Seth Dodds, MD
Dr. Dodds is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics.
Clinical focus: Hand and upper extremity surgery in adult and pediatric patients. In particular, complex disorders, deformities, and traumatic problems of the hand, wrist, and elbow.
Research focus: Biomechanical evaluation of wrist trauma, including scaphoid and distal radius fractures. Clinical outcomes research on the operative repair of wrist injuries and on the surgical release of elbow contractures.
Yale Hand and Upper Extremity, Yale Orthopaedic Trauma
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Gary E Friedlaender, MD
Dr. Friedlaender is a Professor and Chairman of Yale Orthopaedics.
Clinical focus: Musculoskeletal oncology and adult and pediatric reconstructive procedures.
Research focus: Mechanisms of repair and regeneration of the skeleton.
Yale Musculoskeletal Oncology

Jonathan N Grauer, MD
Dr. Grauer is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics and Co-Director of the Orthopaedic Spine Service.
Clinical focus: Spine conditions (with an emphasis on degenerative and disc problems, traumatic spinal injuries, and scoliosis) and general orthopaedic trauma.
Research focus: Bone graft alternatives, spine fusion studies.
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Dieter Lindskog, MD
Dr. Lindskog is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics.
Clinical focus: Adult and pediatric musculoskeletal oncology, radiofrequency of bone tumors and general orthopaedic trauma.
Research focus: Bone graft alternatives, metastatic disease.
Yale Musculoskeletal Oncology, Yale Orthopaedic Trauma, Yale General Orthopaedics

Peter Jokl, MD
Dr. Jokl is a Professor and Vice-Chairman of Yale Orthopaedics and Chief- Section of Yale Sports Medicine.
Clinical focus: Sports medicine, in particular knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, and running injuries.
Research focus: Musculoskeletal pathophysiology and the effect of rehabilitation and stress on surgical outcomes.
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Robert N Margolis, MD
Dr. Margolis is an Associate Clinical Professor of Yale Orthopaedics.
Clinical focus: Spine related pathologies and general orthopaedic care.
Yale Orthopaedic Spine, Yale General Orthopaedics

Michael J Medvecky, MD
Dr. Medvecky is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics.
Clinical focus: Adolescent and adult sports medicine as well as general orthopaedic surgery, fracture management and Orthopaedic Trama. In particular, arthroscopic and open reconstructive procedures of the knee & shoulder.
Research focus: Gender disparity of ACL surgery ratios, operation anatomy and surgical techniques.
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Richard R Pelker, MD, PhD
Dr. Pelker is a Professor of Yale Orthopaedics and Chief, Joint Reconstruction Service.
Clinical focus: Adult reconstruction, in particular hip and knee, with an emphasis on primary and revision joint replacement and arthroscopic procedures.
Yale Joint Reconstruction

John S Reach, Jr, MSc, MD
Dr. Reach is Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics and is Director of the Yale Foot and Ankle Service.
Clinical focus: Foot and Ankle reconstruction. Tendon / ligament repair, total ankle replacement, rheumatoid arthritis, great toe arthritis and deformity, arthroscopic surgery and minimally invasive cartilage repair, lower extremity trauma & limb salvage.
Research focus: Advanced musculoskeletal ultrasound for the diagnosis of soft-tissue and sports pathology, lower extremity joint replacement, tendon reconstruction.
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Thomas S Renshaw, MD
Dr. Renshaw is a Professor of Yale Orthopaedics and Director of the Yale Orthopaedic Residency.
Clinical focus: Pediatric orthopaedics including scoliosis, and spine related disorders.
Yale Pediatric Orthopaedics, Yale Orthopaedic Spine

David Rosenblum, MD
Dr. Rosenblum is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics.
Clinical focus: Physical medicine and rehabilitation with an emphasis on spinal cord injury medicine.
Research focus: Spasticity, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis.
Yale Physiatry & Physical Medicine

Joseph Slade, III, MD
Dr. Slade is an Associate Professor of Yale Orthopaedics and Director of Yale Hand and Upper Extremity.
Clinical focus: Arthroscopic and minimally invasive hand and wrist surgery.
Research focus: Development and clinical validation of arthroscopic and minimally invasive methods of hand and wrist surgery including scaphoid, wrist and digit fixation. Benchtop research includes the biomechanical evaluation of the radius, carpus and digits.
Yale Hand and Upper Extremity, Yale Orthopaedic Trauma.

Brian G. Smith, MD
Associate Professor and Director, Pediatric Orthopaedics
Clinical focus: spinal deformities: idiopathic scoliosis: infantile, juvenile, adolescent; neuromuscular scoliosis, congenital scoliosis, spondylolisthesis; hip disorders: developmental hip dysplasia, perthes disease, slipped capital epiphysis; foot disorders: clubfoot, vertical talus, cavus foot, metatarsus adductus, flatfoot; pediatric fractures; neuromuscular disorders: cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT); lower extremity disorders: torsional or angular deformities, Blounts disease, limb length inequality
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Carrie R Swigart, MD
Dr. Swigart is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics.
Clinical focus: Hand and upper extremity problems.
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Lawrence Weis, MD
Dr. Weis is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics and Chief of Orthopaedics at the West Haven Veterans Association Medical Center.
Clinical interests: Adult reconstruction, trauma, and musculoskeletal oncology.
General Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Oncology

Peter G. Whang, MD
Dr. Whang is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics.
Clinical interests: Spinal conditions affecting the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the spine including degenerative arthritis, trauma, tumors, and infection.
Research Focus: Bone graft substitutes and novel spinal technologies such as minimally invasive surgery.
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James Yue, MD
Dr. Yue is an Assistant Professor of Yale Orthopaedics and Co-Director of the Orthopaedic Spine Service.
Clinical focus: Spinal surgery as well as fracture management. Motion preserving spine surgery such as artificial disc replacements.
Research focus: Alternative means of spinal fixation and the performance of artificial disc implants.
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