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Robert H. Ablove, M.D.
Paul Anderson, M.D.
Geoffrey S. Baer, MD, PhD
Harvey Barash, M.D.
Alan Breed
Craig Dopf, M.D.
William Engber, M.D.
Ben Graf, M.D.
Ronald Guiao, M.D.
Jack Heiden, M.D.
John Heiner, M.D.
Richard Illgen, M.D.
Lee Kaplan, M.D.
James Keene, M.D.
Gerald Lang, M.D.
Richard Lange, M.D.
Richard Lemon, M.D.
Wan-Ju Li, PhD
David Mann, M.D.
William Mott, M.D.
Blaise Nemeth, M.D.
Kenneth Noonan, M.D.
Steven Oreck, M.D.
John Orwin, M.D.
Laura Prokuski, M.D.
David Rolnick, M.D.
Kurt Rongstad, M.D.
Matthew W. Squire, MD
Clifford Tribus, M.D.
Wilmot Valhmu, Ph.D.
Ray Vanderby, Ph.D.
John Wollaeger, M.D.
Stefan Zachary,D.O., M.S.
Thomas Zdeblick, M.D.
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Geoffrey S. Baer, MD, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

K4/727 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-7375

Office: (608)263-1356

Send an email to Lee D. Kaplan, MD baer@orthorehab.wisc.edu

Education

  • Chief Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2005-2006
  • Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2002-2005
  • Orthopaedic Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2001-2002
  • Internship, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2000-2001
  • MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2000
  • PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1999
  • BA, Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1992

Clinical Specialties

Dr Baer is Board Eligible for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He specializes in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery.

Research Interests

Dr Baer's research interests include articular cartilage and meniscal injury and repair, ACL reconstruction, and bone to soft tissue and bone to bone healing.

Recent Publications

  • Baer GS, Harner CD. Clinical outcomes of allograft versus autograft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction., Clinics in sports medicine. 2007 Oct;26(4):661-81.
    [PubMed ID: 17920959]
  • Wetzel JD, Barton ES, Chappell JD, Baer GS, Mochow-Grundy M, Rodgers SE, Shyr Y, Powers AC, Thomas JW, Dermody TS. Reovirus delays diabetes onset but does not prevent insulitis in nonobese diabetic mice., J. Virol. 2006 Mar;80(6):3078-82.
    [PubMed ID: 16501117]
  • Clark KM, Wetzel JD, Gu Y, Ebert DH, McAbee SA, Stoneman EK, Baer GS, Zhu Y, Wilson GJ, Prasad BV, Dermody TS. Reovirus variants selected for resistance to ammonium chloride have mutations in viral outer-capsid protein sigma3., J. Virol. 2006 Jan;80(2):671-81.
    [PubMed ID: 16378970]
  • Cohen SB, Leo BM, Baer GS, Turner MA, Beck G, Diduch DR. An adenosine A2A receptor agonist reduces interleukin-8 expression and glycosaminoglycan loss following septic arthrosis., J. Orthop. Res. 2005 Sep;23(5):1172-8.
    [PubMed ID: 16140198]
  • Chhabra A, Goradia VK, Francke EI, Baer GS, Monahan T, Kline AJ, Miller MD. In vitro analysis of rotator cuff repairs: a comparison of arthroscopically inserted tacks or anchors with open transosseous repairs., Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association. 2005 Mar;21(3):323-7.
    [PubMed ID: 15756187]
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