Eric T. Ricchetti, MD

Eric T. Ricchetti, MD is a staff surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, and is an Associate Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He holds the Maynard Madden Endowed Professorship in Arthritis Research and is the Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. He is also the Director of the Shoulder Center, as well as Director of the Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Fellowship Program in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Ricchetti’s clinical practice is focused on the treatment of disorders of the shoulder, including management of primary and revision shoulder problems in joint arthroplasty and rotator cuff disease. His research interests have focused on examining clinical outcomes after total shoulder arthroplasty and rotator cuff repair. He has received grant funding from multiple sources related to these areas of research, including an R01 grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and he was recognized with the 2015 Charles S. Neer Award for Basic Science Research by the ASES.