Michael E Joyce, MD

• Sports Medicine:
  Mentored by World Leaders in Sports Medicine, Dr. Joyce is highly qualified for the elite and recreational athlete.
• Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery for the treatment of:
  
  • Tendon Ruptures
  • Dislocations
  • Labral Tears
• Knee Arthroscopy which includes:
  
  • Ligament reconstruction
  • Meniscal repairs.
• Hip Arthroscopy for treatment of:
  
  • labral tears
  • impingement
  • snapping hip
  • iliosoas tendon
  • Ilitiotubial band
  • sub gluteal Hip Pain
  • FAI
• Elbow Arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction including "Tommy John surgery".
• Wrist Arthroscopy.
• Achilles tendon repair.
• Partial and complete Joint Replacements:
  
  • Hip
  • Knee
  • Shoulder

Dr. Michael Joyce graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in 1987, where he earned his medical degree. From July 1988 to June 1990, he completed a Post-Doctorate Fellowship in the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Arthritis Institute (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Joyce finished his Orthopaedic residency in June 1994 at Washington University/Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He then trained under Dr. James Andrews and Dr. William Clancy at the world-renowned American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, AL. From 1995 to 2001, Dr. Joyce was a consultant at Genetics Institute, Inc. in Cambridge, MA, studying the application of genetically engineered proteins on tendon, ligament and bone healing.

Dr. Joyce has been in private practice since August 1995, and he opened his own practice in Glastonbury, CT in December 2004. At that time, he joined the staff of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the Connecticut Orthopaedic Society. In addition, Dr. Joyce is the Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Joyce is an Orthopaedic Consultant and team physician for the UConn Athletic Department, including the men’s and women’s basketball teams, the football team and the soccer team. He is also a team physician for the New Britain Rock Cats baseball team (a division of the Minnesota Twins).

Dr. Joyce has been a member of the prestigious International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) since it was formed in 2008. To date there are just over 300 international surgeons in the society. In addition, Dr. Joyce> has been an associate master instructor for hip arthroscopy for the AAOS/AANA since 2011. Here he teaches advanced hip arthroscopy techniques to orthopaedic surgeons from around the world.