James Bicos, MD

James Bicos, MD is a fellowship trained sports medicine orthopedic surgeon with Michigan Orthopedic Surgeons/Performance Orthopedics. He is also the Sports Medicine Fellowship Director at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital. As an assistant professor at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, he is very active in the orthopedic department in teaching the fellows, residents, and medical students. Dr. Bicos grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He earned his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University in biomedical engineering, followed by medical school and orthopedic residency at Rush Presbyterian St Lukes Medical Center in Chicago. He attended University of Connecticut for his fellowship training.He has been in practice for more than 13 years and serves as the national orthopedic consultant for USA Gymnastics and Team USA Gymnastics. He served as team physician for Oakland University Athletics, Rochester University Athletics and is now the team physician for the Detroit Tradesmen Rugby Team. He also actively covers many of the local high school athletic teams. Dr. Bicos continues to give lectures around the country and is the current president (2019) and board member for the Michigan Orthopedic Society.Dr. Bicos specializes in shoulder and knee surgery. He treats athletes of all ages, but you don't have to be an athlete to see him. He specializes in shoulder replacements (total and reverse shoulders), shoulder replacement alternatives (superior capsular reconstruction), shoulder fractures (including clavicle), complex shoulder instability cases (including bone block - Latarjet - procedures), and arthroscopic treatment of rotator cuff tears, biceps tendon tears, pec tendon tears, labral tears, and instability/dislocation cases. For knee problems, Dr. Bicos specializes in cartilage regeneration procedures (MACI, DeNovo), cartilage transplant procedures (OATS, allograft OATS), osteochondritis dessicans (OCD) fixation, meniscal repair and transplantation, patellar tracking issues (i.e. dislocations, instability), arthroscopic ligament reconstruction (ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL, multi-ligament), quadriceps and patellar tendon tears, and arthritic knee debridement procedures. Dr. Bicos also treats Achilles tendon tears, hamstring tendon tears, and all sports medicine related injuries. He offers a wide range of stem cell options and consultations into stem cell treatments.