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Matthew D. Riedel, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
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Yale Orthopaedic Hip Fracture Program Committee Surgical Chair, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Co-Director of Yale Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Resident Research, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Representative, Yale Graduate Medical Education Resident Well-Being Committee , Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

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Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Yale Orthopaedic Hip Fracture Program Committee Surgical Chair, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation; Co-Director of Yale Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Resident Research, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation; Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Representative, Yale Graduate Medical Education Resident Well-Being Committee , Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Biography

Dr. Matthew D. Riedel joined Yale Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation as an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. Riedel, an Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon and graduate of Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, says his passion for trying to unravel mechanical problems started at his father’s tool and die shop. He appreciated the puzzles his father faced in making the proper tools for the job, and the problem-solving associated with it. He wasn’t inherently focused on medicine from a young age, but was attracted to the field that allowed him to take an engineer’s approach to making patients whole. Orthopaedic traumatologists are required to be jacks-of-all-trades, Riedel says. “Everything that goes on here at Yale is centered around improving care and life for the patients. You have every different subspecialty available where physicians are able to work together as a team to solve complex problems using the latest research and technologies. That’s very appealing to me,” Riedel says.

Riedel joins the department after completing a post-doctoral fellowship in orthopaedic traumatology at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Harvard Medical School’s Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program in June 2018, and was previously a Doris Duke Pre-Doctoral Clinical Research Fellow at Columbia University Medical Center. “I love that my week is a mix of different things. I’m operating or in clinic most days each week. I’m doing research. I’m teaching. I’m doing all of these different things so that every day is different than the last, but it also allows me to keep things fresh,” Riedel says. “Every day I have an opportunity to help people, whether that’s by teaching, surgery, or improving people’s lives.” He takes his approach to the laboratory too, where his research has been published in Injury and The Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Riedel says that working at Yale allows him to not only continue performing surgeries, but also to be at the forefront of the latest research. “I’ve always enjoyed putting things together and the challenge of facing complex problems,” Riedel says. “Every case is different as a trauma surgeon. Everything you do, you think about in different ways. It challenges you every day because you don’t know what the next day may bring. I think that’s really fun and interesting to me.”

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Education & Training

OMEGA Post-Doctoral Clinical Fellow
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center/University of Maryland Medical Center (2019)
Resident
Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program (2018)
Chief Resident
Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program (2018)
Intern
Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program (2014)
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Medical Doctor (2013)
Doris Duke Pre-Doctoral Clinical Research Fellow
Children’s Hospital of New York/Columbia University Medical Center (2012)
NIH Summer Research Fellow
Children’s Hospital of New York/Columbia University Medical Center (2008)
BA
Washington University in St. Louis, Biology & Psychology (2008)

Research

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Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Matthew D. Riedel's published research.

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Injury – International Journal of the Care of the Injured

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    BMJ Open – British Medical Journal

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    New England Orthopaedic Society

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    American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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    AOTrauma North America

Clinical Care

Overview

An orthopedic trauma surgeon, Matthew Riedel, MD, treats a variety of injuries stemming from car crashes, industrial accidents, and simple trips and falls.

“I see kids through geriatrics, often meeting people during one of their worst moments,” Dr. Riedel says. “I find it very fulfilling to help them during these tough times and watch them get back to doing what they love.”

Growing up, he developed an affinity for working with his hands from spending time at his father’s tool and die shop. “It ties in very well with orthopedics because we’re using plates and screws and metal rods all the time in surgery,” Dr. Riedel says.

Dr. Riedel’s research interests include studying clinical outcomes for patients after suffering a broken bone, whether treated operatively or nonoperatively. He is also interested in improving the biomechanics of surgical implants. “This involves looking at the material properties of the implants we use to try to match bone as closely as possible, so that the bone heals better and the implants are more comfortable for the body,” he explains.

The range of cases he works on daily helps fuel research ideas, Dr. Riedel notes. “Every time you’re working on a patient, you’re saying, ‘Is there a better way we could do this to improve my patients’ outcomes? Is there a better implant we could use, or a new way to orient the screws, the rods, or do something different?’” he says. “This not only gives us a chance to think about ways to develop new technology and advance the field, but also provide each individual patient more specific and successful care because every patient and injury that comes in is unique and different from the last.”

Dr. Riedel is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Orthopedic Trauma Surgery; Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

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Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

P.O. Box 208071

New Haven, CT 06520-8071

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  • Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

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    47 College Street

    New Haven, CT 06510

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