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Aaron J. Krych, M.D.

  1. Orthopedic Surgeon
  2. Sports Medicine Specialist
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Departments

Specialty Groups

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

Existing patients

  1. ACL injury
  2. Hip impingement
  3. Hip labral tear
  4. Knee cartilage injury
  5. Kneecap subluxation
  6. Shoulder instability
  7. Torn meniscus
  1. ACL surgery
  2. Cartilage repair
  3. Hip arthroscopy
  4. Hip labral repair
  5. Hip preservation surgery
  6. Knee reconstruction
  7. Meniscus repair
  8. Meniscus transplant
  9. Osteotomy
  • ACL injuries
  • Meniscus tears
  • Cartilage restoration and transplantation
  • Meniscus transplantation
  • Osteotomy
  • Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement
  • Hip labral tears
  • Hamstring avulsion repairs
  • Shoulder instability
  1. 2011
    Clinical Associate - Senior Clinical Associate in Orthopaedic SurgeryHospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
  2. 2011
    Special Fellowship - Sports Medicine and Shoulder ServiceHospital for Special Surgery
  3. 2010
    ResidentOrthopedic Surgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 2010
    Resident - Orthopedic SurgeryMayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  5. 2005
    MD - Doctor of MedicineMayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  6. 2001
    BA - Chemistry (Summa cum laude, top 5 in graduating class)Saint John's University

Certifications

  1. 2014
    Orthopedic Sports MedicineAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  2. 2013
    Orthopedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards and honors

