Physicians
David H. Palmer, M.D.
Specialties
General
- Co-founded St. Croix Orthopaedics, P.A. in 1977.
Education:
- Medical degree from the University of Minnesota in 1971.
- Internship at UCLA Harbor General Hospital.
- Residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Veteran's Administration and University of Minnesota Hospitals.
Specialty Board Certification:
- Board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Research:
- Outcomes research has been presented at national and international orthopaedic conferences and published in a number of medical journals. He is a consulting editor for The Journal of Arthroscopy.
Volunteering:
- Gillette Children's Hospital.
- Trains third-year residents at the University of Minnesota Clinic in orthopaedic techniques and procedures.
- Medical missionary work in Bhutan, Afghanistan, Tanzania.
- Past president of the Minnesota Orthopaedic Society.
- Active member of the Stillwater Rotary Club, Stillwater, MN.
- Active member of the Lakeview Hospital and the Stillwater Public Library capital campaigns.
- Chairperson of the Pillar Club committee for St. Croix Valley United Way Campaign.
Patient Education Videos:
- Dr. Palmer sits down to talk about the the foundation of St. Croix Orthopaedics.
- Watch a video about Dr. Palmer discussing hip arthroscopy and his research into this innovative treatment.
Medical Licenses
- Minnesota
Society Memberships
- Doctors Without Borders
- Minnesota Orthopaedic Society
- Norwegian American Orthopaedic Society
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Arthroscopy Association of North America
- Wallace Cole Orthopaedic Society
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Articles
12/21/2012
Dr. David Palmer of St. Croix Orthopaedics (SCO) recently completed an extensive hip arthroscopy study, "Midterm Outcomes in Patients with Cam Femoroacetabular Impingement Treated Arthroscopically," which was recently published in a prestigious medical journal, Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthoscopic and Related Surgery, Vol 28, No 11 (November) 2012: pp 1671-1681.
09/10/2012
Eunice Simonson had been living in Arusha, Tanzania, as a missionary where she had the chance to meet many wonderful physicians, including our very own Dr. David H. Palmer.
07/17/2012
St. Croix Orthopaedics’ surgeons, David H. Palmer, M.D. and Mark T. Dahl, M.D., were honored as “Top Doctors” by their peers in Mpls/St. Paul magazine’s special 2012 Top Doctors Edition in July. Both were selected Top Docs in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery.
08/24/2011
In hip arthroscopy, surgeons use an instrument called an arthroscope to examine and treat the inside of the hip joint. It is used to evaluate and treat certain problems affecting the hip joint and the space outside the hip joint known as the greater trochanteric bursa.
08/24/2011
In this video, Dr. David H. Palmer talks about SCO's beginnings and how it evolved into the nationally-recognized orthopaedic and sports medicine practice it is today.
12/28/2010
As William (Bill) Franke and his daughter approached the summit of Quandary Peak(elevation 14,265 feet) near Breckenridge, Colorado, they knew this Labor Day hike was one they would remember forever. They had been hiking a 14'er in Colorado every Labor Day for years, but this hike had special significance. Bill had a Birmingham hip resurfacing procedure only 13 weeks prior to their hike on June 3, 2009.
12/08/2008
Surgeons with St. Croix Orthopaedics (SCO) will be the first in Minnesota and western Wisconsin to perform knee surgery using a new procedure, Biomet's Signature™ knee, which utilizes MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to create custom positioning guides for use in total knee replacement surgery.
01/15/2007
For the better part of five decades, Jim Theros enthusiastically served the public at the St. Clair Broiler in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul. But by the middle of 2002, both of his hips were worn out and he needed bilateral total hip-replacement surgery.
01/01/2007
For patients at Selian Lutheran Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania, a visit with St. Croix Orthopaedics’ (SCO) David Palmer, MD, was no ordinary doctor’s visit.
12/28/2006
Diagnosed with Down syndrome, Lea Seefeldt, 27, has been disabled from birth and has spent the last three years in a wheelchair. She was told she would never walk again until a group of doctors at St. Croix Orthopedics and Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater, Minn. offered a miracle medical solution.
Special Interests
- General Orthopaedics
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Hip Resurfacing
