Robert Pivec, M.D.

Dr. Robert Pivec is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in total and partial replacement of the hip and knee. He also specializes in revision of prior hip and knee replacements, performs the anterior approach for hip replacements, and is certified to do robotic total and partial knee replacements with robotic surgical systems.

Dr. Pivec believes in treating all patients as if they were family. He believes in having in-depth discussions for any knee and hip condition so that his patients have a thorough understanding of not only the treatment options, but the benefits of each option so they can make a more informed decision. He also happens to be fluent in three different languages: English, Czech, and Slovak.

Dr. Pivec attended medical school at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, from 2006 to 2010. After medical school, he spent his time in orthopedic research programs and became a research coordinator at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York where he completed his orthopedic surgery residency from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, Dr. Pivec was awarded Resident of the Year at SUNY. Upon completion of his residency program, he began his orthopedic fellowship in adult reconstruction in 2019 at Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and completed the program in August of 2020.