Main Office Address: Mid County Orthopaedic - Ballas 621 S. New Ballas Rd Suite 63B St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: 314-983-4700 Fax: 314-983-9174

Other Offices Mid County Orthopaedic - CityPlace 5  314-983-4700

Hospitals

St. John's   314-251-6000 St. Mary's   314-768-8000 Missouri Baptist   314-996-5000 Progress West   636-344-1000

Education
Med School:	Creighton University
Residency:	St. Louis University Hospital
Internship:	St. Louis University Hospital
Licenses:	MO
Board Certs:	American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Practice Focus

Minimally Invasive Hip & Knee Surgery  Arthroscopic Surgery  Hip Surgery  Reconstructive Surgery  Unicompartmental Knee Arthritic Surgery  Knee Surgery  Sports Medicine  General Orthopedic Surgery  Joint Replacement  Shoulder & Elbow Surgery

AARP (All)	Aetna Aetna HMO Aetna Choice POS & POS II Elect Choice (EPO) Managed Choice (POS) Open Access (HMO) Open Access Elect Choice (EPO) Open Access Managed Choice (POS) Open Choice (PPO) Quality POS US Access
America's Health Plan (All)	BCE Emergis Admar Formost Select Health Network Medical Network Pro America UP & UP Wellmark Health Network bps Healthcare
Beech Street (All)	Anthem BCBS Access Access Choice Blue Preferred Blue Card Blue Choice Health Net Blue Federal Employees Program Preferred Care Blue Wal-Mart Basic Blue
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (All)	Capp Care (All)
Community Care Network (All)	Central States - Teamcare (All)
Champus - ChampVA (All)	Choice Care - Humana (All)
Cigna HMO Network Open Access Network Open Access POS Open Access HMO Open Access Plus Open Access POS POS, PPO, PPO Plus, EPO	Comp Pro - Med View (All)
Core Source (All)	Corvel (All)
Epoch Group (All)	Ethix (All)
Essence (Esse Medicare HMO) (All)	Exclusive Choice - SSM (All)
First Health (All)	Focus Work Comp (All)
Galaxy Health Network (All)	Great West Healthcare Gen Am Benefits Great West Life New England Financial One Health Plan Alta Health
Group Health Plan Advantra HMO & PPO CMR GHP-ASO Gold Advantage HMO Health Assurance Open Access HMO & POS Sensicare & Sensicare Plus HMO, POS	Health Care Club of America (All)
Health Dynamics (All)	Healthlink HMO, PPO, POS, Access Health Comp Management
Health Management Network (All)	HealthSouth Network (Surgicomp) (All)
Mail Handlers (All)	Managed Care, Inc. (All)
Matrix Managed Care (All)	Medicaid Community Care Plus Mercy MC+ Healthcare USA
Medicare (All)	MedView Services (All)
Mercy Health Plan Access HMO Access POS Mercy MC+ Open Access HMO Open Access POS Premier Plus	Missouri Pacific Employees Association (All)
MultiPlan (Preferred) (All)	Mutual of Omaha (All)
Mutually Preferred (All)	NPPN Work Comp (All)
Pension Associates (All)	PHC Physician Network (All)
PHCS - Private Healthcare Systems (All)	ppoNEXT/HealthStar (All)
Railroad Medicare (All)	Three Rivers (All)
Tricare (Humana Military) Tricare Standard Tricare Prime Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplement)	Union Pacific Railroad Employees Health System (All)
United HealthCare Choice Choice Plus Medicare Complete Options PPO Select Select Plus, EPO & POS	USA Managed Care (All)
United Mine Workers (All)	Unicare (Unity) (All)
Wabash Memorial Hospital Assocation (All)	Wellmark Health Network (All)
Westport Benefits (All)

Documents & Forms

Patient Registration Patient Consent Form Shoulder Follow Up Form Adult Medical History Shoulder Evaluation Form

Additional Information
Additional Information:	In Sept 2004, Dr. Tessier became one of the first surgeons in the St. Louis area to become certified in the FDA approved Oxford Mobile Meniscal Bearing Unicompartmental Knee Implant System. This procedure, being offered to selected knee arthritis patients, has many benefits including rapid recovery with only an overnight hospital stay required.
Accepting Patients:	Yes

Videos

Dr. Tessier's Orthopaedic Practice Philosopy Dr. Tessier's Orthopaedic Care Team Dr. Tessier's Patient Testimonial - Knee Arthritis/Total Knee Replacement Dr. Tessier's Patient Testimonial - Hip Arthritis/Total Hip Replacement Dr. Tessier's Medical Background Dr. Tessier's Understanding Hip Arthritis/Hip Replacement Surgery