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According to the American Registry, Dr. Stephen M. Desio has once again been selected for the Patient’s Choice Award for 2011. He is a past recipient of this prestigious award in 2008, 2009, 2010. Congratulations for also being named a 2010 Most Compassionate Doctor.

Every month, more than 40,000 patients across the US provide online feedback about their experiences with their doctors. They rate various components such as bedside manner, doctor-patient face time, degree of follow-up, courtesy of office staff, and overall opinions.

Over the course of 2011, these reviews have totaled hundreds of thousands of patient opinions. While physicians generally receive positive reviews from their patients, only a select few receive uniformly rave reviews across the board. Of those that receive rave reviews, only physicians like Dr. Stephen M. Desio – with near perfect scores, have been voted by their patients for this honor. In fact, of the nation’s 720,000 active physicians, less than 5% were awarded this honor by their patients in 2010.

Thank you for your support, as we continue to provide an unparalleled medical and surgical experience.

Once again, Dr. Desio is thankful to American Registry and Vitals.com for selecting him and recognizing him with the Patient’s Choice Award for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and for the 2010 Most Compassionate Doctor Award.

Dr. Stephen M. Desio brings his 16 years experience as a Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon to the team to prevent, diagnose and treat injuries. His practice philosophy is centered on fitness and conditioning to reduce the risk of injury in sports. Dr. Desio, a New York native, attended City College of the City University of New York. He graduated from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, where he earned his medical degree. He completed an Orthopedic Surgery residency at New York University Medical Center, and a Fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of Utah Medical Center.

He is Board Certified in both Orthopedic Surgery, as well as Sports Medicine.

He served as Medical Director for USA Gymnastics at the 2010 Tyson American Cup held at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., on March 6. This was the first time this prestigious international invitational had been held in Massachusetts.

His accomplishments include presentations on sports medicine research at national and regional conferences, and he has published articles in nationally recognized journals. He is the team physician for the Worcester Tornadoes Professional Baseball team. During his tenure as a sports medicine fellow at the University of Utah, he participated as a team physician for Division I football and basketball teams, high school football, and he covered several tournaments, including the NCAA Basketball tournament rounds 1 and 2 while in Salt Lake City. Most notably, he was a Team Physician at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, where he worked in the Polyclinic in Olympic Village, providing medical care to athletes from over 28 countries. He also worked as a liaison to other team physicians from around the world.

He now is in private practice in Worcester, Massachusetts, and continues to focus his practice on sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery, Knee Replacement Surgery, Shoulder Replacement Surgery, including the NEW Reverse Shoulder Replacement, and disorders of the knee and shoulder.