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Dr. Samer S. Hasan MD, PhD, FAAOS

CSMOC • Physicians

Biography

Dr. Samer Hasan is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in treating shoulder and elbow conditions at Mercy Health-Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Orthopaedic Center (CSMOC) in Cincinnati, Ohio. He specializes in treating the full spectrum of shoulder and elbow conditions, both nonoperatively and with surgery as needed. He has been the regional go-to specialist for complex shoulder conditions, including revision shoulder replacement, rotator cuff repair, shoulder instability surgery, and for the evaluation and treatment after failed shoulder surgery. Dr. Hasan’s overriding goal is to provide compassionate and skillful evidence-based care to each and every patient presenting with a shoulder or elbow problem.

He has been a full-time orthopaedic surgeon since 2000. He is a core faculty member of the ACGME accredited sports medicine fellowship at CSMOC and co-director of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) accredited Cincinnati Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship. In addition, he is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Jewish Hospital. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine.

Dr. Hasan was the first shoulder and elbow surgeon in Greater Cincinnati to be invited into ASES (2006) and has been an active member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon and various other orthopaedic subspecialty societies. He has served on multiple committees and task forces for both ASES and AAOS, including Educational and Technology Committees. He is also a long-time member and consultant for Best Doctors. He is a reviewer for multiple orthopaedic journals and is a member of the Editorial Boards for Arthroscopy and for Orthopedics Today. In 2018 he was designated as one of a handful of “Elite” reviewers for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, widely regarded as the leading orthopaedic journal worldwide.

He has authored over 60 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters and has co-edited two textbooks, one on disorders of the biceps tendon and another one on reverse shoulder arthroplasty. He has given over 200 invited lectures, including lectures and surgical instruction on 4 continents. For nearly two decades he has participated in multicenter clinical research trials and collaborated with industry on shoulder prosthesis design, surgical techniques and education.

Dr. Hasan maintains a very busy shoulder and elbow tertiary referral practice. He sees several thousand patients in the clinic and performs 450-600 shoulder and elbow surgeries annually. Through 2019 Dr. Hasan had performed over 1600 prosthetic shoulder arthroplasties, far and away the most of any shoulder replacement surgery in the Tri-state Area, as well as nearly 2000 arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs. His experienced clinical team includes Sushma Nagar, PA-C, Stephanie Cavanaugh, ATC, and his long-time medical secretary DeAnna Perkins.

When not engaged in orthopaedic practice and education Dr. Hasan enjoys playing tennis, downhill skiing, and traveling. He has visited nearly 40 countries on 6 continents and managed to drive on all 6 continents between August 2015 and December 2019. He lives with his wife and two teenage children in a 107 year-old home in East Walnut Hills.

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Practice Names & Titles

Mercy Health – Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Orthopaedic Center

Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery – The Jewish Hospital

Associate Director – Cincinnati SportsMedicine Fellowship

Co-Director – Cincinnati Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship

Volunteer Instructor – Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Cincinnati

Specialty

Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Sports Medicine

Languages

English, Arabic

Additional Information

Conditions Treated

Conditions Treated

Shoulder Arthritis

  • Nonoperative treatment, arthroscopic surgery and shoulder replacement surgery including anatomic and reverse shoulder replacement and revision shoulder surgery

Rotator Cuff Disease

  • Nonoperative and operative treatment including arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, graft augmentation, superior capsule reconstruction, tendon transfers, and balloon arthroplasty (once FDA approved)

Shoulder Instability

  • Nonoperative and operative treatment including arthroscopic anterior and posterior labrum repair, and bone block procedures include Latarjet and distal tibia allograft reconstruction

Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder)

  • Nonoperative and operative treatment including arthroscopic capsular release

Shoulder Fractures

  • Nonoperative and operative treatment including plate and screw fixation of clavicle, scapula and humerus fractures and reverse shoulder replacements for severe proximal humerus fractures in older adults

Elbow injuries

  • Nonoperative and operative treatment including elbow arthroscopic, biceps and triceps repairs, and minimally invasive treatments for tennis and golfers’ elbow, fracture surgery and elbow reconstructions

Surgical Interest

Surgical Interest

Shoulder Arthritis, Shoulder Instability, Rotator Cuff Tears and Disorders,

Shoulder and Elbow Fractures, Elbow Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Board Certification

Board Certification

Board Certified, Orthopaedic Surgery

Certificate of Added Qualification, Sports Medicine

Education

Education

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.D.)