  1. 2024
    Top Doctors in MinnesotaMinnesota Monthly Magazine
  2. 2023
    Treating Cartilage Problems in Your Knees, Merit Award 2023National Health Information Awards
  3. 2023
    AOSSM 2023 Master Award for Innovation and Impactful Contribution to Sports MedicineAOSSM
  4. 2023
    AANA 2023 Patellofemoral Anatomy Research Excellence Award for “Grooveplasty Versus Trochleoplasty for Trochlear Dysplasia in the Setting of Patellar Instability” Arthroscopy Association of North America
  5. 2023
    Voted “Teacher of the Day” Orthopedic Today Annual Meeting 2023Orthopedics Today
  6. 2023
    2024 OTIF Lower Extremity Pearl Champion Orthopedic Technology & Innovation Forum
  7. 2022
    Finalist, OTIF 2022 lower extremity tips/pearls competitionOrthopedic Technology & Innovation Forum
  8. 2022
    Herodicus Research Award: Do Patients Age 40 Years or Under with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome Need a Preoperative MRI Before Primary Hip Arthroscopy? A Multicenter Comparative Analysis of 1,391 PatientsAmerican Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine
  9. 2022
    Daniel Saris and Aaron Krych--Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has been named a ICRS Center for Excellence for Cartilage Regeneration and Joint PreservationInternational Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society
  10. 2022
    Mentored Dr. Erick Marigi, MD for Edward D. Henderson, M.D. Physician in Training Award: Surgical Treatment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears in Competitive Wrestlers: Reoperations, Outcomes, and Return to Play, 39th Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association. Mid-America Orthopaedic Association
  11. 2022
    Voted “Teacher of the Day” Orthopedic Today Annual Meeting 2022.Orthopedics Today
  12. 2022
    2022 Digital Health Award: Ortho ACL Interactive Care PlanDigital Health Awards
  13. 2021
    Research proposal "Delivery of Chondrogenic Genes for Articular Cartilage Repair" has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Osteoarthritis Research GrantAmerican Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine
  14. 2021
    Minnesota Monthly’s Top Doctors in Minnesota 2021Minnesota Monthly
  15. 2021
    ISAKOS John J. Joyce Award Finalist, Finalist 2021: Natural History Of Femoroacetabular Impingement: Using Machine Learning To Evaluate Risk Factors For Osteoarthritis In A Large Geographic Population Over The Long-Term, Nov 2021.International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
  16. 2021
    $100,000 from the Reinig Immunotherapy of Arthritis Treatment Award Department of Research
  17. 2021
    MAOA finalist Physician in Training Award (mentored Dr. Nick Duethman, MD) for Midterm Outcomes of Isolated Lateral Meniscus Tears in Young PatientsMid America Orthopaedic Association
  18. 2021
    • MAOA finalist Physician in Training Award (mented Dr. Eric Marigi, MD) for Surgical Treatment of Isolated Meniscus Tears in Competitive Wrestlers: Outcomes, Reoperations, and Return to SportMid America Orthopaedic Association
  19. 2021
    Top Doctors in MinnesotaMinnesota Monthly Magazine
  20. 2021
    2021-2023 ISAKOS Research Grant Winner for Translational Research: A. Krych, MD UNITED STATES Project Title: A Deep Learning, Artificially Intelligent, Digital Twin Framework for Early Detection and Prognostication of Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis following Anterior Cruciate Ligament InjuryISAKOS
  21. 2020
    Mid-America’s 2020-2021 Multipurpose Resident Grants (Mentored Dr. Ayoosh Pareek, MD) for the “The Natural History of Femoroacetabular Impingement: Using Machine Learning to Reevaluate Risk Factors for Osteoarthritis and Arthroplasty” Mid America Orthopaedic Association
  22. 2020
    Herodicus Resident Research Award 2020 AOSSM Annual Meeting. “Anterior Shoulder Instability: Outcome of Initial Non-operative Treatment in 739 patients with a mean follow up of 15 years” American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  23. 2020
    Top Doctor's Award (Orthopedic Surgery)Minnesota Monthly
  24. 2019
    2019 Patellofemoral Anatomy and Research Award "The Recurrent Instability of the Patella (RIP) Score: A statistically-based model for prediction of long-term recurrence risk after first-time dislocation"Arthroscopic Association of North America
  25. 2019
    Traveling Fellowship TourAPKASS/AOSSM
  26. 2019
    InducteeMagellan Society
  27. 2019
    Top Doctor's Award (Orthopedic Surgery)Minnesota Monthly
  28. 2019
    "Master Innovator" Competition Finalist ("Meniscus Repair Techniques")American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine
  29. 2019
    Young Investigator Award mentored Mari Hevesi, MD for Revision and Repeat Revision Rates and the Potential Cost-Utility of Knee Preservation in Young Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients ICRS World CongressInternational Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society
  30. 2018
    2018 Award Selection Committee: "Krych AJ, Hevesi M, Desai VS, Camp CL, Levy BA, Stuart MJ, Saris DBF: Failure in cartilage repair surgery: An analysis of failure mode of the primary procedure in consecutive cases."ICRS
