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Kevin Kruse, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon at the Texas Orthopaedic Associates. He sees patients in Plano and at the Walnut Hill Lane location in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Kruse has extensive fellowship training in treating the shoulder, wrist, elbow, and hand. Dr. Kruse received his undergraduate and medical degrees at Indiana University in Bloomington, where he played linebacker for the Hoosiers and made the Academic All Big Ten team. After graduation, Dr. Kruse completed his residency at the Greenville Health System University Medical Center in Greenville, South Carolina, and trained in Greenville’s Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas. To further his training, Dr. Kruse completed a fellowship on the hand and upper extremities at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center before traveling to Lyon, France, to complete a fellowship on shoulder, wrist, elbow, hand surgery at the Centre Orthopedique Santy, with the world-renowned surgeon, Gilles Walch. Dr. Kruse has published multiple peer-reviewed articles on the field of shoulder, wrist, elbow, and hand and presents regularly at medical seminars throughout the country. He is one of two doctors in Texas with membership in both the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons medical societies, Dr. Kruse is uniquely qualified as a surgeon and is constantly kept informed of the cutting edge of orthopaedic techniques and technology. As a former football player, Dr. Kruse is intimately familiar with the experience of receiving orthopaedic care. Understanding the point of view of his patients, combined with his exemplary level of education and training, gives Dr. Kruse the perspective to treat his patients with the care and thoroughness they deserve. Dr. Kruse is available for surgery or treatment of the Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, and Hand at the Dallas office on Walnut Hill Lane and in Plano. He lives in Dallas with his children and his wife, Stephanie. Dr. Kruse is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. His top areas of expertise are Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, and Endoscopy.

Christopher Miskovsky, MD, is an orthopaedic hand surgeon and an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in wrist and elbow problems at Texas Orthopaedic Associates. He sees patients at the offices in Plano and on Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Miskovsky also has a focus on endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgery and treating distal radial fractures. After growing up in St. Louis, Dr. Miskovsky attended Georgetown University Medical School in Washington, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical national honors society. After college, he completed his residency at The Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University in New York City, consistently ranked as one of the best orthopaedic programs in the country. Dr. Miskovsky’s hand fellowship at the Philadelphia Hand Center, Thomas Jefferson University, concluded his education. Dr. Miskovsky’s excellent quality of care has been recognized by numerous groups, most recently with his election to D Magazine’s Best Doctors list in 2016 and 2017, as well as being named a Texas Super Doctor in 2018. When he’s not treating patients, he enjoys golfing, skiing, and spending time with his two daughters. Dr. Miskovsky is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Arthritis, Trigger Thumb, and Dupuytren Contracture.

Nikola Zivaljevic is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Zivaljevic is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ganglion Cyst, Arthritis, and Trigger Thumb. Dr. Zivaljevic is currently accepting new patients.