orthopaedics

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Wendell M.R. Heard, MD

Dr. Wendell M.R. Heard received his medical degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine in 2005. After completing his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, an Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery fellowship at Brown University, and a Sports Medicine fellowship at Rush University Medical Center, he returned to New Orleans to become Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics at Tulane. He practices at the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine in uptown New Orleans.

Appointments
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics, Division of Sports Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine

Specialty
Orthopaedic Surgery

Subspecialty
Sports Medicine

State Licensure
Louisiana
Illinois
Rhode Island

Education
The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, USA, B.S. -- Biology 1999

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, M.D. 2005

Internship
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2005

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 2005-2006

Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 2006-2010

Fellowship
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 2010-2011

Sports Medicine Fellowship, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2011-2012

Clinical Interests
Sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery, cartilage restoration, knee ligament reconstruction.