Graduate School: Vanderbilt University Graduate School, Nashville, Tennessee (Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering)

Residency: Rush University, Chicago, Illinois (Orthopaedic Surgery)

Fellowship: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Shoulder and Elbow Surgery)

Fellowship: Texas Orthopaedic Hospital, Houston, Texas (Shoulder Surgery)

Awards & Honors

Awards and Honors

  • Elite Reviewer, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (2018)
  • Achievement Award, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2018)
  • Delegate, 2nd International Consensus Meeting on Orthopaedic Infections (2017-18)
  • Best Doctors of America (2012-present)
  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society (Associate Member 2006, Active Member 2011)

Professional Memberships

Professional Memberships

  • American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (2015-present)
  • Asociacion Argentina de Hombro y Codo – Argentine Association of Shoulder and Elbow (Corresponding International Member, 2013-present)
  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (Associate 2006-2010, Active 2011-present)
  • Ohio Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (2008-present)
  • Arthroscopy Association of North America (2008-present)
  • Orthopaedic Research Society (1996-present)

Research Activities

Research Activities

  • Outcomes of Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients Age 85 and older (current)
  • Outcomes of Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients Age 40 and younger (1/2016-present)
  • BAND-Connect tool for postoperative rehabilitation after rotator cuff repair/shoulder arthroplasty (current)
  • Multi-Center Rotator Cuff Stimulation Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial – Sponsor, OrthoFix (6/2019-present)
  • Multi-Center InSpace Balloon Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Sponsor: OrthoSpace US Inc. (11/2016-12/2019)

Publications

Publications

  • Hasan, S.S., Fleckenstein, C.M., “Glenohumeral chondrolysis. Part I: “Clinical Presentation and Predictors of Disease Progression”, Arthroscopy, 2013;29(7):1135-1141.
  • Hasan, S.S., Fleckenstein, C.M., “Glenohumeral chondrolysis. Part II: Results of treatment”, Arthroscopy, 2013;29(7):1142-1148.
  • Hasan, S.S., Gordon, M., Ramsey, J., Levy, M.S., “Reverse shoulder arthroplasty using an implant with a lateral center of rotation: Outcomes, complications, and the impact of experience”, Am J Orthop., 2014;43(9):E194-199.
  • Hasan, S.S., Ricchetti, E.T., “When is a Positive Culture in Shoulder Surgery Not an Infection? Commentary on an article by William R. Mook et al.: “The Incidence of Propionibacterium acnes in Open Shoulder Surgery: A Controlled Diagnostic Study”, J Bone Joint Surg. – Am., 2015;97(12):e51.
  • Hasan, S.S., Revisiting the Socket. Commentary on an article by Jeremy S. Somerson et al.: “Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of the Ream-and-Run Procedure for Primary Glenohumeral Arthritis”, J Bone Joint Surg. – Am.; 2017 Aug 2;99(15):e85.
  • Ashman, B., Tewari A., Castle, J., Hasan, S.S., Bhatia S., “Intra-operative Neuromonitoring for Brachial Plexus Neurolysis During Delayed Fixation of a Clavicle Fracture Presenting as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A case report”, J Bone Joint Surgery – Case Connector, 2018 Oct-Dec;8(4):e85.
  • Schumaier, A., Abboud, J., Grawe, B., Horneff, J.G., Getz, G., Williams, G., Ramsey, M., Namdari, S., Romeo, A., Nicholson, G., Keener, J., Friedman, R., Yian, E., Muh, S., Delaney, R., Otto, R., Levine, W., Tokish, J.T., Kazanjian, J., Dines, J., Green, A., Paxton S., Flanagin, B., Hasan, S., Kaar, S., Miniaci, A., Cuomo, F., “Evaluating Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis: The Relative Impact of Patient Age, Activity Level, Symptoms, and Kellgren-Lawrence Grade on Decision-making”, Arch Bone Joint Surg, 2019;7(2):151-160.
  • Hasan, S.S., “Timing is Everything – Commentary on an article by Brian Forsythe, MD, et al.: “The Timing of Injections Prior to Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Impacts Risk of Surgical Site Infection””. J Bone Joint Surg – Am., 2019;101(8):e33.
  • Hasan, S.S., Levy, J.C., Leitze, Z.R., Kumar, A.G., Krupp, R.J., Harter, D.G., “Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis with a Lateralized Glenosphere: Early Results of a Prospective Multi-Center Study Stratified by Diagnosis”, J Shoulder Elbow Arthroplasty, 2019;3:1-9.
  • Hasan, S.S., Rolf, R.H., Sympson, A., Eten, K., Elsass, T.R. “Single Shot versus Continuous Interscalene Block for Postoperative Pain Control following Primary Shoulder Arthroplasty: A prospective randomized clinical trial”, JAAOS – Global Res Rev., 2019;3(6):p e014.
  • Palmer, M., Fleckenstein, C.M., Levy, M.S., Hasan, S.S., “The Distribution of Shoulder Replacements among Surgeons and Hospitals is Changing over Time”, JAAOS – Global Res. Rev, 2019, submitted.
  • Garrigues G.E., Zmistowski, B., Cooper A.M., Green, A., ICM Shoulder Group, “Proceedings from the 2018 International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections: evaluation of periprosthetic shoulder infection”, J Shoulder Elbow Surg., 2019;28:S32-S66.
  • Garrigues G.E., Zmistowski, B., Cooper A.M., Green, A., ICM Shoulder Group, “Proceedings from the 2018 International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections: management of periprosthetic shoulder infection”, J Shoulder Elbow Surg., 2019;28:S67-S99.
  • Schumaier AP, Kovacevic D, Schmidt C, Green A, Rokito A, Jobin C, Yian E, Cuomo F, Koh J, Gilotra M, Ramirez M, Williams M, Burks R, Stanley R, Hasan S, Paxton S, Hasan S, Nottage W, Levine W, Srikumaran U, Grawe B. Defining massive rotator cuff tears: a Delphi consensus study. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 2020, 29(4): 674-680. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2019.10.024. PMID: 32197762.
  • Hsu, J.E., Yian, E.H., Budge, M.D., Duquin, T.R., Garrigues, G.E., Gilotra, M.N., Green, A., Hasan, S.S., Iannotti, J.P., Khazzam M., King, J.J., Koh, J.L. Namdari, S., Nottage, W.M., Streit, J., Virk, M., Whitson, A.J., Ricchetti, E.T. “Variability of culture specimen processing for suspected Shoulder periprosthetic joint infections during revision arthroplasty”, Sem Arthr – J Shoulder Elbow Surg., 2020, submitted.
  • Parker, D., Smith, A., Fleckenstein, M.S., Hasan, S.S., “Arthroscopic evaluation and treatment of complications arising following prosthetic shoulder arthroplasty”, J Bone Joint Surg.-Reviews, 2020, accepted.
  • Kovacevic, D., Suriani R.J. Jr., Grawe, B.M., Yian, E.H., Gilotra, M.N., Hasan, S.A., Srikumaran, U., Hasan, S.S., Cuomo, F., Burks, R.T., Green, A.G., Nottage, W.M., Theja, S., Kassam, H.F., Saad, M.A., Ramirez, M.A., Stanley, R.J., Williams, M.D., Nadarajah, V., Konja, A.C., Koh, J.L., Rokito, A.S., Jobin, C.M, Levine, W.N., Schmidt, C.C. “Management of irreparable massive rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient-reported outcomes, reoperation rates and treatment response”, J Shoulder Elbow Surg., 2020, submitted.
  • Hasan, S.S., Schwindel L.E., Fleckenstein, C.M., “Prosthetic shoulder arthroplasty in patients 40 years old or less: early outcomes stratified by diagnosis and surgery”, in preparation.
  • Hasan, S.S., O’Loughlin, J.P., Sorger, J. “A large intermuscular shoulder lipoma in an 87-year-old patient causing pain and weakness”, J Bone Joint Surgery – Case Connector, in preparation.

