Elizabeth Truelove, M.D.
Practice: DownEast Orthopedics
Specialty: Orthopedics
Office locations: Bangor, ME
Dr. Elizabeth Truelove completed her orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh, where she was awarded a nomination to the American Orthopaedic Association, an honor bestowed on the top one to two residents in each orthopaedic surgery program in the country. As a chief resident, she received the Orthopedic Surgery Resident Research Day Prize based on outstanding research and presentation and then continued her training by specializing in hand and upper extremity surgery through a fellowship at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Elizabeth Truelove completed her orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh, where she was awarded a nomination to the American Orthopaedic Association, an honor bestowed on the top one to two residents in each orthopaedic surgery program in the country. As a chief resident, she received the Orthopedic Surgery Resident Research Day Prize based on outstanding research and presentation and then continued her training by specializing in hand and upper extremity surgery through a fellowship at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Elizabeth Truelove was born and raised in Massachusetts and attended high school in New Hampshire. After graduation, she pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors in Mathematics. She worked for two years in government contracting outside Washington, DC before attending medical school at Georgetown University. She then completed her orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh, where she was awarded a nomination to the American Orthopaedic Association, an honor bestowed on the top one to two residents in each orthopaedic surgery program in the country. As a chief resident, she received the Orthopedic Surgery Resident Research Day Prize based on outstanding research and presentation and then continued her training by specializing in hand and upper extremity surgery through a fellowship at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Truelove is married with a son and a daughter. She is thrilled to be back in a place where she can ski, hike, and spend time with her family in Massachusetts and Blue Hill, ME. She looks forward to taking care of patients and growing her practice here in Maine.

As always, Dr Truelove was very informative and excellent at responding to my questions.I am very confident working with her and trust her with my health.
She is such a great person and surgeon very caring and listens to her patients
I would give her a 10 if it was an option. She is absolutely wonderful and I am grateful that I found her.
Dr. Trulove is a wonderful Doctor! She has taken excellent care of my wrist/hand.
Very concerning.
She was awesome. I would recommend her to everyone.
I love her let’s get to the point attitude and clear explanations of what’s going on and what we can do.
I was very happy with my visit with doctor true love. I didn't feel rushed at all and she answered all the questions that we had
Thorough and thoughtful.
Excellent, and very thorough. Explained things nicely and I’ve got every confidence she can help me!