Delaware orthopedic surgeons Craig D. Morgan, MD has decades of experience caring for athletes of all ages and at all stages of their careers – youth through professionals.
Dr. Craig D. Morgan, MD
During his distinguished career, Dr. Morgan has established himself as a world-renowned authority on disorders of the shoulder and knee. Many arthroscopic techniques used by today’s surgeons were developed by Dr. Morgan, and he is well-respected among Delaware orthopedic surgeons. In addition, he holds numerous U.S. patents on arthroscopic surgical instruments and has been a pioneer in such areas as cartilage transplantation, meniscus repair, anterior/posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, shoulder reconstruction, and labral repair particularly in baseball pitchers. Major League Baseball pitchers have returned to play through Dr. Morgan’s surgical expertise, and he also cares for Olympic-level athletes and players on the LPGA tour.
Over his 18-year career he has published more than 50 articles in peer reviewed journals and presented more than 220 papers at national and international orthopaedic meetings. He has served as an associate editor of the Journal of Arthroscopy, and he has been secretary of the International Knee Society and the International Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Association.
As a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Morgan is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, The International Society of Arthroscopy and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, The American Shoulder and Elbow Society, The Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society and the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society Sports Medicine Society. In addition, he is listed in Who’s Who in America, the World of Science and Engineering. His teaching affiliations include: Associate clinical professor, Thomas Jefferson University.
Dr. Fabio Caetano Figueiredo, MD
Dr. Figueiredo (kindly called “Dr. Fig” by his patients) was born in Brazil and, at age 17, was accepted by the medical school that many consider to be that country’s # 1 (University of São Paulo). There he obtained his MD degree and concluded his basic orthopaedic training (residency), as well as the first of his three years of advanced orthopaedic training (a reconstructive microsurgery fellowship).
Years later Dr. Figueiredo learned about the possibility of practicing in the United States and, in preparation for that, concluded an accredited one year fellowship at the University of New Mexico (orthopaedic trauma) and another one at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (hand and microvascular surgery). He has also taken special courses, on specific surgical topics, at reputable U.S. institutions – including the Mayo Clinic, Duke University, and University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Figueiredo’s twenty-five year medical career (nine of which spent in the United States) includes having practiced at a busy trauma center in the beautiful state of Maine and having taught medical students and resident physicians of one of Brazil’s top private hospitals (Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein) as well as at the prestigious Loma Linda University, in California – where he served as an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. He also served as lead physician and medical coordinator of a busy emergency department in Brazil – an experience that, he says, very significantly enriched his medical and leadership skills. He has lectured nationally and internationally on complex orthopaedic themes and currently serves as elite reviewer of the Western Journal of Orthopaedics.
“My wife and I fell in love with Delaware and its kind and friendly people the very first time we visited the state. Since then, spending the rest of our lives here became one of our main family projects. After having treated patients all around the U.S. as well as in Brazil, from fixing complex fractures to reattaching limbs, and having accomplished as a surgeon all I set myself to accomplish, for this second half of my career I have elected to focus my clinical activities exclusively on nonoperative orthopaedics. This will provide me the opportunity to concentrate on my patients’ overall musculoskeletal health and not only address their physical orthopaedic challenges but also consider potential psychological, professional, and social consequences of them. My primary and sincere wish is to be able to be of assistance to those who seek my attention – be they patients or colleagues”.
Dr. Figueiredo is married to Dr. Patricia Figueiredo (who specializes in pediatric emergency medicine) and in his free time he enjoys being with their family, sailing, singing, and reading about science in general, philosophy, and spirituality.
* besides English, Dr. Figueiredo also practices in Spanish and Portuguese.
Dr. Figueiredo