Steven L. Tuck , M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Specialty: Pediatrics, Hand, Elbow And Shoulder Replacements
Dr. Tuck is a New York native. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University, where he majored in Biochemistry. He went on to the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he earned his medical degree. He received his post-graduate medical training at the University of Iowa, where he completed both his internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery. He also received further specialized training at the University of Iowa by completing a fellowship in Hand, Trauma and Pediatric Orthopaedics. Dr. Tuck is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and has been in private practice with Shady Grove Orthopaedics since 1980.
Credentials For Steven L. Tuck, M.D.
Specialty - Pediatrics, Hand, Elbow And Shoulder Replacements
Board Certified In Orthopaedics Since: 1981
Certified for the Added Qualification in Hand
Surgery in 1994
Recertified for the Added Qualification in Hand
Surgery in 2004
Years In Current Community: 29
Leadership Positions
Adventist Healthcare Board of Trustees, 2007 - Present
Chairman, Division of Orthopaedics, 1988 - 1989
Chairman, Department of Surgery, 1994 - 1995
President, Medical Staff, 2002, 2003
Shady Grove Adventist Foundation Board, 1996 - 2003
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Governance Board, 2000 - 2003
Honors & Memberships
Added Qualification in Hand Surgery - 1994
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1984 -
Present
RISES Award, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, June 2006
Washingtonian Top Doctors, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005,
2008
Best Doctors in America, 2003 - 2004, 2005 - 2006, 2007 -
2008
Research
National Sciences Foundation Research Fellowship, July and August, 1970
Jimmy Fund Cancer Foundation, Boston Massachusetts; January 1970 May 1971; Topic: Mechanism of Action Vinblastine Sulfate
University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, Department of Psychiatry; March 1973 May 1974; Topic: Histochemical and Biochemical Changes in Skeletal Muscle in Acute and Chronic Schizophrenia
Training
Fellowship - University Of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Degree - Pediatric And Hand Surgery
Residency - University Of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Degree - Orthopaedic Surgery
Internship - University Of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Degree - General Surgery
Graduate - University Of Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine
Degree - Doctor Of Medicine
Undergraduate - Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Degree - Biochemistry
