Erich J. Lingenfelter M.D.

Dr. Erich J. Lingenfelter M.D., comes to Orthopedic Health of Kansas City as a fellowship trained shoulder and elbow surgeon specializing in complex shoulder and elbow pathology including trauma, revision shoulder and elbow surgery and all surgically treatable shoulder and elbow conditions. He has particular interest in stabilization of shoulder instability, primary and revision rotator cuff repair, total and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty and arthroscopic treatment of the stiff elbow. He obtained his undergraduate degree at UMKC and his graduate degree from UMKC school of medicine. He completed two fellowships in shoulder and elbow surgery, one at the University of Zurich-Balgrist, Switzerland and also a visiting clinician fellowship at the Mayo clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and is fluent in German and English.