HealthPartners Medical Group title: Director, Geriatric Trauma Program, Regions Hospital; orthopedic surgeon.
Education and training: MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; residency in orthopaedic surgery, University of Washington; fellowship in Vail in sports medicine and trauma, Vail, Colorado.
Overview/research interests: Dr. Switzer’s clinical and research interests include trauma, geriatric orthopedics and diseases of bone metabolism.
Current research activities and funding:
- Geriatric Fracture Program Quality Improvement and Assurance
- Geriatric Mobile Outreach, an intervention in a prospective cohort of patients
- Development of a Geriatric Fracture Registry
- Asymptomatic shoulder function in elderly individuals
- Elder abuse awareness and physician education
- Morbidity and mortality of geriatric proximal humerus fracture
- The role of palliative hip fracture surgery and family caregiver satisfaction
Publications in the past 10 years based solely on publications while at HealthPartners. Publications in prior years appear in grey.
