Eastern Orthopedics and Sports Medicine: Kenneth Alleyne, MD, FAAOS
Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Kenneth Alleyne, MD is a native of Hartford, Connecticut and of Caribbean parentage (Barbados and Jamaica) . He graduated from the Kingswood-Oxford School before attending Williams College where he was a three sport athlete and carried out his pre-medical studies . He subsequently matriculated to the Wake Forest University School of Medicine where he was involved as president of the Student National Medical Association, founded the Winston Salem Mentor Network and carried out primary research.
During his time in medical school he accepted a research fellowship at Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology where he worked to advance novel research in bone healing under the leadership of Dr. Cato Laurencin. He subsequently completed orthopedic surgical training at Howard University Hospital and a fellowship in Knee and Shoulder Surgery and Sports Medicine at Yale University where he was an associate team physician for the schools football team and local high school athletics.
Dr.Alleyne enjoys working with school age children to active seniors and currently serves as sports medicine consultant to many local athletes and teams and has served as venue physician for the US Open Tennis Tournament. He believes that healthy and active lifestyles are the key to successful living and “partners” with his patients to achieve their goals of improved function and return to activity whether it be walking around the grocery store or international athletic competition. Orthopedics is simply his passion.
Committed to the betterment of his community Dr. Alleyne has served on the board of Community Health Services, the Governor’s Commission on Health Equity and currently is vice chairman of the board of Connecticut Health Foundation. He is a member of the board of the University of Connecticut Health Center and founder of SATO, Student Achievement Through Opportunity which seeks to address the “opportunity gap” for Hartford students through targeted grants and services. He is a member of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation and serves as a clinical associate professor of Orthopedics at the University of Connecticut and an attending physician at many hospitals in Connecticut and New York City.
He is married to Shaun, Biggers MD an obstetrician/gynecologist with whom he shares the joy of their two children. He is an avid jazz enthusiast, cyclist, skier and a the number one fan of his children’s sports and performances