  31. 2018
    Top 10 Paper at 2018 Annual Meeting: "The Segond Fracture: Is treatment necessary with combined ACL reconstruction?" (Mentee of author: Heath Melugin MD)Mid-America Orthopaedic Association
  32. 2018
    E. W. Johnson Jr MD Physician in Training Award : "Operation and Nonoperative Management of Osteochondritis dissecans in the Knee of Skeletally Immature Patients: Progression Rates to Osteoarthritis and Arthroplasty at Mean 14-Years Follow-up" (Mentee of author: Mario Hevesi MD)Mid-America Orthopaedic Association
  33. 2018
    KSSTA Best Paper Award 2018-2019: "Isolated focal cartilage and labral defects in patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome may represent new, unique injury patterns"Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
  34. 2018
    KSSTA Best Paper Award 2018-2019 Awarded to Ashley L. Kapron, Stephen K. Aoki, Jeffrey A. Weiss, Aaron J. Krych and Travis G. Maak “Isolated focal cartilage and labral defects in patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome may represent new, unique injury patterns .”Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA)
  35. 2017
    Herodicus Resident Research Award 2017 (*Sanders TL, Pareek A, J Hewett TE, Stuart MJ, Dahm DL, Krych AJ-What is the natural history of patellar dislocation in skeletally immature patients?)AOSSM
  36. 2017
    Stop Sports Injury (*Sanders TL, Pareek A, Hewett TE, Stuart MJ, Dahm DL, Krych-What is the natural history of patellar dislocation in skeletally immature patients?)AOSSM
  37. 2017
    ISAKOS Patellofemoral Research Excellence Award Finalist (Patellofemoral arthritis after lateral patellar dislocation: A matched population-based analysis)ISAKOS
  38. 2016
    "The 16 Standout North American Sports Knee Surgeons"Orthopedics This Week
  39. 2016
    Award for Outstanding Women's Health Research "Are Female Soccer Players at an Increased Risk of Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Compared to their Athletic Peers?" (Mentor to Ayoosh Pareek)Celso-Ramon Garcia
  40. 2016
    2016 Teacher of the YearMayo Fellows' Association, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  41. 2015
    NIH-Sponsored Musculoskeletal Research Training Grant at Mayo ClinicMayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
  42. 2015
    Patellofemoral Research Excellence Award Finalist: Assessing patellar instability: Relating tibial tubercle trochlear groove distance to patient specific anatomyISAKOS
  43. 2015
    Scientific Award Finalist: Return to sport: Does excellent 6-month strength and function following ACL reconstruction predict mid-term outcomesISAKOS
  44. 2015
    Coventry Award for paper: Individualizing the tibial tubercle to trochlear groove distance: patellar instability ratios that predict recurrent instability.Mayo Clinic Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  45. 2015
    Highest Rated Poster "Repeat Meniscus Repair: What can we expect?Arthroscopy Association of North America
  46. 2013
    Alternate Traveling Fellow for 2013 APKASS tourAmerican Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  47. 2013
    2013 MAOA Mentored Finalist for Physician in Training award (Arutyunyan G, Krych AJ et al: The adverse effect of femoral nerve blockade on qudariceps strength and function after ACL reconstruction)Mid America Orthopedic Association
  48. 2013
    Lars-Peterson - Sanofi Traveling Fellowship, EuropeInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  49. 2011
    Phillip D. Wilson Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research: Cartilage integration with porous nondegradable hydrogels after enzymatic treatment of osteochondral defectsHospital for Special Surgery
  50. 2010
    Joseph M. Janes Peer Excellence AwardHospital for Special Surgery
  51. 2009
    One Year Gait Analysis and Strength Data from Prospective Randomized Trial Favors Mini-posterior over Two Incision THAH.A. Peterson Scholarly Writing Competition Award
  52. 2009
    No Benefit of the Two-Incision THA Over Mini-Posterior THA: A Pilot Study of Gait and StrengthMark B. Coventry Clinical Research Competition Award
  53. 2008
    Faculty Research AwardPatrick J. Kelly Basic Science Research Competition
  54. 2008
    Faculty Research AwardMark B. Coventry Clinical Research Competition
  55. 2008
    Finalist, Physician in Training AwardAnnual MAOA Meeting
  56. 2005
    Humanitarian AwardEA Ulzen
  57. 2003
    WABDL Drug-Free World and National Records in Bench Press for Less than 25 years of ageWorld Association of Bench Pressers & Deadlifters
  58. 2003
    Best Educational Poster presentationExperimental Biology Annual Meeting
  59. 2001
    Wasie Full Tuition Merit Scholarship for Medical SchoolWasie Foundation
  60. 2001
    Abbot Educational Fund ScholarAbbot
  61. 2000
    Team Captain, All-conference and All-regional Academic Teams, National Championship GameSt. John's University
  62. 1999
    Most Outstanding Organic ChemistAmerican Chemical Society
  63. 1998
    Leadership ScholarshipSiehl
  64. 1997
    Full Tuition Merit Scholarship (Undergraduate)Wasie Foundation
  65. 1996
    Minnesota Associated Press First Team All-State FootballHoldingford High School

