Margaret Harvey, D.O. Joins Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

Dr. Harvey brings years of orthopedic experience with the US Navy and Marine Corps

Margaret Harvey, D.O.Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is pleased to announce that orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Margaret Harvey has joined the practice. Dr. Harvey brings a wealth of experience from her years in the United States Navy where she trained at Walter Reed National Military Medical during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, as well as having been stationed in Okinawa, Japan and Camp Lejuene, NC.

“We are thrilled to have Dr. Harvey join the group,” noted Dr. Kevin Plancher, founder of Plancher Orthopaedics. “Dr. Harvey brings terrific experience diagnosing and treating a wide variety of orthopaedic injuries and conditions which we believe will be a tremendous asset to her patients and to the community at large.”

Dr. Harvey will head up the Women’s Sports Health practice at Plancher Orthopaedics which promotes healthy and injury free sports activity for women who engage in sports such as tennis, skiing, running, swimming, volleyball and much more. She will also treat professional women athletes with the latest techniques in injury prevention and treatment. Dr. Harvey will offer the newest in treatment options, including regenerative therapy, for a wide range of knee and shoulder injuries along with Dr. Plancher, founder of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Plancher Orthopaedics. Dr. Harvey accepts Medicare and most insurance plans.

Bio: Dr. Margaret Harvey is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. She completed a surgical internship at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, her orthopaedic surgery residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and a sports fellowship at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, MA, where she was an assistant team physician for the Boston Celtics. Dr. Harvey was a General Medical Officer with the United States Marine Corps at Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan as well as a staff orthopaedic surgeon at the United States Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan. Most recently, Dr. Harvey treated Marines, Sailors and Marine Corps Special Forces (MARSOC) at the United States Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Prior to her becoming a physician, she was a physical therapist for five years.

In her free time, Dr. Harvey likes to spend time with her family in Wilton, CT and is training for her fourth marathon.

Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a general orthopaedics and sports medicine practice with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. http://www.plancherortho.com