Dr. Fabricant Research
Dr. Fabricant is an accomplished researcher, with over 300 peer-reviewed publications, 20 book chapters, and one textbook in circulation. He has received multiple institutional, national, and international awards for clinical research, including the Herodicus Award (AOSSM), the Excellence in Research Award (AOSSM), the Promising Career Award (PRiSM Society), and the Richard S. Laskin Young Attending Resident Teaching Award (HSS), among others. Dr. Fabricant currently serves on several research and education committees in two international professional societies (POSNA and PRiSM).
He is a member of several pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine research consortiums, through which he participates in cutting-edge multicenter clinical research studies with many of the most prolific researchers in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine. He is an active fellow of both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
He also serves on the editorial board of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR), on the Peer Review Committee for the Orthopaedic Research and education Foundation (OREF), and as a reviewer for several academic orthopaedic journals including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM), Arthroscopy, and the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics (JPO).
A full list of his research publications can be found here.
April 1, 2026
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Greater Valgus Alignment in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients with a Primary ACL Tear Compared with Healthy Controls
Pediatric and adolescent patients with an ACL tear demonstrated greater valgus alignment than age- and sex-matched controls, with each 1° increase in HKA valgus alignment increasing the odds of an ACL tear by 14%.
January 1, 2026
Dr. Peter Fabricant
CORR Synthesis: The Role of the LET/ALLR in Pediatric and Adolescent ACL Reconstruction-Should All Young Athletes Receive Lateral Augmentation?
The number of ACL injuries continues to grow among pediatric and adolescent patients secondary to increased year-round sports participation and higher competition levels. For children and adolescents, a variety of ACL reconstruction (ACLR) techniques exist, including options for both surgical technique and graft choice.
November 1, 2025
Dr. Peter Fabricant
CORR Synthesis: How Should We Treat Capitellar Osteochondritis Dissecans in Adolescents? An Evidence-based Treatment Algorithm and Clinical Outcomes
Humeral capitellar osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is a relatively uncommon adolescent disorder that predominantly affects overhead and tumbling athletes. Management of capitellar OCD depends on skeletal maturity, lesion size, location, stability, and containment.
August 15, 2025
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Determination of Skeletal Age From Hand Radiographs Using Deep Learning
Leveraging newer DL technologies trained on >20,000 hand radiographs across 3 distinct, diverse data sets, this study developed a robust model for predicting bone age. Utilizing features extracted from an RSNA model, combined with chronological age inputs, this model outperforms previous state-of-the-art models when applied to validation data sets. These
May 1, 2025
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Methods of Assessing Skeletal Maturity When Planning Surgeries About the Knee
This study sought to review available methods for determination of skeletal age when planning surgeries about the knee using readily available, routine knee imaging. The review focuses on both radiograph and MRI-based skeletal maturity staging systems that surgeons may use to guide appropriate treatment while describing the strengths and weaknesses
April 1, 2025
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Exploring Outcomes of Tibial Rigid Intramedullary Nailing in Adolescent Patients
This study demonstrated that RIMN for tibial shaft fractures in skeletally immature pediatric patients within 2 years of maturity was not associated with iatrogenic physeal injury and resultant changes in tibial slope. Additional favorable clinical outcomes, the potential for early weight-bearing, and few associated postoperative complications indicate that RIMN is
March 1, 2025
Dr. Peter Fabricant
No Association Between Growth Hormone Therapy and Upper Extremity Physeal Tension Injuries: A Matched Case-control Study
Using a matched case-control study design, the present study demonstrated no association between upper extremity physeal injury and growth hormone supplementation therapy in pediatric and adolescent patients. Considering these results, clinicians may not need to advise precaution against sports or other activities that put the upper extremity physes under stress
January 23, 2025
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Outcomes of grafting extracellular matrix with bone marrow aspirate concentrate in pediatric and adolescent patients with capitellar osteochondritis dissecans
This study demonstrated that ECM-BMAC grafting is a viable treatment strategy for pediatric patients with unstable, contained capitellar OCD lesions. We observed favorable PROs ≥1 year postoperatively with an ~90% RTS rate at an average of 5.8 months, supporting the results of this technique that has demonstrated success in other
November 9, 2024
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Length of post-treatment immobilization following medial humeral epicondyle avulsion fracture predicts return of full range of motion
This large multicenter cohort study found that of the variables studied, increased immobilization time was the only independent predictor of residual elbow stiffness following medial epicondyle fractures in children, independent of treatment strategy and receiving PT/OT. With surgical treatment often warranting shorter post-treatment immobilization times, surgery may provide an avenue
October 21, 2024
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Core psychosocial insights, challenges, and opportunities in the orthopedic surgery care of children and adolescents
Adolescents require psychosocial support from their surgeons, caregivers, and peers in addition to respect for their independence and personal needs.
July 1, 2024
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Effect of Medial Patellofemoral Complex Reconstruction Technique on Patellofemoral Contact Pressure, Contact Area, and Kinematics
Isolated MPFL reconstruction, isolated MQTFL reconstruction, and combined MPFL/MQTFL reconstruction restored native knee kinematics, contact forces, and contact areas without overconstraint.
May 24, 2024
Dr. Peter Fabricant
Use of Implant-Mediated Guided Growth With Tension Band Plate in Skeletally Immature Patients With Knee Pathology: A Retrospective Review
The implant-mediated guided growth performed in the setting of treating intra-articular knee pathology is feasible and should be considered for skeletally immature patients with coronal plane angular deformity undergoing surgery for concomitant knee pathology.