Dr. Thomas William Bauer, MD

Thomas W. Bauer, MD, PhD, specializes in orthopaedic and gastrointestinal pathology. He holds joint appointments in the Institutes of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology as well as Spine, and his research interests involve mostly orthopaedic biomaterials. Dr. Bauer is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He joined the professional staff of Cleveland Clinic in 1983. His research laboratory investigates the development of new materials and designs in spine and skeletal reconstruction, cartilage repair and total joint arthroplasty, and he is considered an expert in the mechanisms of success and failure of orthopaedic devices. He has given more than 150 invited lectures outside of Cleveland Clinic, he has served as a consultant and voting member to U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panels in two different divisions, and he has published more than 225 manuscripts and book chapters. He is also Deputy Editor for Research for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.