Board Certified & Fellowship Trained Orthopedic SurgeonPatrick N. Siparsky, MD

Dr. Patrick Siparsky is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist focusing on knee and shoulder injuries and problems in patients of all ages. His philosophy centers on providing individualized care for each patient, with the ultimate goal of returning them to all desired activities. Dr. Siparsky possesses specialized training and technical expertise in knee and shoulder arthroscopy, cartilage restoration, ligament reconstruction, shoulder instability, rotator cuff repair, and many other aspects of sports medicine.

Originally from Denver, Colorado, Dr. Siparsky earned his undergraduate degree from Boston University in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He then spent two years working in cartilage and ligament bioengineering at MIT and the University of California San Diego. After completing medical school at the University of Colorado, he pursued an orthopedic surgery residency at the San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency Program, followed by fellowship training in sports medicine at the Duke University Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellowship. During this fellowship, he worked with various sports teams at Duke University, including football, men’s and women’s basketball, lacrosse, and more.

Upon completing his fellowship, Dr. Siparsky became the head orthopedic team physician at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, serving all athletes from 2013-2019. He then moved to Indianapolis to join Indiana University Health, where he contributed to building the program from a clinical, educational, and research perspective. In 2021, Dr. Siparsky, along with Dr. Josh Everhart, began caring for Indiana University athletes through a new partnership between IU Health and Indiana University. In 2022, Dr. Siparsky was named the Division Head for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at IU Health.

Since assuming the role of Division Head, Dr. Siparsky has worked to grow the sports medicine team by adding additional specialists. Just as in sports, he believes that to excel in orthopedics, the creation of a well-rounded, highly capable team of doctors is critical to serving all patients. In the two years since taking on this role, the orthopedic sports medicine team has doubled in size, applied for an accredited sports medicine fellowship, and significantly expanded educational and research activities.

ORTHOPAEDIC SPORTS MEDICINE

• Orthopaedic sports medicine Division head, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Indiana University Health
  Indianapolis, IN
  July 2022- present
• Assistant professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Indiana University Health
  Indianapolis, IN
  September 2019- present
• Assistant professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  University of Toledo Medical Center
  Toledo, OH
  August 2013- August 2019

SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP

• Duke Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellowship
  Durham, NC
  Fellowship director: Dean Taylor, MD
  August 2012-August 2013

ORTHOPEDICS RESIDENCY

• San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency Program
  St. Mary’s Hospital
  San Francisco, CA
  2007-2012

EDUCATION

• University of Colorado School of Medicine
  Denver, CO
  Doctor of Medicine
  2003-2007
• Boston University
  Boston, MA Bachelor of Arts: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Academic Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  1997-2001

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery: August 2015-present

LICENSURE

• State of Indiana: 2019-present (practice)
• State of Ohio: 2013-2020 (practice)
• State of North Carolina: 2012-2013 (fellowship)
• State of California: 2009-2012 (residency)

TEAM SPORTS COVERAGE

• Team Physician – Indiana University 2021 – 2023
  All Sports
• Team Physician – University of Toledo
  2013 – 2019
  All Sports
• Assistant Team Physician - Duke University
  2012-2013: Durham, NC
  Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Football, Wrestling, Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse
• Assistant Team Physician – University of San Francisco (Head physician: Dr. William Montgomery)
  2007-2012: San Francisco, CA
  Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Soccer

