Overview
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 Experienced provider by MediFind in Endoscopy. His top areas of expertise are Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 13 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 5 articles in the study of Endoscopy.
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Locations
8210 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 130, Dallas, TX 75231
6020 West Parker Road, Suite 240, Plano, TX 75093
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- ArthritisDr. Kruse isDistinguished. Learn about Arthritis.
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- Carpal Tunnel SyndromeDr. Kruse isAdvanced. Learn about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
- OsteoarthritisDr. Kruse isAdvanced. Learn about Osteoarthritis.
- TendinitisDr. Kruse isAdvanced. Learn about Tendinitis.
- Experienced
- EndoscopyDr. Kruse isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Ganglion CystDr. Kruse isExperienced. Learn about Ganglion Cyst.
- RhizarthrosisDr. Kruse isExperienced. Learn about Rhizarthrosis.
- Tennis ElbowDr. Kruse isExperienced. Learn about Tennis Elbow.
- TenosynovitisDr. Kruse isExperienced. Learn about Tenosynovitis.
- Trigger ThumbDr. Kruse isExperienced. Learn about Trigger Thumb.