Professional memberships

  1. 2024 - 2025
    Board of DirectorsSpecialty Day, AANA/AOSM;Specialty Day
  2. 2024
    Elected FellowArthroscopic Association of North America (AANA)
  3. 2024 - present
    1.0 MemberRochester Campus Master Planning
  4. 2024 - present
    2.0 MemberRochester Campus Master Planning
  5. 2023
    Scientific Program Co-ChairInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  6. 2023
    Team Physician, Abu Dhabi GamesNBA Team Physician's Association
  7. 2023 - present
    Committee MemberMayo Clinic Enterprise Surgical and Procedural Council
  8. 2023 - present
    Subcommittee MemberSurgical OR Allocation & Operations Subcommittee, Department of Surgery
  9. 2023 - present
    MemberRST Practice Transformation Executive Team
  10. 2021
    Course Co-ChairAdvanced Knee Course, Arthroscopy Association of North America
  11. 2021
    Master InstructorArthroscopy Association of North America
  12. 2021 - present
    MemberHerodicus Society
  13. 2020 - 2021
    Co-ChairAANA/AOSM;Specialty Day
  14. 2020
    HostTraveling Fellows, Arthroscopic Association of North America (AANA)
  15. 2020
    Course DirectorMAYO CME COURSE, What You Need to Know: Joint Exams for Primary Care – Online. Activity ID: 20R00218
  16. 2020 - present
    MemberOrthopedic Surgery Residency Program Evaluation Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  17. 2020 - present
    MemberMayo Clinic;Surgical Procedural Strategic Transformation and Ramp Up (STAR) Practice Efficiency Subcommittee, Mayo Clinic
  18. 2020 - present
    MemberPatient Reported Outcomes Management in Orthopedic Enterprise (PROMOTE) Project
  19. 2020 - present
    Investigator study group memberANCHOR (Academic Network for Conservational Outcomes Research)
  20. 2020 - present
    Board of DirectorsInternational Society of Orthopaedic Centers (ISOC) - HSS
  21. 2020 - present
    Team PhysicianMinnesota Timberwolves NBA Basketball Team
  22. 2020 - present
    MemberNBA Team Physician's Association
  23. 2020 - present
    MemberANCHOR Investigator Study Group
  24. 2019 - 2021
    Education Committee MemberArthroscopic Association of North America (AANA)
  25. 2019 - 2021
    ICL Selection CommitteeArthroscopic Association of North America (AANA)
  26. 2019
    Master InstructorArthroscopy Association of North America
  27. 2019 - present
    Council of DelegatesAmerican Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  28. 2019 - present
    Study Group CoordinatorMERCuRE (Meniscus Repair, Conservation, and Restoration) Study Group
  29. 2019 - present
    Board MemberInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  30. 2019 - present
    Chair, Fellowship, Scholarship & Research CommitteeInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  31. 2019 - present
    2019 Annual Meeting Scientific Program CommitteeInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  32. 2019 - present
    HostLars Peterson Clinical Travelling Fellowship, International Cartilage Repair Society
  33. 2018 - 2019
    MemberWeb-Based Longitudinal Assessment (ABOS WLA) Knowledge Source Group for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  34. 2018 - 2019
    Committee MemberInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  35. 2018
    Committee MemberICL Selection Committee, Arthroscopy Association of North America
  36. 2018
    Committee MemberCompliance Committee, Arthroscopy Association of North America
  37. 2018 - present
    General Board MemberInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  38. 2017 - present
    Peer RefereeORS/OREF
  39. 2017 - 2021
    MemberHip Committee, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
  40. 2017
    Instructional Course FacultyArthroscopy Association of North America
  41. 2017
    Abstract Review Committee MemberArthroscopy Association of North America
  42. 2017 - present
    MemberFinancial Analysis Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  43. 2017 - present
    MemberMetrics of Osteochondral Allografts (MOCA group)
  44. 2017 - present
    MemberEducation Committee, Arthroscopy Association of North America
  45. 2016 - present
    MemberDepartment of Radiology, Staff Recruitment Committee
  46. 2016 - 2018
    Deputy ChairInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  47. 2016 - present
    DirectorDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery
  48. 2016 - present
    DirectorOrthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  49. 2016 - present
    Section MemberOrthopedic Research Society Meniscus Study Section
  50. 2016 - present
    MemberROCK group (Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee)
  51. 2016 - present
    Committee MemberAbstract Reviewer Committee, International Cartilage Repair Society