JOURNAL REVIEWER

• American Journal of Sports Medicine
  2013-Present

PUBLICATIONS

• Gudeman A, Siparsky PN. Surgical management of proximal tibiofibular joint instability and medial collateral ligament tear: A case report. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports. 2020. Dec; 10 (9):23-27.
• O’Reilly OC, Carruthers KH, Siparsky PN. Bilateral, atraumatic proximal tibiofibular joint instability treated with suspensory button fixation. Orthopedics. 2017. Nov; 40(6):e1107-e1111.
• Siparsky, PN, Bailey JR, Dale KM, Klement MR, Taylor DC. Open reduction internal fixation of isolated chondral fragments without osseous attachment in the knee: A case series. Orthop J Sports Med. 2017. Mar; 5(3).
• Carruthers K, O’Reilly O, Skie M, Walters J, Siparsky P. Hand and wrist injuries: In-season casting and splinting management for football players. Sports Health. 2017. July; 9(4): 364-371.
• Siparsky PN, Kirkendall DT, Garrett WE. Muscle changes in aging: Understanding Sarcopenia. Sports Health. 2014. Jan; 6(1):36-40.
• Siparsky PN, Kannan MG, Garrett WE. Bilateral proximal tibia stress fractures at the epiphyseal scar. The Duke Orthopaedic Journal. 2013. July; 3(1): 71-73.
• Siparsky PN, Moorman CT. AC separation in a concert violinist: Ask the experts. Orthopedics. 2013. May; 36(5): 376-377.
• Wolf EM, Siparsky PN. Glenoid avulsion of glenohumeral ligaments as a cause of recurrent anterior shoulder instability. Arthroscopy. 2010. Sep; 26(9): 1263-1267.
• Siparsky PN, Kocher MS. Current concepts in pediatric and adolescent arthroscopy. Arthroscopy. 2009. Dec; 25(12): 1453-1469.
• Kisiday JD, Lee JH, Siparsky PN, Frisbie DD, Flannery CR, Sandy JD, Grodzinsky AJ. Catabolic responses of chondrocyte-seeded peptide hydrogel to dynamic compression. Ann Biomed Eng. 2009. Jul; 37(7): 1368-75.
• Fitzgerald JB, Jin M, Chai DH, Siparsky P, Fanning P, Grodzinsky AJ. Shear and compression-induced chondrocyte transcription requires MAPK activation in cartilage explants. J Biol Chem. Mar 2008; 283(11): 6735-43.
• Bartz RL, Mossoni K, Tyber J, Tokish J, Gall K, Siparsky PN. A biomechanical comparison of initial fixation strength of three different methods of anterior cruciate ligament soft tissue graft tibial fixation: resistance to monotonic and cyclic loading. Amer J Sports Med. 2007 Jun 35(6): 949-954.
• Siparsky P, Ryzewitz M, Peterson B, Bartz R. Arthroscopic treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: Are there evidence-based indications? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Feb;455:107-112.
• Ryzewitz M, Peterson B, Siparsky PN, Bartz RL. The diagnosis of meniscus tears: The role of MRI and clinical examination. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Feb;455:123-133.
• Siparsky P, Gramenz P, D’Ambrosia R, Bartz R. Bioabsorbable polymers used in knee arthroscopy, Part 1: Basic science and application . Techniques in Knee Surgery, 2006 Sept; 5(3): 193-198.
• Gramenz P, Siparsky P, Gall K, D’Ambrosia R, Bartz R. Bioabsorbable polymers used in knee arthroscopy, Part 2: Clinical results. Techniques in Knee Surgery, 2006 Sept; 5(3): 199-204.
• Kocher MS, Kim YJ, Millis MB, Mandiga R, Siparsky P, Micheli LJ, Kasser JR. Hip arthroscopy in children and adolescents. J Pediatr Orthop. 2005 Sep-Oct; 25(5): 680-6.
• Dimicco M, Patwari P, Siparsky PN, Kumar S, Pratta M, Lark M, Kim Y-J, Grodzinsky A. Mechanisms and kinetics of glycosaminoglycan release following in vitro cartilage injury. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Mar; 50(3):840-8.
• Jin M, Emkey G, Siparsky P, Trippel S, Grodzinsky A. Combined effects of dynamic tissue shear deformation and insulin-like growth factor I on chondrocyte biosynthesis in cartilage explants. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2003 Jun 15; 414(2): 223-31

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Siparsky PN, Taylor DC. Acute traumatic anterior shoulder instability. Shoulder arthroscopy: Principles and practice. Ed. Guiseppe Milano. Berlin: Springer Publishing. 2014:173-180.
• Siparsky PN, Taylor DC. Acute anterior shoulder instability: Surgical management of the first-time Dislocator. Surgery of Shoulder Instability (ISAKOS). Eds. Brockmeier SF, Miller MD, Arce G. Berlin: Springer Publishing, 2013: 1-22.
• Schlegel TF, Siparsky PN, Hawkins RJ. Complications in fracture management. Complications in shoulder surgery: Treatment and Prevention. Eds. Gill TJ, Hawkins RJ. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkens, 2006: 71-76.
• Kocher M, Tucker R, Siparsky P. The Pediatric athlete. Clinical Sports Medicine. Eds. Johnson DL, Mair SD. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc, 2006: 79-90.
• Schlegel TF, Siparsky P. Disorders of the acromioclavicular joint. Clinical Sports Medicine. Eds. Johnson DL, Mair SD. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc, 2006: 255-264.

