Robert E. McLaughlin II, MD
Dr. Robert E. McLaughlin II was born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended The University Virginia as an Echols Scholar and graduated with academic distinction in 1992, having spent his junior year in Valencia, Spain. After graduation he returned to Spain, spending a year in Barcelona teaching English. He returned to The University of Virginia for medical school, graduating in 1997. He then spent five years as a resident in orthopedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, graduating in 2002.
His training was completed with a one year shoulder fellowship in Jackson, Mississippi with world renowned shoulder surgeons Dr. Felix "Buddy" Savoie and Dr. Larry Field.
Dr. McLaughlin is a board certified orthopedic surgeon who has dedicated his practice to shoulder arthroscopy and reconstruction. This includes disorders of the rotator cuff, impingement, arthritis, labral and biceps pathology, frozen shoulderas well as shoulder instability. He also specializes in revision rotator cuff repair and revision labral repair for failed surgeries. He is one of the only surgeons in the North East who arthroscopically performs revision rotator cuff repairs with tissue augmentation. Tissue augmentation can be used for failed rotator cuff repairs where patient’s own tissue is not healthy enough to support repair. He has been featured in the media for this ability.
Dr. McLaughlin has been an associate master instructor for the Arthroscopy Association of North America since 2003. He is regularly invited to teach courses on shoulder arthroscopy to other board certified orthopedic surgeons throughout the country. Having spent 2 years living in Spain, he has become fluent in Spanish and offers courses to orthopedic surgeons from Central and South America as well as Spain. He has recently hosted shoulder arthroscopy courses for orthopedic surgeons from Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina as well as Korea.
Dr. McLaughlin has recently been selected to participate in the German Arthroscopy Association traveling fellowship program. The German Arthroscopy Association is the largest arthroscopy association in Europe and every year selects three young surgeons to visit and observe orthopedic surgeons throughout the United States. They have traditionally only visited large academic medical centers, but Dr. McLaughlin has been selected as one of the only private practice orthopedic surgeons to be invited into the program.
North Shore Shoulder is one of the only private practices in the North East that is dedicated to shoulder arthroscopy and reconstruction. Dr. McLaughlin has chosen to stay in the community setting for lifestyle reasons and to be able to spend more time with his family. He started this practice to provide world class orthopedic shoulder care in a community setting and is dedicated to making North Shore Shoulder a true center of excellence.
To contact Dr. McLaughlin's office directly, please call (978) 969-3624.
His training was completed with a one year shoulder fellowship in Jackson, Mississippi with world renowned shoulder surgeons Dr. Felix "Buddy" Savoie and Dr. Larry Field.
Dr. McLaughlin is a board certified orthopedic surgeon who has dedicated his practice to shoulder arthroscopy and reconstruction. This includes disorders of the rotator cuff, impingement, arthritis, labral and biceps pathology, frozen shoulderas well as shoulder instability. He also specializes in revision rotator cuff repair and revision labral repair for failed surgeries. He is one of the only surgeons in the North East who arthroscopically performs revision rotator cuff repairs with tissue augmentation. Tissue augmentation can be used for failed rotator cuff repairs where patient’s own tissue is not healthy enough to support repair. He has been featured in the media for this ability.
Dr. McLaughlin has been an associate master instructor for the Arthroscopy Association of North America since 2003. He is regularly invited to teach courses on shoulder arthroscopy to other board certified orthopedic surgeons throughout the country. Having spent 2 years living in Spain, he has become fluent in Spanish and offers courses to orthopedic surgeons from Central and South America as well as Spain. He has recently hosted shoulder arthroscopy courses for orthopedic surgeons from Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina as well as Korea.
Dr. McLaughlin has recently been selected to participate in the German Arthroscopy Association traveling fellowship program. The German Arthroscopy Association is the largest arthroscopy association in Europe and every year selects three young surgeons to visit and observe orthopedic surgeons throughout the United States. They have traditionally only visited large academic medical centers, but Dr. McLaughlin has been selected as one of the only private practice orthopedic surgeons to be invited into the program.
North Shore Shoulder is one of the only private practices in the North East that is dedicated to shoulder arthroscopy and reconstruction. Dr. McLaughlin has chosen to stay in the community setting for lifestyle reasons and to be able to spend more time with his family. He started this practice to provide world class orthopedic shoulder care in a community setting and is dedicated to making North Shore Shoulder a true center of excellence.
To contact Dr. McLaughlin's office directly, please call (978) 969-3624.