Robert Walker, MD
Robert Walker, MD, is a physician at Desert Orthopedic Center, as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, total hip and total knee surgery.
Dr. Walker completed his orthopedic surgery residency and internship at the University of Arizona - Phoenix, and a hand surgery fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, in Columbus Ohio.
Dr. Walker's interests include hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder peripheral nerve surgery, along with arthroscopy, tendon and ligament injuries, arthritis, joint replacement/reconstruction, and fracture care.
Provider is now seeing patients at our North Scottsdale, Old Town Scottsdale and Arrowhead locations.
Education And Training
- 2021 – 2022
Cleveland Clinic Hand Fellowship, Cleveland, Ohio
Hand Surgery Fellowship - 2019
Galeazzi Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery, Milan, Italy
Hand and Upper Extremity Operating Experience International Bone and Research Association Scholarship Program - 2016 - 2021
University of Arizona Phoenix College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Residency Training Program Orthopaedic Surgery - 2012 - 2016
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
M.D. - 2007- 2011
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
BS, Cellular and Molecular Biology, President, Nanotechnology Club at the University of Michigan - 2007
Cleveland Clinic School of EMS, Euclid, OH
EMT Basic Level
