“My study was the first to describe the link between bony anatomy and ACL tears and to describe a way of measuring it,” said Dr. Souryal in the report. “We found that a certain segment of the population has a bone structure that predisposes them to an ACL tear. The ACL and posterior cruciate ligament live in a tunnel at the end of the thigh bone. If the tunnel is very narrow (which you can detect by X-ray), then there’s no room for the ACL to maneuver in cutting activity, and those people are at 26 times more risk of tearing an ACL.”
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Souryal also conducts research on sports medicine and knee surgery and publishes in professional journals such as the American Journal of Sports Medicine. He also serves as an assistant clinical professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
During his career, Dr. Souryal served as a head team physician for the Dallas Texas of the Arena Football League, Dallas Burn professional soccer team and the Dallas Freeze of the Central Hockey League. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthoapedic Surgery and a fellow with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a past president of the Texas Society for Sports Medicine and a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Dr. Souryal earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and completed an internship at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. He also completed a fellowship at the Hughston Sports Medicine Clinic in Columbus, Ga.
Learn more about Dr. Tarek O. Souryal.
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