Penn Medicine Provider
Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine
James L. Carey, MD, MPH
4.9
(394)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 14 to 55
Penn Orthopaedics Pennsylvania Hospital - Cathcart Building
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About me

  • Director, Penn Center for Cartilage Repair and Osteochondritis Dissecans Treatment
  • Director, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship
  • Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon, Philadelphia Flyers
  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Carey's clinical expertise includes the evaluation and treatment of all sports medicine injuries, with a focus on arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery. His primary research interests include anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and cartilage repair.

Recognized by America's Top Doctors: 2017

Recognized in Philadelphia Magazine's annual Top Docs issues: 2016 - 2018, 2020 - 2022

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

396 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
he was very personable and knowledgeable.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
quick and very attentive to my concerns.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. carey discusses the issues in simple form and doesn't hesitate to redirect you to another specialist if necessary.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
great dr extremely knowledgeable and helpful!!

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Carey is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Kuhn JE, Dunn WR, Sanders R, Baumgarten KM, Bishop JY, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Holloway BG, Jones GL, Ma CB, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Poddar SK, Smith MV, Spencer EE, Vidal AF, Wolf BR, Wright RW The predictors of surgery for symptomatic, atraumatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears change over time: ten-year outcomes of the MOON Shoulder prospective cohort. , J Bone Joint Surg Am.: 2024


Meyer AM, Hurley ET, Danilkowicz RM, Carey JL, Heyworth BE, Perkins C, Saithna A, Saris DBF, Sgaglione NA, Taylor DC, Bradley KE; International Knee Cartilage Injury Delphi Consensus Study Group. Fixation for knee cartilage injuries -- an international Delphi consensus statement. , Journal of Cartilage and Joint Preservation., 4: 2024,100199


Herzberg SD, Zhao Z, Freeman TH, Prakash R, Baumgarten KM, Bishop JY, Carey JL, Jones GL, McCarty EC, Spencer EE, Vidal AF, Jain NB, Giri A, Kuhn JE, Khazzam MS, Matzkin EG, Brophy RH, Dunn WR, Ma CB, Marx RG, Poddar SK, Smith MV, Wolf BR, Wright RW Obesity is associated with muscle atrophy in rotator cuff tear. , BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med., 10: 2024,e001993


Nguyen JC, Patel V, Gendler L, Blankenbaker DG, Shea KG, Wall EJ, Carey JL, Nissen CW, Jaramillo D, Ganley TJ Medial femoral condyle OCD (osteochondritis dissecans): correlation between imaging and arthroscopy. , Skeletal Radiol.: 2024


Carey JL The critical reader -- visualizing data. , Am J Sports Med., 52: 2024,1915-7


Johnstone T, Espiritu J, Tompkins M, Milewski MD, Nissen C, Shea KG; ROCK Group:; Nelson B, Egger A, Anderson C, Lee Pace J, Polousky J, Ellemann J, Meenen N, Edmonds E, Ellis H, Fabricant P, Krych A, Myer G, Kocher M, Carey JL Which osteochondritis dissecans lesions will heal nonoperatively? An application of machine learning to the ROCK prospective cohort. , Orthop J Sports Med, 12: 2024,23259671241297145


MARS Group; Wright RW, Huston LJ, Haas AK, Pennings JS, Allen CR, Cooper DE, DeBerardino TM, Dunn WR, Lantz BBA, Spindler KP, Stuart MJ, Amendola AN, Annunziata CC, Arciero RA, Bach BR Jr, Baker CL 3rd, Bartolozzi AR, Baumgarten KM, Berg JH, Bernas GA, Brockmeier SF, Brophy RH, Bush-Joseph CA, Butler JB 5th, Carey JL, Carpenter JE, Cole BJ, Cooper JM, Cox CL, Creighton RA, David TS, Flanigan DC, Frederick RW, Ganley TJ, Gatt CJ Jr, Gecha SR, Giffin JR, Hame SL, Hannafin JA, Harner CD, Harris NL Jr, Hechtman KS, Hershman EB, Hoellrich RG, Johnson DC, Johnson TS, Jones MH, Kaeding CC, Kamath GV, Klootwyk TE, Levy BA, Ma CB, Maiers GP 2nd, Marx RG, Matava MJ, Mathien GM, McAllister DR, McCarty EC, McCormack RG, Miller BS, Nissen CW, O'Neill DF, Owens BD, Parker RD, Purnell ML, Ramappa AJ, Rauh MA, Rettig AC, Sekiya JK, Shea KG, Sherman OH, Slauterbeck JR, Smith MV, Spang JT, Svoboda SJ, Taft TN, Tenuta JJ, Tingstad EM, Vidal AF, Viskontas DG, White RA, Williams JS Jr, Wolcott ML, Wolf BR, York JJ. Surgical predictors of clinical outcome 6 years after revision ACL reconstruction. , Am J Sports Med., 52: 2024,3286-94


