Dr. Miegel
Clinical Interests: Knee, Hip, Computer Assisted Surgical Navigation

Clinic Locations: Brookline, Cambridge

Co-Founder, ProSports Orthopedics, Inc

Dr. Robert Miegel specializes in total joint replacements of the hip and knee using minimally invasive techniques and the latest in computer assisted surgical navigation.

Affiliated with Mount Auburn Hospital, New England Baptist Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Presently on the faculty of Harvard Medical School

Residency and orthopedic fellowship at Harvard Medical School

Graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Co-founder of ProSports Orthopedics, Inc


Education: SUNY at Buffalo, School of Medicine, 1977

1977 MD State University of New York at Buffalo
1973 Masters of Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
1971 Bachelor of Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA


Post Doctoral Training
1982 Chief Resident and Assistant Staff Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston MA
1979 - 1982 Orthopaedic Surgical Residency Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program, Boston MA
1977 - 1979 Intern and Resident, General Surgery Beth Israel Hospital, Boston MA


Licensure and Certifications

Board Certified, re-certified 2006

Massachusetts license #47653


Academic Appointments
   Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School


Hospital Appointments
  Mount Auburn Hospital
  New England Baptist Hospital
  Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Faulkner Hospital


Professional Societies
  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  Massachusetts Medical Societ



Research and Publications

Miegel, RE: A quantitative stereological study of changes in trabecular bone structure during early osteoarthritis using tetracycline ultraviolet fluorescence microscopy. Master’s Thesis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 1973.

Raux, P, Townsend, PR, Miegel, RE, Rose, RM, and Rabin, EL: Trabecular architecture of the human patella. J Biomechanics, 8:17,1975.

Townsend, PR, Raux, P. Rose, RM, Miegel, RE, and Rabin, EL: The distribution and anisotropy of the stiffness of the cancellous bone in the human patella. J Biomechanics, 8:363-367, 1975.

Walker, PS, Miegel, RE, Rodger, RF, et al: A compliant interface for total knee replacement arthroplasty. in Engineering and Clinical Aspects of Endoprosthetic Fixation, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, 1984, pp. 131-134.

Miegel, RE and Harris, WH: Medial displacement osteotomy in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip. A long term follow-up study. J Bone Joint Surg, 66A:878-87, 1984.

Ewald, FC, Jacobs, MA, Miegel, RE, et al: Kinematic total knee replacement. J Bone Joint Surg, 66A:1032-40, 1984.

Walker, PS, Garg, A, Miegel, RE, et al: Press-fit total knee replacement. in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Rehab Engineering Society of North America, 1985.

Walker, PS, Miegel, RE, Rodger, RF, et al: A compliant interface for total knee replacement arthroplasty. in The Bone-Implant Interface Workshop Report (1983), American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Chicago, 1985, pp. 124-135.

Krushell, R. Deland, J. Miegel, RE, and Scott, RD: A comparison of the mechanical and anatomic axes in arthritic knees. in Total Arthroplasty of the Knee Proceedings of the Knee Society, pp. 7580, 1986.

Miegel, RE, Walker, PS, Rodger, RF, and Ewald, FC: Press-fit and compliant interfaces for total knee arthroplasty. in Total Arthroplasty of the Knee. Proceedings of the Knee Society, pp. 130139, 1986.

Ewald, FC, Walker, PS, Poss, R. Miegel, RE, et al: Uncemented, press-fit total knee replacement. in Total Arthroplasty of the Knee. Proceedings of the Knee Society, pp. 173-178, 1985.


Clinic Hours

Monday-Friday

Brookline: 9am-5pm
617.738.8642

Cambridge: 9am-5pm
617.491.6766

Waltham: 8am-5pm
781.487.9444

Tuesday
Sandwich 9am-5pm
617.738.8642

Forms

Below you will find some of our forms to fill out before your visit.

Dr Burke's Patient Forms Only:
Shoulder Evaluation
Knee Evaluation


All other Physicians
New Patient Information
Upper Extremity Evaluation
Lower Extremity Evaluation
Spine Evaluation