DR. DAVID LINTNER

In June 2005, Dr. Lintner was named Chief of Sports Medicine at the The Methodist Hospital in Houston after serving in a similar capacity at Baylor College of Medicine for four years.  He is the President of the Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association. He continues in the capacity as the Head Team Physician for the Houston Astros, Team Physician for the Houston Texans and Head Team Physician for The Houston Dynamo Major League Soccer Team.  He is also the Head Team Physician for Lee College and cares for many high schools in the Greater Houston area.  He specializes in arthroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder and is active in teaching orthopedic surgeons the latest techniques.  Dr. Lintner also specializes in injuries to throwers' shoulders and elbows.   He has written thirty scientific articles about ACL injuries, thrower’s injuries, and other sports medicine issues.  He is the founder and Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship training program at The Methodist Hospital.  In 2005 Dr. Lintner was the Keynote Speaker at the Congress of Futbol Injuries in Madrid, Spain. In 2000, he was selected Traveling Fellow for the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine and went on a three week tour of Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong,  and Japan where he was a Visiting Professor at multiple universities as well as the National Sports Councils in Malaysia and Hong Kong.  Dr. Lintner has published extensively in the orthopedic literature and is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Education - Dr. Lintner received his B.A. from Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY where he was named Scholar-Athlete of the year (lacrosse) in 1982. He received his M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York. He completed his Internship in General Surgery at the University of Rochester as well as his Residency in Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Lintner served as a Fellow in Sports Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

 

 

 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

 

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

 

American Medical Association

 

Texas Medical Association

 

Texas Orthopaedic Association

 

Harris County Medical Society

 

International Association of Arthroscopy,

Knee Surgery, and Sport Traumatology (ISAKOS)

 

Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association

 President 2007

 

Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association

 Executive Committee 2002-present

 

 

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