
Matthew A. Varacallo, MD, MBA, FAAOS
Orthopedic Surgery
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adult 21-65
- Older Adult >65
Languages
- English
Gender
MaleHospital Affiliations
- Penn Highlands Clearfield
- Penn Highlands DuBois
About Matthew A. Varacallo
Matthew Varacallo, MD, Director of Orthopedic Robotic Surgery and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, is an board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and total joint reconstruction, accelerated rehabilitation protocols and functional return to sports after surgeries and procedures. During his Orthopedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship at the University of Kentucky, Varacallo was on the team of physicians caring for the NCAA Division I Collegiate athletes and also worked as team physician for the 2019 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship team at Georgetown College. Today, Dr. Varacallo is team physician/surgeon for the DuBois Dream in the North American Basketball League (NABL) and Premier Basketball League (PBL). A native of DuBois, Varacallo and the Penn Highlands Orthopedics and Sports Medicine team work with athletes and athletic trainers from the region's school districts (DuBois, Brockway, Brookville, Clearfield, and St. Marys), along with the DuBois Dream and Penn State DuBois. Varacallo has engaged in extensive research investigating orthopedic outcomes, and his work has been featured in multiple articles in the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons journal, as well as the clinical information website Healio.com/Orthopedics Today. Since 2015, he has written or been featured in more than 250 publications covering topics related to orthopedics and sports medicine, joint reconstruction, anatomy, hand/upper extremity, and orthopedic education.
Expertise
Education
- Master of Business Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Residency
- Orthopedic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
- Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Memberships
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Lexington Medical Society (LMS)
- Kentucky Medical Society (KMS)
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
- Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA)
- American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
Fellow
- Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Board Certifications
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
News URLs
News Articles
- The Key to Preventing Fall Sports Injuries? Communication.
- Penn Highlands' Matthew Varacallo, MD, Named to Becker's Top 65
- Innovative ACL Reconstruction Surgery Offers Faster Recovery
- Penn Highlands Healthcare Is Among the First to Use New Software for Knee Replacement Surgery
- Penn Highlands Healthcare Surgeon Pioneers Innovative ACL Surgery Offering Faster Recovery
- Patients Benefit as Penn Highlands Healthcare Performs More Than 500 Robotic-Assisted Joint Replacement Surgeries
- More Precision, Less Pain: Robotic Arm-Assisted Hip & Knee Replacements
- Penn Highlands Healthcare Clinicians Pioneer Opioid-Free ACL Surgery Protocol for Young Athletes
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- Penn Highlands Orthopedics and Sports Medicine - DuBois (A Service of Penn Highlands DuBois)
- 145 Hospital Avenue, Suite 311, DuBois, PA 15801
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- phone: 814-375-6200
- fax: 814-375-6452