Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Sciences
Biosketch
Joshua Veenstra, MD, is an orthopaedic sports medicine physician with Ascension Borgess in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is a graduate of Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency with Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After residency, Dr. Veenstra completed an orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship with TRIA/University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Veenstra has a passion for global health and mission work. He travels annually to Gracias, Honduras, to perform surgeries. His clinical, teaching, and research interests include sports medicine, and the shoulder, hip, and knee joints.
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Education and Training
- Fellowship 2021, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, TRIA Orthopedic Center, University of Minnesota
- Residency 2020, Orthopaedic Surgery, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
- MD 2015, Medical College of Wisconsin
- BS 2010, Civil Engineering, Calvin College
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Language Fluency
- Spanish, basic
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Research
- Sports Medicine
- Shoulder
- Knee Injuries
- Hip Injuries
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Publications
Roberts H.J., Albright P.D., Shearer D.W., Won N., MacKechnie M.C., Richard Coughlin R., Miclau T., Morshed S., Sabharwal S., Dawson J., Davis B., Daniels A., Little M., Garlich J., Coles C., Leighton R., Maceroli M., Hobson S., Bray C., Fufa D., Khormaee S., Mullis B., Natoli R.M., Shafiq B., Mackenzie J., Wongworawat D., Zuckerman L., Speirs J., Carr C.F., Mackechnie M., Dyer G., Makhni M., Agarwal-Harding K., Yuan B., Beal M., Chun D., Furey A., Petrisor B., Kim Y., Egol K., Pean C., Schultz B., Friess D., Working Z., Sun G., Boateng H., Gardner M., Debaum M., Rehman S., Gokcen E., Sewards J.M., Bernthal N., Burke Z., Brown A.U., Esparza M., O'Brien P., Stockton D., Neal K., O'Hara N., Hariharan A., Cole P., Van Heest A., Horst P., Kelly B., Kfuri M., Lalonde K., Ahn J., Mehta S., Winterton M., Lopas L., Kellam J., Higgins T., Elliot I., Whiting P., Shaw J.T., Wilson N.M., Obremskey W., Lee C.A., Kenter K., Weistroffer J., Veenstra J., Knowles D., Conway D., Htay A.T., Wynn M.T., Smitham D.P., Aguilar D.D., McCoy A.J., Koech K., Orwa I., Wekesa M., Mbugua F., Galat D.D., Mandela J., Jomo D., Kinyua J., Malaba M., Kuguru F., Yugusuk F., Woolley P. Motivations and impact of international rotations in low- and middle-income countries for orthopaedic surgery residents: Are we on the same page? American Journal of Surgery. 2021;221:245-253.
Veenstra J.M., Geeslin A.G., Uggen C.W. Proximal Biceps Tenodesis Incorporated into Supraspinatus Repair: A Case Series and Technical Description Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2021;9
Albright P., Veenstra J., Habeck J., Bovid K. Lower Extremity Surgical Treatment to Improve Function in a Patient with Gollop-Wolfgang Complex: A Case Report JBJS Case Connector. 2019;9
Fehr S.D., Nelson L.D., Scharer K.R., Traudt E.A., Veenstra J.M., Tarima S.S., Liu X.C., Walter K.D. Risk Factors for Prolonged Symptoms of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pediatric Sports Concussion Clinic Cohort Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 2019;29:11-17.
Gustafson P.A., Veenstra J., Bearden C.R., Jastifer J.R. The Effect of Pitch Variation and Diameter Variation on Screw Pullout Foot and Ankle Specialist. 2019;12:258-263.
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Presentations
- MACI knee cartilage repair of osteochondritis dissecans: A case report. Gupta R, Kossoff N, Patel SS, Veenstra JM, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in Honduras - a case study. Kossoff N, Nachiappan C, Gupta R, Patel S, Veenstra J, Veenstra M, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Medial Migration of a Cephalomedullary Nail Lag Screw After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of a Right Intertrochanteric Fracture. Tran S, Patel S, Veenstra J, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023