James H Lubowitz MD

James H. Lubowitz, MD is an orthopedic sports medicine specialist in the “next phase” of his diverse and exciting career. After more than 20 years of caring for orthopedic and sports medicine patients, Dr. Lubowitz has retired from clinical and surgical practice and serves full time as Editor-in-Chief of Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery & Arthroscopy Techniques, the open-access companion journal to Arthroscopy.

Dr. James Lubowitz is Founding Director of the Taos Orthopaedic Institute, Taos Orthopaedic Institute Research Foundation and Taos Orthopaedic Institute Orthopaedic Sportsmedicine Fellowship training program. He has performed over 10,000 orthopedic surgical cases throughout his career in the Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico communities.

In addition to his academic position as Editor-in-Chief, James H. Lubowitz, MD serves as a team physician and member of the Medical Staff of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association. He provides on-site medical coverage at training camps and World Cup Ski Race events for our US Ski Team Women’s Alpine athletes.

Dr. James Lubowitz is also a consultant to the ski industry, as well as the sports medicine industry. His goal is to combine a unique combination of academic and clinical experience to aid in the adjudication of causality of orthopedic and arthroscopic, sports, and injuries. As a consultant, his ultimate goal is to identify opportunities to improve safety and quality for patients and athletes and to focus on injury prevention in athletes and skiers.