Dr. Richard R Pelker MD
Orthopedist
800 Howard Ave Yale Physicians Bldg New Haven CT, 06519Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Richard Pelker is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in New Haven, CT. Dr. Pelker specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Pelker tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1976
Yale School of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Musculoskeletal histoplasmosis. A case report and review of the literature.
- The noncemented porous-coated hip prosthesis. A three-year clinical follow-up study and roentgenographic analysis.
- Cervical spine stabilization. A three-dimensional, biomechanical evaluation of rotational stability, strength, and failure mechanisms.
- Functional stability of the canine cervical spine after injury. A three-month in vivo study.
- The injured canine cervical spine after six months of healing. An in vitro three-dimensional study.
- The Effect of Insurance Type on Patient Access to Knee Arthroplasty and Revision under the Affordable Care Act.
- The Effect of Insurance Type on Patient Access to Carpal Tunnel Release Under the
- Survey of Patient Insurance Status on Access to Specialty Foot and Ankle Care Under the Affordable Care Act.
- Primary Care Physician and Patient Perceptions of Reimbursement for Total Knee and Hip Replacement.
- Biomechanics of the rabbit cervical spine as a function of component transection.
- Temporal biomechanics of posterior cervical spine injuries in vivo in a rabbit model.
- Access of Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniations to Spine Surgeons: The Effect of Insurance Type Under the Affordable Care Act.
- Wave propagation across a bony discontinuity simulating a healing fracture.
- Dimensions of the rabbit femur during growth.
- Shear fractures through the capital femoral physis of the skeletally immature rabbit.
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Pain
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