Robert V. Cantu, MD

Institution Affiliations:

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon

Medical School:

MD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1994

Internship:

Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA, General Surgery, 1994-96

Residency:

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1997-01

Fellowship:

Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH, Orthopaedic Traumatology, 2001-02

Board Certification:

Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004

Specialties:

Orthopaedics

Joined Staff in 2002

Practice Note: Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

Research Interests:

Investigation of transient quadriplegia and return to contact sports, 1996

Investigation of epilepsy and sports participation, 1997
Both under Robert C. Cantu, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA.

Clinical investigation of muscle recovery after intramedullary nailing of femur fracture,. 2001–ongoing

Selected Publications:
Goss TG, Cantu RV. Scapula Fractures. Emergency Medicine text Orthopaedic Surgery. March 2004

Cantu RV. Head Injuries in Sports. Essentials of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2005

Cantu RV. Unipolar vs. Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty. Techniques in Orthopaedics. 2004

Koval KJ, Cantu RV. Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures. Rockwood and Green