Rick F. Papandrea, MD

Dr. Rick Papandrea is an orthopedic surgeon specializing exclusively in shoulder and elbow care. A West Allis, Wisconsin native, he returned home after completing his residency at Mt. Sinai in Cleveland and fellowships at Harvard and the Mayo Clinic. In practice since 1999, Dr. Papandrea now focuses on complex elbow and shoulder reconstruction, and is particularly interested in leveraging technology for physician collaboration and case sharing. In addition to his U.S.-based work, he considers his “other practice” to be in Soddo, Ethiopia, where he regularly volunteers at Soddo Christian Hospital. He and his wife Tracy have been married since 1993 and are the proud parents of four adult children who, remarkably, still seem to like them.