Dr. Mark Rau Christofersen MD
Orthopedist
301 21st Ave North Nashville TN, 37203About
Dr. Mark Christofersen is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Christofersen specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Christofersen 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
Southern Il Univ Sch Of Med- Springfield Il 1978
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Stenosing tenosynovitis and impingement of the peroneal tendons associated with hypertrophy of the peroneal tubercle.
- Radiographic assessment of longitudinal growth of the rabbit femoral physes.
- Acute osteomyelitis in children: a review of 116 cases.
- Three-dimensional computerized reconstruction of histologic serial sections for orthopedic research.
- Clubfoot analysis with three-dimensional computer modeling.
- Lyme arthritis in children. An orthopaedic perspective.
- Excision and wire fixation of rigid myelomeningocele kyphosis.
- Longitudinal growth from the proximal femoral growth centers in the rabbit.
- Child abuse presenting as a thoracolumbar spinal fracture dislocation: a case report.
- Circumferential growth plate fracture of the thoracolumbar spine from child abuse.
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