Regions Hospital

Regions Hospital Orthopaedics
Department Chair	Peter Cole, M.D.
Education Director	Bruce Levy, M.D
Faculty	Gregory Brown, M.D.
	Thomas Lange, M.D.
	Scott Marston, M.D.
	Matthew Putnam, M.D.
	John Stark, M.D.
	Julie Switzer, M.D.

PETER A. COLE, M.D.
Department Chair

Education:
• Emory University, Atlanta, GA, B.A.
• University of Miami Medical School, Miami, FL, M.D.
• Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, General Surgery, Internship
• Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, Orthopaedic Surgery, Residency
• Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Orthopaedic Trauma, Fellowship

Membership:
• Board Certified, Part I, 1996; Part II, 2000
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 1991
• Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2000

Dr. Cole is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota. Also, Dr. Cole practices at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. He is published in such publications as the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Injury, Orthopaedic Clinical North America, and the American Journal of Orthopaedics.

BRUCE LEVY, M.D.
Education Chair

Education:
• University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, M.D.
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Orthopaedic Surgery, Residency
• Minneapolis Sports Medicine Center, Minneapolis, MN, Orthopaedic Surgery, Fellowship

Membership:
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• Medical Council of Canada

Dr. Levy specializes in sports medicine, complex periarticular fractures, complex knee injuries, orthopaedic trauma, and joint replacement surgery. Dr. Levy is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota and also practices at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.

GREGORY A. BROWN, M.D., PH.D.

Education:
• Iowa State University, Ames, IA, B.S.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, M.S.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Ph.D.
• Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, M.D.
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, General Surgery, Internship
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Orthopaedic Surgery, Residency
• University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Sports Medicine, Fellowship

Since 1999, Dr. Brown has worked at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as an assistant professor. Also, he is on staff at Regions Hospital and at the Affiliated Community Medical Center in Willmar, MN. He is published in such publications as Journal of Orthopaedic Research and Knee Surgery Sports Trauma.

THOMAS A. LANGE, M.D.

Education:
• Dana College, Blair, NE, B.A.
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, WI, M.D.
• Newport Naval Hospital, Newport, RI, Internship
• U.S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, General Orthopaedic, Adult and Trauma, Residency
• Children’s Orthopaedics, Children’s Hospital, Iowa City, IA, Residency

Membership:
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1974

Dr. Lange is a lead clinic physician in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Regions Medical Center in St. Paul. He is also an associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lange’s special interest is general orthopaedics.

SCOTT MARSTON, M.D.

Education:
• University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN, M.D.
• University of Minnesota, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Minneapolis, MN, Residency
• Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, Total Joint, Fellowship

Dr. Marston, adjunct clinical professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, specializes in adult reconstruction. Dr. Marston is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. Following his residency, he furthered his training in a total joint fellowship at Hennepin County Medical Center. He is on active staff and practices at Regions Hospital.

JOHN G. STARK, M.D.

Education:
• St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, B.A.
• University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, M.D.
• Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, Rotating Internship
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, Residency

Membership:
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1984
• Arthroscopy Board of North America, 1989

Dr. Stark is an assistant professor at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota, and he is an associate professor at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. He also works at Regions Clinic in General Orthopaedics, where he specializes in lower back problems. Since 1996, Dr. Stark has also worked for Low Back Problems.

JULIE SWITZER, M.D.

Education:
• School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, M.D.
• University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, Department of Orthopaedics, Residency
• Vail Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Vail, CO, Orthopaedic Sports, Fellowship

Membership:
• State of Minnesota Medicine and Surgery License
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Switzer, assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota and practicing at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, specializes in trauma injuries in geriatric patients, osteoporosis and other diseases of bone metabolism, and general orthopaedics.