are Persian Jews who immigrated from Iran. His father, who was the first physician (a urologist) in his family, inspired him to pursue a medical career. He speaks English, Farsi and Spanish.Tehrany graduated from Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School in 1987 and later attended Brooklyn College's 7-year BA/MD program. After studying William Shakespeare at Goldsmiths, University of London, Tehrany returned to the United States and pursued his career in medicine over the next 10 years. He studied general medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, graduating in 1994. From 1994 to 1999 he trained in the specialty of orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. During that period, he worked with the team physicians for the New York Jets, New York Rangers, and New York Islanders. From 1999 to 2000 he did sub-specialty fellowship training in arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in San Antonio, Texas with Dr. Stephen Burkhart.Tehrany began his practice of orthopedic surgery in Staten Island and was a lecturer, teaching minimally-invasive surgery techniques at national and international orthopedic surgery conferences. In 2004, Tehrany joined the faculty of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. In 2005, he opened his Manhattan office on Madison Avenue.