Michael Pagnotto, M.D.

Dr. Michael Pagnotto returned to the Pittsburgh area to join Tri-State Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in 2011. A native of the Pittsburgh region, Dr. Pagnotto is a proud graduate of North Allegheny High School. He then attended Princeton University where he graduated cum laude with a degree in Chemical Engineering and a certificate in Engineering Biology. While at Princeton, Dr. Pagnotto was a two-year captain of the varsity Sprint Football Team, president of the Alpine Ski Team, and president of Athletes in Action Fellowship. He was named to the Academic All-Ivy League Team in sprint football. Dr. Pagnotto earned his medical degree from Columbia University in New York City and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He then completed his advanced fellowship training in hip and knee replacement at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Dr. Pagnotto utilizes the most advanced techniques in primary and secondary joint revision surgery of the hip and knee by offering minimally invasive total joint replacement surgery, partial knee replacement, and multimodal pain management resulting in faster and less painful recovery. He is one of the first surgeons in the region to offer his patients robot-assisted partial knee replacement and hip replacement. The robot assisted technique utilizes 3D modeling to achieve more exact implant positioning and is clinically proven to improve patient outcomes. Dr. Pagnotto earned the distinguished honor of being named to the UPMC Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery Center of Excellence at UPMC Passavant Hospital by demonstrating rigorous quality measures with excellent outcomes and exceptional patient experiences.

Dr. Pagnotto is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Arthroplasty. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.