Annual Meeting Faculty Details

Albert Lin, MD

University of Pittsburgh/UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA UNITED STATES

Albert Lin, MD, is the Vice Chair of Education, Chief of Shoulder Surgery, Co-Director of the Pittsburgh Shoulder Institute, Associate Chief of Sports Medicine, and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Lin specializes in the care of athletes and shoulder conditions, and has extensive experience with shoulder arthroscopy, shoulder arthroplasty, and complex reconstructive and open surgery of the shoulder. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, as a well as fellowships in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Shoulder Surgery at Harvard University. Dr. Lin is an active committee member of AAOS, AOSSM, ASES, ISAKOS, AOA fellowship coalition, the AUC rotator cuff committee of AAOS, and was recently inducted to the prestigious Herodicus Society and Neer Circle of ASES in 2022. He is a regular invited faculty member for AAOS, ASES, AOSSM, AANA, ISAKOS, and MASES and is the co-chair of the ASES Fellows’ Day 2021 and 2022, vice-chair of the shoulder and elbow program of the OSET Summit Meeting 2022 and 2023, and co-chair of OSET 2024. In addition, he currently serves as an associate editor for JBJS Case Connector, on the editorial review board of KSSTA, JISAKOS, Arthroscopy and is a reviewer for AJSM, Arthroscopy, JAAOS, JSES, KSSTA, JBJS, and JOR. Dr. Lin has published more than 400 papers, abstracts, and book chapters related to clinical and basic science research on shoulder instability, rotator cuff pathology, shoulder arthroplasty, and complex shoulder conditions, and regularly presents his research at international and national meetings. He currently holds two NIH (R03, R21) grants as a PI related to shoulder biomechanics research in addition to two additional federally funded grants with the NIH (R01) and DoD as a Co-I related to shoulder instability research. He is actively involved in residency and fellowship education and currently serves as the Program Director of the UPMC Orthopaedic Residency Program and formerly served as the Associate Program Director of the UPMC Sports Medicine Fellowship. He is also the head orthopaedic team physician for Duquesne University and Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School.

7/8/2024 10:45 - 11:10	High Lonesome Barn	Session VIII: Shoulder Instability Cases Panel Shoulder Instability Cases Faculty
7/10/2024 09:30 - 09:36	High Lonesome Barn	Session V: Surgery Block Time Lecture The Cost Analysis of Last-Minute Cancelation: Analysis of Timing, Reason, and the Block Time You Won't Get Back Faculty