Mr Joe Baker

MB ChB 2003 Otago; FRCS Irel 2013; CHST Trauma & Orth 2015

I gained my initial medical degree from the University of Otago and completed my specialist training in orthopaedic surgery in Ireland, where my interest in spine surgery was set.

I then completed sub specialist training in New York at the NYU Langone Medical Centre and Hospital for Joint Diseases in Spine Surgery including Adult and Paediatric Spine Surgery. I complemented this with 6 months at Auckland City Hospital gaining further experience in Adult Spine Surgery. 

My practice now is a mixture of public, private and academic.

I see patients with spinal deformity and those with degenerative conditions of the spine. At Waikato DHB I provide care for patients presenting with traumatic spinal injuries.

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Special interest in all aspects of spinal surgery:

• Spinal deformity - in adolescents and older
• degenerative including spinal stenosis
• deformities including scoliosis
• motion preservation
• tumour and infection

• Spine surgery

Spine Surgeon, Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon

• International Spine Fellowship, NYU Langone Medical Centre, NY, USA 2015-2016
• Adult Spine Fellowship, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, 2016

Male / Tāne

29 November 2004

Orthopaedic Surgery