Dr. Sara Edwards is a graduate of Northwestern University Medical School and received her orthopaedic surgery residency training at Northwestern University as well. She completed her shoulder, elbow and sports medicine fellowship at Columbia University in New York, and is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Her professional interests center around upper extremity and sports medicine: the arthroscopic treatment of shoulder, elbow and knee pathology, including shoulder instability, rotator cuff disease, labral pathology, anterior cruciate ligament tears, meniscal tears, patellofemoral reconstruction, throwing injuries to the elbow, primary and revision shoulder arthroplasty, trauma to the shoulder and elbow, and women and pediatric sports medicine. Her research interests are: elbow injuries to the throwing athlete, shoulder instability, rotator cuff disease and issues related to female athletes.