Dr. Daniel Polatsch, MD

Daniel Polatsch is a Manhattan-based orthopedic hand surgeon who has been recognized as New York’s Top Doctors by New York Magazine, Castle Connolly, New York Times Super Doctors, and U.S. News and World Report for well over 10 consecutive years.

Dr. Polatsch is the Co-Director and Co-Founder of the New York Hand and Wrist Center of Lenox and was recruited by Lenox Hill Hospital and Northwell Health to establish and build a world-renowned Hand Surgery Center. Dr. Polatsch also recently completed his tenure as the President of The New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH), for which he was elected by his peers.

Dr. Polatsch is nationally and internationally known for excellence in the comprehensive management of complex hand, wrist, and elbow disorders. Dr. Polatsch is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and is board-certified in both orthopedic surgery and hand surgery. He underwent additional specialty training in hand, wrist, and elbow surgery at the renowned Harvard Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship in Boston. Owing to his expertise in sports-related elbow, wrist, and hand injuries, Dr. Polatsch has treated countless professional, Olympic, and collegiate athletes in every sport, performing state-of-the-art surgical techniques that have permitted their return to sports activities without impairment. This includes the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, PGA, and Professional fighting (both Boxing and MMA). He has treated countless celebrities and entertainers.

Dr. Polatsch’s clinical interest and expertise include the following: endoscopic carpal tunnel decompression, scaphoid fractures, ganglion cysts, wrist fractures, skiier’s thumb, cubital tunnel syndrome, de Quervain’s tendonitis, Dupuytren’s disease, extensor tendon injuries, fingertip injuries, flexor tendon injuries, hand fractures, hand therapy, kienbock’s disease, microsurgery nerve injuries, injections (PRP and steroid), tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis, thumb sprains, wrist sprains.