Dr. Reinhorn’s Professional History

Dr. Reinhorn’s Professional History

Education for Dr. Michael Reinhorn

Cornell University - BS - Engineering - 1992
Boston University School of Medicine - MD - 1996
Brandeis Heller School for Social Policy and Management - MBA - 2017

Training

Boston University Surgical Residency - 2001

Work experience

Chair - Hernia Reduction Task Force for Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative (2018 - present)
President and Co-founder of Boston Hernia & Pilonidal Center PLLC (2018 - present)
Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer - Newton-Wellesley Surgeons, Inc. (2015 - 2018)
Partner - Newton-Wellesley Surgeons, Inc. (2011-2015)
Surgeon - Newton-Wellesley Surgeons, Inc. (2007-2011)
Clerkship Director of Surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine (2010-2016)
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine (2014-present)
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine (2007-2014)
Solo private practice - Michael Reinhorn MDPC - Emerson Hospital (2001-2007)

Surgical Case Experience (as of 01/01/2023)

Hernia repair: 5536 cases
Gallbladder removal: 723 cases
Appendectomy: 457 cases
Pilonidal cleft lift: 209 cases

Editorial Boards

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Surgery
Ad Hoc Reviewer, journal HERNIA
Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Surgical Research

Professional Societies and Committees

American Board of Surgery - Certifying Exam (CE) Hernia Committee

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Americas Hernia Society
- Membership committee
Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative
- Chair - Opioid Reduction Task force
- Board of Directors
Association for Surgical Education
Massachusetts Medical Society
Boston Surgical Society

Clinical Interests

Inguinal hernia surgery
Pilonidal Surgery including Cleft Lift procedure
Umbilical hernia surgery
Advanced Preperitoneal inguinal hernia surgery
Minimally invasive hernia repair

Awards

On Time Doctor Award, award given based on patient’s ratings of timeliness of appointments at vitals.com 2016
Patient’s Choice Award, award given based on patient’s ratings of physician quality at vitals.com 2016
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, award given based on patient’s bedside manner ratings of physician at vitals.com 2016
Locke Award presented by Newton Wellesley Hospital for medical student teaching 2015
Excellence in Teaching, identified by 3rd year medical students completing 3rd year in 2015
Compassionate Caregiver, recognized by The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center 2015
On Time Doctor Award, award given based on patient’s ratings of timeliness of appointments at vitals.com 2015
Patient’s Choice Award, award given based on patient’s ratings of physician quality at vitals.com 2015
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, award given based on patient’s bedside manner ratings of physician at vitals.com 2015
On Time Doctor Award, award given based on patient’s ratings of timeliness of appointments at vitals.com 2014
Patient’s Choice Award, award given based on patient’s ratings of physician quality at vitals.com 2014
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, award given based on patient’s bedside manner ratings of physician at vitals.com 2014
TUSM Excellence in Teaching, identified by 3rd year medical students completing 3rd year in 2014
TUSM Excellence in Teaching, awarded by 4th year medical students, graduating in 2014
TUSM Excellence in Teaching, identified by 3rd year medical students completing 3rd year in 2013
TUSM Excellence in Teaching, awarded by 4th year medical students, graduating in 2013
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, award given based on patient’s bedside manner ratings of physician at vitals.com 2013
Patient’s Choice Award, award given based on patient’s ratings of physician quality at vitals.com 2013
Patient’s Choice Award, award given based on patient’s ratings of physician quality at vitals.com 2012
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, award given based on patient’s bedside manner ratings of physician at vitals.com 2012
Compassionate Caregiver, recognized by The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center 2009
Partners In Excellence Team Award – OR throughput project, NWH 2009

Publications

Improved patient‑reported outcomes after open preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair compared to anterior Lichtenstein repair: 10‑year ACHQC analysis. Divyansh Agarwal, Tina Bharani, Nora Fullington, Lauren Ott, Molly Olson, Benjamin Poulose, Jeremy Warren, Michael Reinhorn. Hernia, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-023-02852-6
Shouldice Hospital from Interviews and Observations: The Well Managed Organization. Jon A. Chilingerian, Michael Reinhorn, Samer Sbayi. The New Science of Medicine & Management, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26510-5_2
Primary Tissue Repair for Inguinal Hernias: The Shouldice Repair Technique and Patient Selection. Divyansh Agarwal, Robert D. Sinyard, Lauren Ott, Michael Reinhorn, Surgical Clinics of North America, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2023.04.001.

Comment on “Psychological disorders in patients with chronic postoperative inguinal pain”. Reinhorn, M., Ott, L. & Fullington, N. Hernia (2022).

Posterior mesh inguinal hernia repairs: a propensity score matched analysis of laparoscopic and robotic versus open approaches. Reinhorn, M., Fullington, N., Agarwal, D., Olson, M.A., Ott, L., Canavan, A., Pate, B., Hubertus, M., Urquiza, A., Poulose, B. and Warren, J., 2022. Hernia, pp.1-12. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10029-022-02680-0

Predictors of low and high opioid tablet consumption after inguinal hernia repair: an ACHQC opioid reduction task force analysis. Perez AJ, Petro CC, Higgins RM, Huang LC, Phillips S, Warren J, Dews T, Reinhorn M. Hernia. 2022 Aug 29:1-9.

Mylonas KS, Reinhorn M, Ott LR, Westfal ML, Masiakos PT. Patient-reported opioid analgesic requirements after elective inguinal hernia repair: A call for procedure-specific opioid-administration strategies. Surgery. 2017 Nov;162(5):1095-1100. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.06.017. Epub 2017 Aug 1. PMID: 28778580. Click here for PDF version

Reinhorn, M. & Dews, T. & Warren, J. & Higgins, Rana & Petro, Clayton & Perez, Arielle & Poulose, Benjamin & Rosen, Michael & Ott, Lauren & Harris, Todd & Goel, Amitabh & Potee, Ruth & Brummett, Chad & Hafner, Gordon & Iacco, Anthony. (2021). Utilization of a National Registry to influence opioid prescribing behavior after hernia repair. Hernia. 10.1007/s10029-021-02495-5.

Higgins, Rana & Perez, Arielle & Warren, Jeremy & Petro, Clayton & Dews, Teresa & Reinhorn, Michael. (2021). The Opioid Reduction Task Force: Using the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative to Combat an Epidemic in Hernia Patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 233. e54. 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.08.144.

Higgins, R. & Petro, Clayton & Warren, J. & Perez, A. & Dews, T. & Phillips, Sharon & Reinhorn, M.. (2022). The opioid reduction task force: using the ACHQC Data Registry to combat an epidemic in hernia patients. Hernia. 10.1007/s10029-021-02556-9.

Mylonas KS, ReinhornM, Ott LR, Westfall ML, Masiakos PT.Opioid Analgesia Requirements after Kugel Repair for Inguinal Hernia: A Call for Data-driven, Procedure-Specific Opioid-Prescribing Patterns. JACS, Volume 225, Issue 4, Supplement 2, Page e91

Mylonas KS, ReinhornM, Ott LR, Westfall ML, Masiakos PT. Patient-reported opioid analgesic requirements after elective inguinal hernia repair: A call for procedure-specific opioid-administration strategies. Surgery 2017 Aug 1. Pii S0039-6060(17)30436-1

Butler KL, ChangY, DeMoya M, Feinstein A, Ferrada P$, Maduekwe U, Maung AA, Melo N, Odon S, Olasky J, Reinhorn M, Smink DB, Stassen N, Wilson CT, Fagenholz P, Kaafarani H, King D, Yeh DD, Velmahos G, Stefanidis D. Needs assessment for a focused radiology curriculum in surgical residency: a multicenter study. Am J Surg 2016 Jan;211 (1):279-87

Reinhorn M, Kaufman HL, Hirsch EF, Millham FH. Penetrating thoracic trauma in a pediatric population. Annuals of Thoracic Surgery 1996;61:1501-5.

Reinhorn M, Kaufman HL, Hirsch EF, Millham FH. Penetrating thoracic trauma in children. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. 27 - 30, 1995 and presented at the George H. Clowes visiting lecture series, Boston, Massachusetts, May 15, 1997.