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Michael Baumgaertner, MD, is a Yale Medicine orthopedic traumatologist who treats fractures and dislocations, and related complications. With the exception of the spine, he provides musculoskeletal care for every part of the body, caring for people with complex, sometimes multiple injuries after they’ve been in motorcycle crashes or fallen from heights, as well as those who may have a more simple fracture after slipping on ice.

Treating fractures is not difficult for a specialist with the proper training, says Dr. Baumgaertner, who is also chief of the Orthopedic Trauma Service at Yale New Haven Hospital and helped create the Fragility Hip Program at the Center for Musculoskeletal Care to improve the prospects of older hip patients.

A professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine, ­­­­­­­­Dr. Baumgaertner is internationally recognized for a landmark 1995 publication on hip fracture fixation, for his introduction of a way of measuring the precise placement of a new hip deep into the middle of the hip bone. The technique is now the universal standard. He has also held several national leadership positions, and is currently chairman of the board of AO North America, a non-profit organization of more than 1,000 surgeons that is dedicated to the optimal care of patients with fractures and/or deformity.

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