Dr. Matthew Richard Steensma M.D.
Orthopedist
145 Michigan St Ne Suite 5500 Grand Rapids MI, 49503About
Dr. Matthew Steensma is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Grand Rapids, MI. Dr. Steensma specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Steensma 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
Wayne State Univ Sch of Med, Detroit Mi 2002
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Atypical subtrochanteric femoral fractures in patients with skeletal malignant involvement treated with intravenous bisphosphonates.
- Skeletal metastasis: treatments, mouse models, and the Wnt signaling.
- Targeting receptor-activator of nuclear kappaB ligand in aneurysmal bone cysts: verification of target and therapeutic response.
- Down regulation of Wnt signaling mitigates hypoxia-induced chemoresistance in human osteosarcoma cells.
- Genetic and functional studies of the intervertebral disc: a novel murine intervertebral disc model.
- Anoikis-resistant subpopulations of human osteosarcoma display significant chemoresistance and are sensitive to targeted epigenetic therapies predicted by expression profiling.
- Development of a Center for Personalized Cancer Care at a Regional Cancer Center: Feasibility Trial of an Institutional Tumor Sequencing Advisory Board.
- Targeting MET and EGFR crosstalk signaling in triple-negative breast cancers.
- Wnt Signaling in Ewing Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, and Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors.
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