Dr. Joanna Garnas Branstetter MD
Orthopedist
9040 JACKSON AVE JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD WA, 98431About
Dr. Joanna Branstetter is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Branstetter specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Branstetter 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
Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences,Bethesda, Md, United States 2003
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Suture holes in anterior cruciate ligament bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts.
- Preliminary in vitro evaluation of an adjunctive therapy for extremity wound infection reduction: rapidly resorbing local antibiotic delivery.
- Locally-administered antibiotics in wounds in a limb.
- The use of three types of suture and stainless steel wire tension banding for the fixation of simulated olecranon fractures: a comparison study in cadaver elbows.
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