Dr. Steven Brian Lippitt MD
Orthopedist
224 W Exchange St Akron OH, 44302About
Dr. Steven Lippitt is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Akron, OH. Dr. Lippitt specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Lippitt 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
Wv Univ Sch of Med, Morgantown Wv 1984
West Virginia University School of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Rotator cuff tear associated with a posterior dislocation of the shoulder in a young adult: a case report and literature review.
- Shoulder arthroplasty: the socket perspective.
- Principles for the evaluation and management of shoulder instability.
- Mechanical properties of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon attachment.
- Thermal aspects of the use of polymethylmethacrylate in large metaphyseal defects in bone. A clinical review and laboratory study.
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Frozen Shoulder
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Tennis Elbow
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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