Thomas Michael DeBerardino

Thomas Michael DeBerardino, is a medical expert from San Antonio, Texas. Dr. DeBerardino, is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist in San Antonio, Texas. His specializes in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery of the knee, hip and shoulder. Dr. DeBerardino graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY in 1985. He attended New York Medical College and then completed his internship and orthopaedic residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. Dr. DeBerardino completed his training with the two-year Sports Medicine Fellowship at both Brooke Army Medical Center and the United States Military Academy’s Keller Army Hospital. He returned to Brooke Army Medical Center in 1997, where he became the Chief of the Sports Medicine Service before moving back to West Point in 2001. Dr. DeBerardino has a special interest in the management of complex injuries of the knee and shoulder and arthroscopic management of hip impingement in young active adults. Dr. DeBerardino is now a team physician for UConn athletic teams including football and the mens and womens basketball programs, as well as for the UFL Hartford Colonials football team. He is a Research Director of BRIO, of The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group, San Antonio, Texas. He also works as a Chief Editor for Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Dr. DeBerardino is author of over 55 scientific articles on ligament, tendon and cartilage injuries of the knee and shoulder. He has won several prestigious awards including the AOSSM NCAA Research Award; the Aircast Award for Clinical Science Presentation. He is a faculty member in the Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement. He has a special interest in the use of hip arthroscopic procedures to avoid the development of arthritis and osteotomies and cartilage repair procedures to limit degeneration of the knee joint. His office location is Christus Santa Rosa NW, Tower I, 2829 Babcock Rd., 700, San Antonio, TX 78229.