MARS Group; Vasavada K, Vasavada V, Moran J, Devana S, Lee C, Hame SL, Jazrawi LM, Sherman OH, Huston LJ, Haas AK, Allen CR, Cooper DE, DeBerardino TM, Spindler KP, Stuart MJ, Ned Amendola A, Annunziata CC, Arciero RA, Bach BR Jr, Baker CL 3rd, Bartolozzi AR, Baumgarten KM, Berg JH, Bernas GA, Brockmeier SF, Brophy RH, Bush-Joseph CA, Butler V JB, Carey JL, Carpenter JE, Cole BJ, Cooper JM, Cox CL, Creighton RA, David TS, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Frederick RW, Ganley TJ, Gatt CJ Jr, Gecha SR, Giffin JR, Hannafin JA, Lindsay Harris N Jr, Hechtman KS, Hershman EB, Hoellrich RG, Johnson DC, Johnson TS, Jones MH, Kaeding CC, Kamath GV, Klootwyk TE, Levy BA, Ma CB, Maiers GP 2nd, Marx RG, Matava MJ, Mathien GM, McAllister DR, McCarty EC, McCormack RG, Miller BS, Nissen CW, O'Neill DF, Owens BD, Parker RD, Purnell ML, Ramappa AJ, Rauh MA, Rettig AC, Sekiya JK, Shea KG, Slauterbeck JR, Smith MV, Spang JT, Svoboda SJ, Taft TN, Tenuta JJ, Tingstad EM, Vidal AF, Viskontas DG, White RA, Williams JS Jr, Wolcott ML, Wolf BR, Wright RW, York JJ A novel machine learning model to predict revision ACL reconstruction failure in the MARS cohort. , Orthop J Sports Med., 12: 2024,23259671241291920


Kuhn JE, Dunn WR, Sanders R, Baumgarten KM, Bishop JY, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Holloway BG, Jones GL, Ma CB, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Poddar SK, Smith MV, Spencer EE, Vidal AF, Wolf BR, Wright RW; Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Shoulder Group 2024 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughan Award: Nonsurgical treatment of symptomatic, atraumatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears -- a prospective multicenter cohort study with 10-year follow-up. , J Am Acad Orthop Surg., 32: 2024,1961-73


Milewski MD, Miller PE, Gossman EC, Coene RP, Tompkins MA, Anderson CN, Bauer K, Busch MT, Carey JL, Carsen S, Chambers HG, Coene RP, Edmonds EW, Ellermann J, Ellis HB Jr, Erickson J, Fabricant PD, Ganley TJ, Gossman EC, Green DW, Heyworth BE, Hoi Po Hui J, Kocher MS, Krych AJ, Latz K, Lyon RM, Mayer S, Milewski MD, Miller PE, Nelson BJ, Nepple JJ, Nguyen JC, Nissen CW, Lee Pace J, Paterno MV, Pennock AT, Perkins C, Polousky JD, Saluan P, Shea KG, Tompkins MA, Wall EJ, Weiss JM, Willimon C, Wilson P, Wright RW, Zbojniewicz A, Myer GD A simple clinical predictive model for arthroscopic mobility of osteochondritis dissecans lesions of the knee. , Am J Sports Med., 52: 2024,3543-50