Richard P. Mackessy, MD

Richard P. Mackessy, MD
Board-Certified Hand and Microsurgeon
Subspecialty Focus: Hand, Shoulder and Upper Extremity Problems

Board Certification
  • Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery
  • Added Qualification in Hand Surgery
Presentations & Awards
  • Healing The Children Award for Treating Poor Children from Underdeveloped Countries
  • Top 100 Doc’s in NJ 2010
  • Five successive yrs Top Doc’s in NJ
  • Twice Named Teacher of the Year UMDNJ Dept of Orthopedics
  • Lectures yearly at the hand review course in NY since 1990.
  • Lectures in Canada, Jefferson Medical Alumni Club
Professional Associations
  • NJ Orthopaedic Society: President, 2001–2002, Board of Trustees, 1999–present, Elizabeth General Medical Center.
  • Jefferson Alumni Association: President, 1999–2001
  • American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Member
  • American Medical Association: Member
  • Medical Society of NJ: Member
  • Union County Medical Society: Member
  • Jefferson Hand Society: Member, Past-President
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand: Member
  • NY Hand Society: Member
  • NJ Orthopaedic Society: Member, Past-President
  • Irish Orthopaedic Association: Member
  • Eastern Orthopaedic Association: Member
  • International College of Surgeons: Member
  • Elizabeth General Medical Center: Medical Staff President
  • Trinitas: Board of Trustees, since 2001
  • Board of Councilor, 2002
Special Interests
Hand and Upper Extremity Problems, especially pitching and overhead athletic injuries
Hospital Privileges
  • Trinitas Hospital (formerly St. Elizabeth’s Hospital): Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chairman of Orthopaedics
  • Trinitas Member of Board of Trustees of Hospital and Health Foundation
  • Overlook Hospital, Summit: Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry: Director of Hand Service, Newark, 1986–2002
Fellow American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
Board of Councilor to American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship
Thomas Jefferson University
Residency
  • St. Vincent’s: 2 yrs General Surgery
  • St. Luke’s Roosevelt: 3 yrs Orthopedic Surgery
Medical School
  • University of Bologna, Italy
  • New Jersey Medical School