Dr. Dirk A Bakker M.D.
Orthopedist
1445 Sheldon Rd Suite G1 Grand Haven MI, 49417Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Dirk Bakker is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Grand Haven, MI. Dr. Bakker specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Bakker 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
Univ of Mi Med Sch, Ann Arbor Mi 1996
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Vascular rings: a rare cause of common respiratory symptoms.
- Descriptive study to compare patient recall of information: nurse-taught versus video supplement.
- Shaping positive work environments for nurses: the contributions of nurses at various organizational levels.
- Patient-health care provider communication during chemotherapy treatment: the perspectives of women with breast cancer.
- Community cancer clinics: patients' perspectives.
- The innervation of tandem muscle spindles in the cat neck.
- Can oligodendrocytes attached to myelin proliferate?
- Blood-brain barrier permeability during Cuprizone-induced demyelination. Implications for the pathogenesis of immune-mediated demyelinating diseases.
- Afferent projections from forelimb muscles to the external and main cuneate nuclei in the cat. A study with transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase.
- Patterns of primary afferent termination in the external cuneate nucleus from cervical axial muscles in the cat.
- Anatomical organization and sensory receptor content of soft tissues surrounding upper cervical vertebrae in the cat.
- Muscle spindle complexes in muscles around upper cervical vertebrae in the cat.
- Distribution of receptors around neck vertebrae in the cat [proceedings].
- Central projections from cat suboccipital muscles: a study using transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase.
- Convergence of sensory inputs upon projection neurons of somatosensory cortex: vestibular, neck, head, and forelimb inputs.
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