Dr. Michael Steingart DO

Ratings Summaries:

Professional Statement:

Dr. Steingart is an experienced, board certified orthopedic surgeon. He offers expert treatment with a holistic approach. Patients may be treated with surgery, medication, pain treatment injections or physical therapy, but mostly with care for your overall best health.

Honesty. Integrity. Dedication. We promise to serve our patients with the greatest level of physical and mental wellness. Our practice encompasses all aspects of orthopedics; including arthritis, broken bones, joint disturbances, sprains, strains, back pain and surgery.

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Education:

Memberships:

• American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
• Arizona Osteopathic Association
• Maricopa County Orthopedic Surgeons Society
• American Medical Association
• American Osteopathic Association
• American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
• American College of Sports Medicine
• North American Spinal Society

Awards & Publications:

Areas of Special Interest: IME’s (Independent Medical Exam) Laser Endoscopic Lumbar Disc Surgery Laser Arthroscopic Surgery of the knee, shoulder, ankle, hip, wrist and elbow.

PUBLICATIONS My First 100 Cases of Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy: Journal of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technique. “Osteopathic Principles in Spinal Medicine” in The Practice of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technique. First Edition, CSS, 85-97.

“Finding a Good Rotation,” Student Doctor, Summer 1999/Vol.20 No.3

“Anterior Approach To The Shoulder From The Lateral Position,” Journal of Orthopedics, 1996

“The Ball and Socket Ankle,” Foot and Ankle Journal International, April 1995

“Compartment Syndrome In The Thigh,” Sports Medicine, Vol. 21, #3, March 1993

“Adolescent Knee Injuries: A Long Term Follow-Up,” Journal of the American Osteopathic Association Journal, December 1987

“CT Scanning and Myelography In The Low Back Patient,” Journal of the American Osteopathic Orthopedics Journal, Vol. IV, #1, 1986

“Anterior Hip Pain Diagnosis and Treatment,” Journal of American Osteopathic Association, January 1997

“Letters to the Editor”, Physician and Sports Medicine, January 1978

“Letter to the Editor, In Defense of Osteopathic Treatment” Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, August 1997

“Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction – Tips of The Trade”, North American Academy of Arthroscopic Surgery, 1997

“Low Back Pain: What are the Patients’ Choices”, Abrazo Health Forum, Summer 2007 “Pearls” Arthroscopy Association of North America. Fall 2008