Dr. Michael H. Heggeness M.D.
Orthopedist
6620 Main St 13th Floor Houston TX, 77030Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Michael Heggeness is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Heggeness specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Heggeness 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 Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1984
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Anterior locking screw plate fixation for cervical spondylosis.
- A histologic study of fractured human vertebral bodies.
- Undertreatment of osteoporosis in men with hip fracture.
- Unilateral facet dislocation of the lumbosacral junction.
- Substance P-containing nerves within the human vertebral body. an immunohistochemical study of the basivertebral nerve.
- Direct quantification of the rupture force of single hyaluronan/hyaluronan binding protein bonds.
- An extreme case of basilar invagination in rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical
- Interactions between collagen IX and biglycan measured by atomic force microscopy.
- Force-mediated dissociation of proteoglycan aggregate in articular cartilage.
- Neurologic and morphologic features of dural ectasia in ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis: a case report.
- Compressive loading at the end plate directly regulates flow and deformation of the basivertebral vein: an analytical study.
- Intraosseous innervation of the human patella: a histologic study.
- Hypoxic adipocytes pattern early heterotopic bone formation.
- Oxygen tension directs chondrogenic differentiation of myelo-monocytic progenitors during endochondral bone formation.
- Efficient and rapid osteoinduction in an immune-competent host.
Awards
- 2008-2009 Texas Super Doctors
Fellowships
- University of Toronto 1990
- Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons 1989
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