James Penna, MD

James Penna, MD specializes in the care of athletes and disorders of the knee, shoulder, and elbow. He is a member of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Dr. Penna is a native Long Islander, who has strong ties to the community and the university. He completed his orthopaedic residency training at Stony Brook and returned as an attending physician after he completed his fellowship at Lennox Hill Hospital. Dr. Penna is the current Chair for the Department of Orthopaedics, the Chief of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, a Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics in the Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, and a team physician for the Stony Brook Seawolves - where he gets to exercise his passion for adolescent sports medicine. He also previously served as the Residency Program Director at Stony Brook and was the Team Physician for the New York Jets. Dr. Penna and his team take tremendous pride in providing the best possible care for athletes and others with sports medicine injuries.

• The 2- and 8-week effects of decompressive brace use in people with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis.
  
  Lamberg EM | Streb R | Werner M | Kremenic I | Penna J
  Prosthetics and orthotics international
  2015 Jun 25
  
  
• Prospective evaluation of patient comprehension of informed consent.
  
  Crepeau AE | McKinney BI | Fox-Ryvicker M | Castelli J | Penna J | Wang ED
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
  2011 Oct 5
  
  
• Management of acute glenohumeral dislocations.
  
  Sileo MJ | Joseph S | Nelson CO | Botts JD | Penna J
  American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
  2009 Jun
  
  
• Determination of anterior labral repair stress during passive arm motion in a cadaveric model.
  
  Penna J | Deramo D | Nelson CO | Sileo MJ | Levin SM | Tompkins B | Ianuzzi A
  Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association
  2008 Aug
  
  
• Intra-articular knee injuries in patients with knee extensor mechanism ruptures.
  
  McKinney B | Cherney S | Penna J
  Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
  2008 Jul
  
  
• Intramedullary fixation of pediatric forearm diaphyseal fractures.
  
  Sun YQ | Penna J | Haralabatos SS | Carrion WV
  American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
  2001 Jan