Overview

Dr. Fischer is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with subspecialty fellowship training in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery. He is one of the managing partners of the Orthopaedic Specialty Institute where his clinical practice is devoted to the treatment of injuries and orthopaedic disorders of the shoulder and knee.

Dr. Fischer has been a frequent instructor on various topics of arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgical techniques at many local, national, and international orthopaedic surgery meetings each year. He is the co-editor of a textbook on the techniques of shoulder and elbow surgery, and has published several articles on the treatment of both knee and shoulder injuries.

Specialty

Rotator cuff tendon tears,Rotator cuff tendon impingement and bursitis, Rotator cuff calcium deposits, Shoulder instability (Dislocations) and labral tears, Shoulder joint arthritis and loose bodies,Shoulder joint stiffness (Frozen shoulder/ adhesive capsulitis),Acromio-clavicular (AC joint) arthritis and Pain, Biceps tendonitis and tears, Complications resulting from Prior shoulder surgery,Total shoulder arthroplasty/ replacement, Reverse total Shoulder arthroplasty, Partial shoulder Replacement/ hemi-arthroplasty, Shoulder instability with bone loss, Acromio-clavicular (AC joint) separation/ dislocation, Shoulder joint/ proximal humerus fractures, Clavicle fractures, Muscle transfers for Unrepairable rotator cuff tear, Pectoralis major muscle rupture, Meniscus tear repair or excision, Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, Articular cartilage damage/ chondromalacia, Stiffness/ catching after total knee arthroplasty, Patellar pain, Loose bodies, Synovitis, Patellar dislocation/ subluxation, Torn patellar & quadriceps tendons.