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Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue, Fl 1st floor
New Haven, CT 06519
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  • Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
    Yale Physicians Building
    800 Howard Avenue, Fl 1st floor
    New Haven, CT 06519
  • Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehablitation
    48 Wellington Road
    Milford, CT 06461

Xuan Luo

Shoulder and Elbow Orthopedic Surgery, Microvascular Hand Surgery, Hand Surgery
Patient type treated
Child, Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From patients or physicians
Board Certified in
Orthopaedic Surgery

Biography

Xuan Luo, MD, is a hand, shoulder, and elbow surgeon who cares for patients of all ages. He treats carpal tunnel syndrome, forearm fractures, and other problems that affect the upper extremities. He has a special interest in degenerative diseases of the hand, including arthritis in the hand and the fingers.

For many new patients, Dr. Luo starts by providing a nonsurgical approach, such as physical therapy or an injection. If those methods don’t help, he may propose a surgical procedure to restore as much function as possible, relieve pain, or at least stop a problem from getting worse.

“I try to be realistic with all of my patients,” Dr. Luo says. “Different conditions affecting the upper extremities will have different amounts of recovery, and while most patients do very well with treatment, some may not recover 100 percent.” He works with other specialists in imaging, physical therapy, and other fields to achieve the best possible results. “At Yale, it helps that we all talk to each other and we provide everything in one place,” he says.

Both of Dr. Luo’s parents were doctors, but he initially wanted to pursue engineering. In college, he began thinking about medicine and soon realized he could combine both of his interests as an orthopedist. “Bones are kind of simple. They're just structure, and tendons are just ropes. They're support,” he says. “And because these parts are simple enough for us to understand, we can put things in to augment a bone that's brittle or broken, or augment a tendon that's not strong enough, or change things around somehow to help the body function better.”

Dr. Luo urges anyone with pain or movement issues in their hand, elbow, or shoulder to seek care from a specialist. “While it is very adaptable, the hand is prone to stiffness,” he says. So, any misstep in treatment, such as wearing a splint for a long time, can sometimes do more harm than good, he adds.

Dr. Luo is an assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine.

Titles

  • Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
  • GME well being committee, Orthopedic Surgery

Languages Spoken

  • English

Additional Information

Locations
1
Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue, Fl 1st floor
New Haven, CT 06519
1 of 2
  • Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
    Yale Physicians Building
    800 Howard Avenue, Fl 1st floor
    New Haven, CT 06519
  • Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehablitation
    48 Wellington Road
    Milford, CT 06461

Biography

Xuan Luo, MD, is a hand, shoulder, and elbow surgeon who cares for patients of all ages. He treats carpal tunnel syndrome, forearm fractures, and other problems that affect the upper extremities. He has a special interest in degenerative diseases of the hand, including arthritis in the hand and the fingers.

For many new patients, Dr. Luo starts by providing a nonsurgical approach, such as physical therapy or an injection. If those methods don’t help, he may propose a surgical procedure to restore as much function as possible, relieve pain, or at least stop a problem from getting worse.

“I try to be realistic with all of my patients,” Dr. Luo says. “Different conditions affecting the upper extremities will have different amounts of recovery, and while most patients do very well with treatment, some may not recover 100 percent.” He works with other specialists in imaging, physical therapy, and other fields to achieve the best possible results. “At Yale, it helps that we all talk to each other and we provide everything in one place,” he says.

Both of Dr. Luo’s parents were doctors, but he initially wanted to pursue engineering. In college, he began thinking about medicine and soon realized he could combine both of his interests as an orthopedist. “Bones are kind of simple. They're just structure, and tendons are just ropes. They're support,” he says. “And because these parts are simple enough for us to understand, we can put things in to augment a bone that's brittle or broken, or augment a tendon that's not strong enough, or change things around somehow to help the body function better.”

Dr. Luo urges anyone with pain or movement issues in their hand, elbow, or shoulder to seek care from a specialist. “While it is very adaptable, the hand is prone to stiffness,” he says. So, any misstep in treatment, such as wearing a splint for a long time, can sometimes do more harm than good, he adds.

Dr. Luo is an assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine.

Titles

  • Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
  • GME well being committee, Orthopedic Surgery

Languages Spoken

  • English

Additional Information

Locations
1
Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue, Fl 1st floor
New Haven, CT 06519
1 of 2
  • Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
    Yale Physicians Building
    800 Howard Avenue, Fl 1st floor
    New Haven, CT 06519
  • Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehablitation
    48 Wellington Road
    Milford, CT 06461
1
Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue, Fl 1st floor
New Haven, CT 06519
1 of 2
  • Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
    Yale Physicians Building
    800 Howard Avenue, Fl 1st floor
    New Haven, CT 06519
  • Yale Medicine Orthopedics & Rehablitation
    48 Wellington Road
    Milford, CT 06461