Dr. Fleming is a fellowship-trained Orthopedic Trauma surgeon specializing in the treatment of patients that have sustained trauma to the musculoskeletal system including injuries to the extremities, pelvis and acetabulum.
He earned his osteopathic medical degree and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Michigan State University affiliated programs. He completed his fellowship at the University of Minnesota Twin City Orthopedic Trauma Program.
Dr. Fleming is a retired US Navy Captain and previously served as the Director of Orthopedic Trauma at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center managing casualties from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has received numerous military and civilian awards during his career including being named a Master Clinician at Walter Reed and Orthopedic Teacher of the Year at the University of Southern California. Dr. Fleming's philosophy for managing his orthopedic practice is to provide quality and compassionate patient care, education, research and service.
Orthopaedic Trauma Service 55 Fruit Street Yawkey Building for Outpatient Care Suite 3C Boston, MA02114 Phone: 617-726-9111
Fax: 617-726-8214
Medical Education
DO, Michigan State University
Residency, Mount Clemens Medical Center
Fellowship, Regions Hospital
American Board Certifications
Orthopaedic Surgery, American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Accepted Insurance Plans
Aetna Health Inc.
Beech Street
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
Cigna (PAL #'s)
Commonwealth Care Alliance
Fallon Community HealthCare
Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
Humana/Choice Care PPO
Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
Mass General Brigham Health Plan - ACD
Mass General Brigham Health Plan - PBO
MassHealth
Medicare
Medicare - ACD
Medicare ACO - ACD
Medicare ACO - PBO
OSW - Maine
OSW - Vermont
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
Railroad Medicare
Railroad Medicare - ACD
Senior Whole Health
TriCare
Tufts Health Plan
Unicare
United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Fleming's research interest focuses on the prevention and management of trauma related musculoskeletal infections, developing strategies to address composite tissue injuries to the extremities and diagnostic modalities used in orthopedic trauma patient management.
Erdman MK, Gibbs SJ, Tucker DW, Lee AK, Fleming ME, Marecek GS. Radiographic detection of lateral plateau involvement in medial tibial plateau fractures (AO/OTA 41-B1.2, 1.3, 3.2 and 3.3). Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 Sep 23.
Erdman MK, Munger AM, Brown M, Schellenberg M, Tucker D, Inaba K, Fleming ME, Marecek GS. Injury and treatment patterns of ballistic pelvic fractures by anatomic location. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 Jan;31(1):111-119.
Gibbs S, Carney J, Erdman MK, Telis A, Lee AK, Fleming ME, Lee J, White E, Marecek GS. Standard Versus Low-Dose Computed Tomography for Assessment of Acetabular Fracture Reduction. J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Sep;34(9):462-468.
Kabirian N, Jiang D, Fleming CME, Marecek GS. Restoring Condylar Width: Radiographic Relationship Between the Lateral Tibial Plateau and Lateral Femoral Condyle in Normal Adult Knees. J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Apr;33(4):180-184.
Rodriguez CJ, Tribble DR, Malone DL, Murray CK, Jessie EM, Khan M, Fleming ME, Potter BK, Gordon WT, Shackelford SA. Treatment of Suspected Invasive Fungal Infection in War Wounds. Mil Med. 2018 Sep 1;183(suppl_2):142-146.
Donohoe S, Alluri RK, Hill JR, Fleming M, Tan E, Marecek G. Impact of Computed Tomography on Operative Planning for Ankle Fractures Involving the Posterior Malleolus. Foot Ankle Int. 2017 Dec;38(12):1337-1342.
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In September 2022, Mass General’s Orthopaedic Trauma Service was chosen to host the inaugural class of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association’s Roy Sanders Traveling Fellows.
Mark Fleming, DO, FAAOS, FAOAO, a new orthopaedic trauma surgeon in Massachusetts General Hospital's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, is a retired Captain from the United States Navy with expertise in trauma surgery, combat medicine and amputation.