Book Chapters

Book Chapters

  • Bengston, H., Busam, M., Hasan, S.S. “Complications of Arthroscopic and Open Treatment”. In: “Disorders of the Proximal Biceps Tendon: Evaluation and Treatment”, S. S. Hasan and A. Mazzocca, editors. AAOS, Rosemont, Illinois, 2013, pp 165-174.
  • Hasan, S.S., Roy, R., Fleckenstein, C.M., “Post-Traumatic Arthropathy and Osteonecrosis of the Shoulder”, In: “Shoulder and Elbow Trauma and its Complications. Volume 1: The Shoulder”, R. Mike Griewe, editor. Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2015, pp. 423-454.
  • Hasan S., Schwindel, L.E., Fleckenstein, C.M., “Prosthetic Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients Aged 40 or Less: The Role for Resurfacing Hemiarthroplasty”, In: “Shoulder Arthroplasty: Current Concepts 2017, Paris-Shoulder-Course.com, Paris, France, 2017, pp. 83-89.
  • Kawtharani, F., Hasan, S.S., “Anatomy of the Clavicle and its Articulations”, In “Clavicle Injuries” G. Groh, editor. Springer, New York, 2017, pp. 1-17.
  • Hasan, S.S., “Reverse Shoulder Arthroscopy for Cuff Tear Arthropathy”, In: “Surgical Insights: Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty [online course]”, B.O. Parsons and S.S. Hasan, eds. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois, 2019.
  • Kohrs, B. and Hasan, S.S., “Indications”, In: Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive Case-Based Approach. J. Abboud, ed. SLACK Inc., in press.
  • Mahoney, R. and Hasan, S.S., “Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in the Young Patient”, In Shoulder Arthritis in the Young Patient, G. Horneff, B. Grawe, and J. Abboud, eds. SLACK Inc. in preparation.

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