Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Christopher Raffo, MD, FAAOS
Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics)
Dr. Christopher Raffo is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and a co-founder of Maryland Orthopedic Specialists, part of The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Bethesda. He is board-certified in both orthopedic surgery and sports medicine.
Why patients choose Dr. Raffo
Dr. Raffo completed a fellowship in advanced arthroscopic techniques for shoulder and knee surgery and sports medicine at New England Baptist Hospital. He focuses on getting athletes and active patients back to the activities they love through both arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery.
Clinical focus
Sports medicine, arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgery, and treatment of sports and overuse injuries.
Profile last fact-checked July 7, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Raffo compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only provider we list offering arthroscopic shoulder & knee surgery
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name arthroscopic shoulder & knee surgery.
1 of 3 we list at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics)
We cover 3 providers at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics).
We list 4 orthopedics & sports medicine providers serving Bethesda.
3rd longest since qualifying of our 5 orthopedics & sports medicine providers
Qualified in 1999. The median for the 5 orthopedics & sports medicine providers whose year we record is 1999.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Raffo sits by experience
Dr. Raffo finished medical school in 1999, 27 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 64 finished earlier, 62 finished later, and 8 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–1994Dr. Raffo1999
1995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 60 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 — Dr. Raffo | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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