Michelle Caird

Dr. Michelle Caird is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Michigan in the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics. She received an engineering degree from The University of Michigan, followed by medical school at The University of Michigan where she earned Alpha Omega Alpha honors. Dr. Caird completed her internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery at The University of Michigan, and fellowship training in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Caird joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 2004 at the completion of fellowship. Clinically, she treats multiple orthopaedic conditions faced by children including fractures, spinal deformity, unequal or bowed legs. As director of the University of Michigan Osteogenesis Imperfecta Multidisciplinary Clinic, her areas of special expertise include treating fractures and spinal deformity in children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, and in the laboratory she investigates bone healing in this disease. Dr. Caird is one of ten 2015 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Leadership Fellows. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) and represented POSNA in Northern Europe as one of the 2012 POSNA Traveling Fellows; where she studied and taught at major European centers. Dr. Caird is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.