Geoffrey Konopka, MD, MPH

Biography

Geoffrey Konopka, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Dr. Konopka specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery. He practices evidence-based medicine utilizing the latest techniques in upper extremity surgery. He treats all upper extremity ailments, including fractures, arthritis, nerve compression syndromes, and sports-related injuries.

Dr. Konopka earned his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, where he served as captain of the men’s swimming team. He obtained a Master’s of Public Health degree at George Washington University in Washington, DC, where he worked for the D.C. Primary Care Association. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, where he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

While in medical school, Dr Konopka conducted award-winning orthopedic research in the Trauma Training Center, winning first prize at the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand Residents and Fellows Annual Meeting in 2010 and 2011.

Dr. Konopka then performed his internship and residency in Orthopedic Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). He completed a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital, affiliated with the University of Miami Medical School.

A published author and medical illustrator, Dr. Konopka has published and illustrated research on orthopedic trauma, microsurgery, degenerative arthritis of the hand, pediatric hand surgery, hand tumors, and other related topics. He has presented his research at the local, national, and international levels.

Dr. Konopka is interested in providing the best available, research-based medicine to his patients and community. He is fluent in Spanish.