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Specializing in spine surgery, orthopedic surgeon David M. Kruger, MD, with medical secretary Specializing in spine surgery, orthopedic surgeon David M. Kruger, MD, with medical secretary


David M. Kruger, MD

Specializing in spine surgery, orthopedic surgeon David M. Kruger, MD

Dr. David Kruger is an orthopedic surgeon with the Greater Hartford Orthopedic Group. He is an attending at St. Francis Hospital and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr. Kruger received his doctorate of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago and completed his postgraduate training at the Henry Ford Hospital and University of Michigan, Biomechanics, Trauma and Sports Medicine Laboratory. He continued on to receive his spinal surgery fellowship at the State University of New York, Health Science Center. Dr. Kruger is specialist in spinal surgery. He enjoys taking his family and dogs away on ski trips to the mountains.

SPECIALTY
Orthopedic Surgery
Spine Surgery


BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons, 1992
Recertified, 2003


LICENSURE
Connecticut

EDUCATION
College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois, 1979

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1983

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Orthopedic Surgery Resident, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit Michigan, 1989

Orthopedic Surgery Research Fellow, The University of Michigan, Biomechanics, Trauma and Sports Medicine Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1987

FELLOWSHIP
Spinal Surgery Fellow, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, State University of New York, Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, 1990

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Associate Attending Staff, St. Francis Hospital Medical and Dental Staff in the Department of Orthopedics, Hartford, CT, 1990 – present

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 1990 – present

Camp Physician, Camp Kenwood-Evergreen, Potter’s Place, NH, 2004 – present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Connecticut Orthopedic Society
Connecticut State Medical Society
Department of Orthopedic Surgery at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Hartford County Medical Association
North American Spine Society
St. Francis Physicians Health Organization
UConn Health Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery