A world-renowned surgeon, educator and inventor, Dr. Krauss is also the founder of the Krauss Center for Joint Replacement at Peconic Bay Medical Center. His innovative joint replacement techniques have been widely recognized and used as a model by other orthopedic surgeons.

Born in New York City, he gave up careers as an aerospace engineer and business entrepreneur to become a physician, earning his MD degree from Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1982, with postgraduate residency training in orthopedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

He held fellowships in traumatology and reconstructive surgery in Switzerland, France and Italy. Dr. Krauss has been Chief of Orthopedic Trauma at North Shore University Hospital/Manhasset, where he also served as Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics, and Chief of the Division of Orthopedic Surgery. He has practiced at Peconic Bay Medical Center since 2005.

Education & Training:

• BS, Columbia University, New York, NY
• MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,New York, NY
• AO/ASIF Fellowship, Orthopaedic Reconstructive Surgery and Traumatology, University of Basel Kantonspital, Basel, Switzerland.
• Visiting Fellow, Pelvic and Acetabular Trauma and Reconstruction, Centre Medico-Chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy Hospitaux, Paris, France

Professional Societies:

• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• New York Medial Society
• Nassau County Medical Society
• Nassau Academy of Medicine
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Specialties

• Total Knee Replacement
• Total Hip Replacement