  52. 2015 - present
    DirectorOrthopedic Sports Medicine Research Fellowship
  53. 2015 - present
    MemberBoard of Directors, Mid American Orthopedic Association
  54. 2015 - 2018
    Board of DirectorsMinnesota Orthopaedic Society
  55. 2015 - 2016
    Co-Chair2016 MOS Annual Meeting, Minnesota Orthopaedic Society
  56. 2015
    MemberClass of 2015, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  57. 2015 - present
    MemberClinical Practice Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  58. 2015 - present
    Member at LargeBoard of Directors, Minnesota Orthopaedic Society
  59. 2015 - present
    Committee MemberFellowship, Scholarship and Research Committee, International Cartilage Repair Society
  60. 2014 - present
    MemberMayo Medical School Advisory Program
  61. 2014 - present
    MemberTeaching/Examining Committee, Mayo Medical School Advisory Program
  62. 2014 - 2020
    Assistant Team PhysicianMinnesota Timberwolves NBA Basketball Team
  63. 2014 - 2019
    MemberScientific Committee, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
  64. 2014
    Panel MemberWriting Panel "Appropriate use criteria for management of osteochondritis dissecans of the knee", American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  65. 2014 - present
    MemberEducation Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  66. 2014 - present
    MemberOrthopedic Device Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  67. 2014 - present
    MemberStaff Recruitment Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  68. 2013 - present
    MemberClinical Competency Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  69. 2013 - present
    Board MemberMusculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) Medical Board of Trustees
  70. 2013 - present
    MemberMinnesota Orthopaedic Society
  71. 2013 - present
    MemberInternational Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
  72. 2012 - present
    MemberSports Medicine Education Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  73. 2012 - 2014
    MemberAmerican College of Sports Medicine
  74. 2012
    Medical DirectorOrthopedic Bone Bank and Transplantation, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  75. 2012
    Medical DirectorMayo Clinic Rochester Tissue Bank
  76. 2012 - present
    MemberOrthopedic Research Review Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  77. 2012 - present
    MemberOrthopedic Research Committee, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  78. 2012 - present
    MemberInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  79. 2011 - 2014
    MemberProgram Committee Panel Reviewer, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  80. 2011 - 2015
    Assistant DirectorOrthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  81. 2011 - 2015
    Assistant DirectorOrthopedic Sports Medicine Research Fellowship
  82. 2011 - 2014
    MemberAOSSM Program Committee Panel Reviewer, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  83. 2011 - present
    MemberAmerican Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  84. 2010 - 2011
    FellowNew York Giants
  85. 2010 - 2011
    FellowSaint John's University Men's and Women's Soccer teams
  86. 2010 - 2011
    FellowSaint John's University Men's and Women's Basketball Teams
  87. 2010
    PhysicianNew York Public Schools Athletic League Injury Clinic
  88. 2010
    PhysicianNew York Public Schools Athletic League Pre-Participation Physicals
  89. 2010 - present
    Candidate MemberAmerican Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  90. 2010 - present
    MemberMid American Orthopedic Association
  91. 2009 - present
    MemberArthroscopy Association of North America
  92. 2008 - 2010
    MemberOrthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
  93. 2008 - 2010
    Resident LiaisonAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  94. 2008
    Team PhysicianMayo High School Football
  95. 2007 - 2009
    Team PhysicianIce Hawks Junior Hockey League
  96. 2006 - 2007
    Team PhysicianFillmore Central High School Football
  97. 2005 - 2011
    Mayo Fellows Association, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  98. 2005 - 2009
    MemberOrthopedic Surgery Interest Group, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  99. 2005 - 2008
    Candidate MemberAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  100. 2004 - 2005
    Student RepresentativeClass of 2005, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  101. 2003
    Teaching AssistantMayo Medical School Gross Anatomy
  102. 2001 - present
    MemberMinnesota Medical Association
  103. 2001 - present
    MemberAmerican Medical Association

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