Thomas W. Bauer, Md, Phd
surgery
Hospital for Special Surgery
Japan
Biography
Dr. Thomas Bauer is the Pathologist-in-Chief in the HSS Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Bauer comes to HSS from Cleveland Clinic, where he practiced in the Department of Anatomic Pathology from 1983-2017. Dr. Bauer specializes in non-neoplastic orthopedic pathology, especially investigating the mechanisms of success and failure of reconstructive orthopedic procedures, devices and bone graft substitute materials. He is an expert in the optimum use of laboratory tests to diagnose or rule-out periprosthetic infections and is recognized as an early innovator in the application of digital imaging to surgical pathology diagnosis and research. One of his research publications related to bone graft materials has been cited by other investigators more than 1,000 times.
Research Interest
Dr. Thomas Bauer is the Pathologist-in-Chief in the HSS Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Bauer comes to HSS from Cleveland Clinic, where he practiced in the Department of Anatomic Pathology from 1983-2017. Dr. Bauer specializes in non-neoplastic orthopedic pathology, especially investigating the mechanisms of success and failure of reconstructive orthopedic procedures, devices and bone graft substitute materials. He is an expert in the optimum use of laboratory tests to diagnose or rule-out periprosthetic infections and is recognized as an early innovator in the application of digital imaging to surgical pathology diagnosis and research. One of his research publications related to bone graft materials has been cited by other investigators more than 1,000 times.
