- Dr. Dirk H Alander, MD
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Dr. Dirk H Alander, MD
Spinal Injury Medicine
- Missouri, Saint Louis
Overview
Dr. Dirk H Alander, MD works in Saint Louis, Missouri is a specialist in Spinal Injury Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery and graduated Butterworth Hospital in 1985. Dr. Alander is affiliated with Saint Louis University Hospital and practicing for 39 years
Specialties
- Spinal Injury Medicine
- Orthopedic Surgery
Conditions
• Acute Urinary Retention• Adrenal Gland Diseases
• Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
• Barium Enema
• Biceps Tendinitis
• Blepharophimosis - Ptosis - Epicanthus Inversus Syndrome
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Chronic Graft vs Host Disease
• Complex Vaginal Surgery
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
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• Dog Allergy
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Electron Microscopy
• Endometrial Ablation
• Esophageal Diverticulum
• Food Additive Adverse Reaction - Food Additives
• Food Additive Adverse Reaction - Sulphite
• Food Additive Allergy
• Food Additive Allergy - Annatto
• Food Allergy - Carp
• Generalized Pustular Psoriasis
• Glycogen Storage Disease, Type IIb
• Helminthosporium Fungus Allergy
• Hemofiltration
• Herniated Disc Procedure
• Hyperglycemia
• Hypertensive Retinopathy
• Hypothermia
• Infertility Surgery
• Joint X-Ray
• Lumbar Epidural Nerve Block
• Lumbar Spine Surgery
• Management of Mechanical Ventilator
• Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome
• Microlaryngoscopy
• Mood Changes
• Multiple Sclerosis Therapy
• Mycobacterial Infections
• Neurological Injuries
• Pediatric Chronic Infection
• Pediatric Thoracic Disorders
• Pediatric Voiding
• Pelvic Support Problems
• Pneumatic Dilations (PD)
• Pneumoconiosis
• Radiation Proctitis
• Recurring Pneumonia
• Retrobulbar Neuropathy
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Sinus Node Disease
• Sinus Polyp
• Skin Aging
• Stress Test
• Syndactyly
• The treatment of complicated hypertension
• Third-Degree Burns
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
• Ureteral Stones
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Procedures
• Adhesive Capsulitis• Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis
• Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
• Autonomic Disorders
• Back Pain
• Bursitis
• Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Cervical Spine Fracture
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
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• Chronic Neck Pain
• Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Clavicle Fracture
• Coccyx or Sacrum Fracture
• Complications of Joint Prosthesis
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• EMG (Electromyography)
• Enthesopathy of Hip (incl. Trochanteric Bursitis)
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
• Foot Fracture
• Gait Abnormality
• Gout
• Hand and Wrist Fracture and Dislocation Treatment
• Hand and Wrist Fracture Treatment, Closed
• Herniated Disc Surgery
• Hip Fracture
• Hip Fracture and Dislocation Treatment
• Hip Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Closed
• Intervertebral Disc Herniation
• Joint Drainage
• Knee and Lower Leg Fracture Treatment, Closed
• Kyphoplasty, Percutaneous
• Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
• Lateral and Medial Epicondylitis (Tennis and Golf Elbow)
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Low Back Pain
• Lumbar Spine Fracture
• Myelopathy
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis of Hip
• Osteoarthritis of Hip and Thigh
• Osteoarthritis of Knee
• Osteoarthritis of Spine
• Osteopenia
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome or Knee Pain
• Pathological Spine Fracture
• Peripheral Nerve Disorders
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
• Pseudoarthrosis
• Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rib Fracture
• Rotator Cuff Tear
• Sacrum Disorders
• Scapular Fracture
• Sciatica (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
• Scoliosis
• Shoulder Tendinitis and Tenosynovitis
• Sjögren's Syndrome
• Spinal Compression Fracture Repair
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spinal Fusion
• Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spine Deformities
• Spine Fractures, Traumatic
• Spondylitis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Sprains and Strains (incl. Muscle Tear)
• Steroid Injection
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
• Thoracic Spine Fracture
• Thoracic Spine Myelopathy
• Vertebral Column Tumors
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Years Since Graduation
- 39
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Butterworth Hospital
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Year completed: 1985
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Year completed: 1985
Residency Hospital
Grand Rapids Orth Surgery Program Meml Mc
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Year completed: 1990
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Year completed: 1990
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Office Locations
Primary location
SLUCare Orthopaedic Surgery
1755 South Grand Boulevard
Missouri (MO)
Saint Louis
63104
Phone:(314) 256-3850
Accepting New Patients
- No
Map & Directions
SLUCare Orthopaedic Surgery, 1755 South Grand Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri (MO), 63104
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Blue Preferred Plus POS
- Blue Preferred Select
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Illinois
- Coventry Health Care of Illinois PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Kansas, Inc.
- Coventry Health Care of Kansas, Inc. PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Missouri
- Coventry Health Care of Missouri PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Health and Life PPO
- HealthLink
- HealthLink PPO
- Homestate Health Plan
- Humana
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Platinum PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Saint Louis University Hospital
3635 Vista Avenue At Grand
Missouri MO,
Saint Louis,
63110
(888) 888-8898
Saint Louis University Hospital is a community for healing where knowledge, compassion and excellence come together. We're a regional leader in providing tertiary and quaternary level care to patients with severe illness and injury throughout eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. We serve as the a...
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