PODIUM PRESENTATIONS

• Kinne R, Siparsky P. Atypical cause of common knee pain in a runner: A case report. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. Hollywood, Florida. April 2015.
• Moorman CT III, Siparsky PN. Revision Glenohumeral Joint Instability Surgery. 14th Annual AAOS/AOSSM Sports Medicine Course: Elite Athletes to Weekend Warriors. Park City, UT. February 22, 2013.
• Kannan MG, Siparsky PN, Garrett WE. Bilateral proximal tibia stress fractures at the epiphyseal scar. Southeast Chapter of American College of Sports Medicine. Greenville, SC. February 14-16 2013.
• Moorman CT III, Siparsky PN. Current Concepts in Rotator Cuff Injury Management. “Recent Advances in the Shoulder and Knee,” Course Director, Kevin Wilk, DPT, FAPTA. Raleigh, NC February 1-3, 2013
• Siparsky PN, Teng AH, Sung KLP. MMP2 activity in ACL versus MCL under injurious stretching conditions. Intern. Symposium on Ligaments and Tendons III. New Orleans, 2003.
• DiMicco, MA, Siparsky PN, Patwari P, Kim, Y-J, Grodzinsky, AJ, Kumar, S. Mechanisms of tissue degradation following in vitro cartilage injury. Trans 49th Orthop Res Society, p0304, 2003.
• Kisiday JD, Siparsky PN, Grodzinsky AJ. Anabolic and catabolic response to dynamic compression in a chondrocytes-seeded self-assembling peptide hydrogel. Trans 49th Orthop Res Society, p0067, 2003.
• Jin M, Emkey G, Siparsky P, Grodzinsky A, Trippel S. Combined effects of dynamic tissue shear and IGF-1 on chondrocytes biosynthesis in cartilage explants. Trans 48th Orthop Res Society, p0134, 2002.
• Jin M, Fanning P, Siparsky P, Emkey G, Trippel S, Grodzinsky A. Upregulation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation and transcriptional level of type II collagen and aggrecan core protein in response to tissue shear deformation in cartilage explants. Trans 48th Orthop Res Society, p0031, 2002.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Widmer M, Kruse R, Siparsky P. Left lateral knee pain in a college cross country/track athlete. American Osteopathic Sports Medicine Society Meeting. Las Vegas. May 2017.
• Siparsky PN, Wolf EM. Glenoid avulsion of glenohumeral ligaments as a cause of recurrent anterior shoulder instability. Arthroscopy Association North America Annual Meeting. E 158. San Francisco. April 2011.

RESEARCH

• University of Colorado Department of Sports Medicine - Orthopaedics Research Fellowship
  Dr. Reed Bartz
  Denver/Boulder, CO; 2005-2007 (While in medical school)
• The Children’s Hospital of Boston - Clinical Orthopaedics Research Fellowship
  Dr. Mininder Kocher
  Boston, MA; Summer 2004
• Steadman-Hawkins Denver Clinic - Clinical and Basic Science Research Coordinator
  Dr. Theodore Schlegel
  Denver, CO; 2003
• University of California San Diego - Department of Bioengineering and Orthopedics Research
  Dr. K.L. Paul Sung
  San Diego, CA; 2002-2003
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cartilage Bioengineering Research Fellowship
  Dr. Alan Grodzinsky
  Boston, MA; 2001-2002
• Harvard Medical School Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory - Student Research Fellowship
  Dr. Guoan Li
  Boston, MA; 2000-2001
• Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation - Biomechanics Laboratory Student Research Fellowship
  Dr. Michael Torry
  Vail, CO; Summer 2000