Present hospital affiliations include Hospital of St. Raphael, Attending and Section Chief of Orthopaedics; Hospital of St. Raphael Hand Panel and Clinic, Attending; Yale-New Haven Hospital, Attending; Yale-New Haven Hospital Hand Panel and Clinic, Attending; and Milford Hospital, Courtesy Attending. Dr. Aversa has also served on many hospital and professional boards and committees.

Dr. Aversa earned his B.A. degree from New York University, Washington Square College and his M.D. degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. He completed his general surgery internship and two years of his general surgery residency in New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center as well as a Fellowship in Surgery. He later completed his orthopaedic surgery residencies at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Newington Children's Hospital. A Lt. Commander in the United States Navy, Dr. Aversa served as a General Surgeon in Morocco.

Actively involved in the professional and medical community, Dr. Aversa's academic appointments include Yale School of Medicine, Assistant Clinical Professor & Pre-Clerkship Tutor; Yale School of Nursing, Assistant Clinical Professor; Faculty Advisor, Yale School of Medicine, Dept. of Orthopaedics; and the Physician Assistant Program. He has provided many orthopaedic in-services and grand rounds to staff members and students at area medical centers. He also has been inducted into the Knights of Honor, Notre Dame High School, West Haven, CT because of his dedication and assistance to their Athletic Department.

A well-known lecturer, Dr. Aversa has presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, CT Chapter of American Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Research Society, American Association for Hand Surgery, Southern New England Hand Society and the American Heart Association. He has published solo and with other physicians in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Orthopade, Arthritis & Rheumatism, Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Trans. Orthopaedic Research Society and the Annual New England Bioengineering Conference.

Professional memberships include the American Medical Association, Connecticut State Medical Society, New Haven County Medical Association, New Haven Medical Society, American College of Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Research Society, American Association of Hand Surgery, New York Academy of Sciences and Eastern Orthopaedic Association.