Dr. Sebastian Peers M.D.

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Get to know Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Sebastian Peers, who serves the population of Carmel, Indiana.

Dr. Peers completed his undergraduate degree from Wabash College where graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Chemistry in 2004. He then graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine with his Medical Degree in 2008, giving him over a decades worth of experience in his field. After obtaining his Medical Degree he completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency with the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Wanting to continue his training he Hand and Upper Limb Surgery fellowship with the Cleveland Clinic. He is one of the first three physicians nationwide to complete this type of comprehensive fellowship in surgery of the shoulder to the fingertip.

Dr. Peers is currently board eligible and a candidate member of the American Society for the Surgery of the Hand and an active member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He specializes in surgery of the hand, wrist, shoulder, and elbow and open and arthroscopic shoulder surgery including rotator cuff repairs and shoulder replacements. He sees patients with degenerative joint disease, trauma, nerve compression, and sports injuries. He specializes in Current Position: Dr. Lorenze currently practices with Northeast Medical Group, and is affiliated with St. Vincent’s Medical Center and Bridgeport Hospital. Within the Northeast Medical Group she works as an Internist and Infectious Disease specialist within the Pri-Medical branch. Dr. Peers currently practices with the Reconstructive Hand to Shoulder of Indiana, he is also affiliated with Franciscan Health.

Orthopaedic surgeons are devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles. Some orthopaedists are generalists, while others specialize in certain areas of the body, others specialty focuses include shoulder and elbow, hand, and spine. Orthopaedic surgeons treat broken bones, and replace painful joints, and also treat patients for sports injuries, back pain, ruptured discs and spinal stenosis, bone tumors, carpal tunnel, hand arthritis and hand injuries, club foot, bow legs and hip dysplasia, orthopaedic trauma, limb lengthening, achilles tendon injuries, bunions and foot and ankle injuries, osteoporosis, and arthritis.

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