Charles A. Popkin, MD
Locations and Appointments
ColumbiaDoctors - 693 White Plains Road
ColumbiaDoctors - Tarrytown
CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amerigroup of New Jersey
- AmeriHealth of New Jersey
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- MVP Health Care
- QualCare
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- Workers Compensation
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Charles A. Popkin, MD
Dr. Charles A. Popkin specializes in pediatric, adolescent, and collegiate sports medicine, with an emphasis on the operative and non-operative treatment of complex knee disorders. His specific clinical interests involve primary and revision ACL reconstruction, patellar instability, cartilage injuries and disorders, meniscal tears, and recalcitrant patellar tendinopathy.
With dual fellowships in Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Dr. Popkin has dedicated his career to the comprehensive treatment and prevention of injury in developing athletes. He has a particular interest in the management of ice hockey injuries, serving as a team physician for USA Hockey, and on the USA Hockey National Safety and Protective Equipment Committee. Dr. Popkin is also the head team physician for: Fordham University, Mercy College, and the Hackley School in Tarrytown.
In addition to his academic practice, Dr. Popkin conducts research on ACL injury prevention, ACL reconstruction techniques in the pediatric athlete, overuse injuries in youth sports, refractory patellar tendonitis, and shoulder instability in ice hockey. He pens a monthly "Ask Dr. Hockey" column for USA Hockey Magazine. Dr. Popkin lives in Westchester and enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons.
Board Certifications
- Orthopedic Sports Medicine
- Orthopedic Surgery
Expertise
ACL Injury Tear
Adolescent Sports Injuries
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
Cartilage Injury
Cartilage Surgery
Fractures
Hamstring Tendonitis/Injury
Hip Preservation
Knee Disorders
Knee Injuries
Knee Injury
Knee Ligament Reconstructions
Knee Pain
Knee Surgery
Meniscus Tear
Meniscus Tears
Orthopedic Trauma
Patellar Instability
Patellar Tendonitis
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma
Pediatric Orthopedics
Pediatric Sports Medicine
Shoulder Instability
Sports Injuries
Sports Injury
Sports Medicine Surgery
Education
Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children
Fellowship: Minnesota Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Institute
Internship: Jackson Memorial Hospital
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center
Titles & Positions
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Fellowship: Minnesota Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Institute
- Internship: Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children
- Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at CUMC
Board Certifications
- Orthopedic Sports Medicine
- Orthopedic Surgery