Joe Baker is an orthopaedic spine surgeon consulting at Midland Orthopaedics and Spine in Hamilton and at Cambridge Family Health in Cambridge. All surgical procedures are carried out at Braemar Hospital or Southern Cross Hospital in Hamilton.
Joe completed his specialty training at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York and at Auckland City Hospital. He has a special interest in spinal deformity including scoliosis, kyphosis and spondylolisthesis. He also sees patients with degenerative conditions of the spine including cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions, post-traumatic problems including patients with osteoporotic fractures, providing surgical solutions including decompression, fusion and arthroplasty techniques.
He is a member of the Scoliosis Research Society and International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland and is active in research, supervising numerous projects in the field of spinal surgery.
