Matthew T Provencher Author & Editor

Gregory P. Nicholson, MD is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He is an author of numerous articles, papers, and chapters on conditions and injuries on the shoulder and elbow. He is a team physician for the Chicago White Sox baseball team. He is a member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.

Matthew T. Provencher, MD, LCDR, MC, USNR was born in New Hampshire, and completed his undergraduate education at the United States Naval Academy. There, he graduated with Distinction, was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi (National Honor Society), Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Soecity), Sigma Pi Sigma (National Physics Honor Society), and was named the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Graduate. He was also a 4-year varsity oarsman and All-American at Navy. He completed his medical education at Dartmouth Medical School where he graduated with Honors and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Matt completed his orthopaedic residency at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and his orthopaedic sports fellowship at Rush University under the direction of Bernard R. Bach, Jr, MD. Matt has been awarded the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) Science Award, the ISAKOS Richard Caspari Award (runner-up), the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Aircast Research Award, and was also both an AOSSM (Asia-Pacific) and an AOA John Fahey North American Traveling Fellow. Matt is currently the Assistant Director of Shoulder, Knee and Sports Surgery at the Naval Medical Center San Diego, a full-time academic practice. He is an active member of Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), AOSSM, ISAKOS, International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS), and Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS).