Peter DeLuca, MD Orthopedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist

Peter DeLuca, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist

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Peter DeLuca, MD, is an accomplished fellowship-trained sports medicine and orthopedic surgeon. Affiliated with Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CMBC) and an RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group provider, Dr. Deluca has dedicated his career to treating athletes of all ages, including elite athletes in professional sports, and specializes in minimally-invasive surgery and shoulder and knee treatment.

Dr. DeLuca brings a wealth of experience in sports medicine to RWJBarnabas Health, having trained extensively in problems of the shoulder and knee. Surgically, he performs advanced arthroscopic procedures such as ACL reconstructions (the tissue that connects the thighbone to the shinbone at the knee), shoulder labral repair, cartilage replacements, meniscus repairs and rotator cuff repairs. Arthroscopic surgery, as compared to open surgery, is a minimally-invasive surgery technique that requires a few little incisions around the joint rather than one larger one, shown to decrease complications post-op.

At CBMC, Dr. DeLuca works collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team of therapists, athletic trainers, sports nutritionists and sports psychologists. His goal is to focus on younger patients, working with high school coaches and trainers on exercises that can potentially prevent athlete injuries.

In addition to serving as the Team Physician for the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Flyers, Dr. DeLuca was the NFC Pro Bowl Team Physician in 2002, 2003 and 2010. His vast expertise also extended internationally, serving as an NHL consultant for the Sochi, Russia Winter Olympics in 2014.

In 2014, Dr. DeLuca received the Dick Vermeil Lifetime Achievement Award from the Otho Davis Scholarship Foundation (OSDF) for his outstanding contribution and dedication in the field of sports medicine. He was inducted into the Saint Peter’s University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.

To learn more about orthopedics at RWJBarnabas Health, visit rwjbh.org/ortho. Peter DeLuca, MD