Momaya presented abstract at Emory Sports Medicine Symposium
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor and Section Chief of Sports Medicine Amit Momaya, M.D., was honored to have his abstract accepted at the 15th Annual Emory Sports Medicine Symposium.
Momaya gives commentary for Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Momaya’s editorial commentary was “Shoulder Superior Capsule Reconstruction Leads to Good Outcomes Despite Ambiguous Graft Healing Suggesting a Spacer Effect.”
UAB MedCast
Dr. Amit Momaya is a sports medicine surgeon and serves as section head of the sports medicine division within the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
UAB Ortho faculty, trainees win JBJS research award
Editors of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery and JBJS Open Access selected authors of the research “Disparities Among Industry's Highly Compensated Orthopaedic Surgeons” as the inaugural JBJS Open Access Award.
New Relief for Mass Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears
What used to be a long and ardous treatment and rehabilitation for massive and irreparable rotator cuff tears has been cut in half with a procedure now being performed at UAB. Amit Momaya, MD, UAB Chief of Sports Medicine, Completed the first subacromial balloon spacer...
Momaya, Casp, Brabston talk new rotator cuff tear treatment with UAB Medcast
Rotator cuff tears are painful and limiting for patients; larger tears have had poor outcomes in general and have often been deemed irreparable. But a new procedure using a subacromial balloon spacer offers hope to patients with large tears...
UAB Ortho-mentored medical students make splash at AAOS 2022
UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery faculty and trainees attended the to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois from March 22-26.
How Blood Doping Poses Dangers to Amateur Cyclists
Professional cycling is no stranger to performance enhancing drugs and, it turns out, amateur cyclists are following the pro lead. The New York Times noted a rise in blood doping...
Recap: SEM honors a patient and physical therapist at a UAB Men’s Basketball Game
UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) was honored to recognize Physical Therapist Justin Kirk, PT, DPT, and Jeremy Pritchett at the recent UAB Men’s Basketball game against Rice University Owls.