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Office
1900 Wealthy St SE
Ste 300
Grand Rapids, MI 49506Phone+1 616-774-8345Fax+1 616-774-8350
Summary
- Matthew Karek, MD is an Orthopaedic Surgeon based in East Grand Rapids, MI, with a subspecialty in Orthopedic Spine Surgery. He completed his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, graduated from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 2009, and pursued a fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Since 2015, he's been employed at Spectrum Health. His experience includes minimally invasive spine surgery, spine surgery, spine traumatology, spine deformity surgery, and thoracic spine surgery.
Education & Training
Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2014 - 2015
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State UniversityResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2009 - 2014
Michigan State University College of Human MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
MI State Medical License 2009 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2014 - 2016- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Protect the neck: Devastating outcomes of cervical spine fractures in the elderly.Jeremy Mormol, Laura Krech, Steffen Pounders, Chelsea Fisk, Alistair Chapman
American Journal of Surgery. 2024-04-01
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