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Home : Full-time clinical faculty : Peter Jokl, MD

Peter Jokl, MD

Education:

  • Undergraduate: Yale University, BA. 1964
  • Medical school: Yale University School of Medicine, MD, 1968
  • Residency training:
    • Internship: Surgical Internship Vanderbilt University
    • Orthopaedic residency: Orthopaedic Residency Yale New Haven Hospital

Academic appointments:

  • Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Yale Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
  • Chief-Section of Yale Sports Medicine

Recent publications:

  • Sethi PM , Cooper A and Jokl P. Technical Tips in Orthopaedics: Meniscal Repair with use of an In-Situ Fribrin Clot. J of Athros and Related research. Vol 19 No.4 E 2003
  • Beiner J, and Jokl P. Muscle Contusion Injury and Myositis Ossificans Traumatica. CORR (403S) pp S110-119, 2002
  • Jokl P, Sethi PM, and Cooper A. Aging Successfully: Performance results of the New York City MarathonA Seventeen Year Review. BJSM August 2004
  • Jokl P and Roberts R. Editors “Focus on the Rotator Cuff” (JAAOS / JBJS ) AAOS, 2001
  • Haims A and Jokl P. Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System AAOS Textbook Ed Johnson,T and Steinbach. L. Section 8; The Knee and Lower Leg. AAOS. 2004 pp484 - 559

Additional information:

In the field of sports medicine, Dr. Jokl has concentrated clinically on injuries as they pertain to athletics. He has conducted basic research on muscle injury, its prevention, etiology, and rehabilitation. Presently he is a co investigator in a multi year NIH funded study assessing the effect of psychosocial factors' influence on recovery from elective surgical procedures.

Dr. Jokl has been elected a fellow of many national organizations including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America and the Society of Tennis Medicine and Science. He serves on multiple committees in these and other organizations.

He has published widely on topics related to treatment and recovery from sports related injuries. He is associate editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Dr Jokl is actively involved in regional and international athletic events being medical commissioner for the 1995 World Special Olympics, medical director Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament and the annual New Haven TAC national 20 K road race championships.