Son also had labrum tear - we interviewed five doctors in New York City to find best for us.
Dr. David Dines was highly recommended, lovely and very thorough - was MD for tennis tour.
Dr. Andrew Rokito at NY Hospital for Joint Diseases also wonderful - was Mets doctor at time.
a doctor at Hospital for Special Surgery who specialized in shoulder surgery - can't remember his name - it started with a W - but didn't relate well to son.
a doctor at Beth Israel Hospital in Nichols group specializing in shoulders...we didn't know hospital well so chose elsewhere.
Dr. David Altchek at Hospital for Special Surgery was our ultimate choice - we knew the hospital well; many, many people kept recommending him. He was easy to talk to and seemed to understand baseball players injuries, the young man's psyche, the toll taken on player's body in college sports, understood the rehab problems while in college, and he also was Mets doctor at one time as well as tennis tour MD.
My son had different prognosis from different doctors - basically all felt his labrum needed repair although some doctors wanted to do a little more fixing than others. All answers kept coming back to Altchek.