Dr. Clifford J. Schob is a highly skilled board certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder and knee. Dr. Schob is a committed physician who’s compassion, dedication, knowledge and ability to explain each phase of the injury and recovery makes him extraordinary.
Dr. Schob trained at the finest institutions in the country. He attended Robert Wood Johnson Medical School through the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He was the Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery at Long Island Jewish Center. Dr. Schob also spent a year of advanced fellowship training in sports medicine at the prestigious American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham Alabama, with internationally respected sports medicine expert Dr. James Andrew and Dr. William Clancy, the pioneer of the surgical technique for modern ACL and PCL ligament reconstruction.
Dr. Clifford Schob has been named Top Doctor for the last 10 years in the New York Metro Area and New Jersey.
Dr. Schob holds over a dozen publications, as well as presentations and lectures surrounding cutting edge techniques involving sports medicine and orthopaedic related injuries.
Dr. Schob currently belongs to:
- Diplomat American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
- American Medical Association
- National Board of Medical Examiners
- New Jersey Medical Society
- NJ Orthopaedic Society
- Board of Conventus
Dr. Schob is the founder of Comprehensive Orthopaedics, located in Millburn, NJ where he surrounds himself with over 14 highly skilled and compassionate staff members.
Dr. Schob’s practice focuses on all aspects of Sports Medicine and arthroscopic surgery. In addition, he provides fracture care and is an advocate of providing non-operative counseling in preventative orthopaedic medicine. He also treats of accident victims and injured workers.
Dr. Schob specializes in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle, ligament reconstruction of the knee, shoulder stabilization procedures for instability and dislocation, rotator cuff problems from bursitis to rotator cuff tears.
Dr.Schob implements up-to-date and latest techniques of arthroscopic surgery. This type of surgery, which uses fiber optic pencil-thin camera, can reduce skin and muscle incisions and facilitate rehabilitation and a faster return to activities.
Areas of expertise include:
- Sports medicine related injuries
- Fracture care
- Ligament reconstruction of the knee
- Cartilage and meniscal repair of the knee
- Arthroscopic labral and rotator cuff repairs of the shoulder
- Arthroscopy of the shoulder, knee, ankle and elbow