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May 29, 2007
Spinal surgeon, Dr. Edward Southern, joins Marquette General and Orthopaedic Surgery Associates of Marquette
Dr. Edward Southern has joined the medical staff of Marquette General Health System. He joins Robert Blotter, MD; Matthew Colligan, DO; Kenneth Davenport, MD; Wallace Pearson, MD; and Matthew Songer, MD, at Orthopaedic Surgery Associates of Marquette.
Dr. Edward Southern
Dr. Southern has previously practiced in Wisconsin, Minnesota and California, where he specialized in adult and pediatric spinal deformities and disorders, and pediatric orthopaedics, between two periods of active duty in the Army Reserves.
Board certified in orthopaedic surgery, Dr. Southern completed his orthopaedic and general surgery residencies at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He completed his general surgery internship and earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
He completed an adult and pediatric spinal deformity surgery fellowship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center and Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children in Chicago, Illinois. Although Southern’s practice will focus on adult spinal surgery, he has also completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at the Santa Monica-UCLA Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Dr. Southern is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve Medical Corps who has also completed two tours of active duty, one in Iraq and another in Germany as an orthopaedic trauma surgeon for Operation Iraqi Freedom. He also completed the United States Army Trauma Training Course in the division of trauma and surgical critical care at Ryder Trauma Center and the University of Miami, Florida.
For more information, or a referral to Dr. Southern, please call Orthopaedic Surgery Associates of Marquette at (906) 225-3892 or (800) 462-6367. You can also visit his website at www.doctorsouthern.com for more information.
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