Christopher H. Perkins, M.D.

Dr. Christopher H. Perkins

Christopher H. Perkins, M.D.

Dr. Christopher H. Perkins was born and raised in the Houston area and was the first of his extended family to attend college. He completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Baylor University in Waco, Texas in 2002. Dr. Perkins then attended medical school and completed a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Orthopedic Trauma at the University of Miami and spent two and a half years as a faculty member at the University of Florida at Jacksonville.

Being a native Houstonian and a product of Baylor, Dr. Perkins returned in 2015 to join the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine fulfilling a dream to practice and educate at his alma mater. As a part of the fracture specialists at Baylor, Dr. Perkins provides care for the underserved patients at Ben Taub Hospital and also patients at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, The Methodist Hospital, and Texas Children’s Hospital. The shared practice philosophy of our group is to provide excellent fracture care to all of our patients regardless of their socioeconomic status.

In addition to acute fracture care, Dr. Perkins is considered a national expert in the Ilizarov methods of limb reconstruction and deformity correction using ringed external fixators and the Taylor Spatial Frame. He also specializes in fractures that did not heal (nonunions) and bones that have chronic infection (osteomyelitis).

Education

Education

Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship (2011-2012)
University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami, FL)

Henry Hanff AO Trauma Fellowship (2011)
Nottingham and Oxford, England

Orthopedic Surgery Residency (2006-2011)
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)

Medical School (2002-2006)
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)

Graduate School (2000-2002)
Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Undergraduate (1996-2000)
Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Certifications

Certifications

Board Certified
American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons

Memberships

Memberships

Orthopedic Trauma Association
Member

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Fellow

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Texas Monthly
Super Doctors
Rising Star

Texas Monthly Super Doctors Rising Star

Recognized as a rising star every year since joining the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine in 2017.

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Publications

Publications

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
Journal of the AAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Committed to paying forward the education he received to future generations of orthopedic surgeons

Committed to paying forward the education he received to future generations of orthopedic surgeons

Dr. Perkins is committed to the education of residents and medical students at Baylor College of Medicine. He serves as the director of all medical student rotations in orthopedic surgery and formally mentors every medical student at Baylor aspiring to be an orthopedic surgeon. He is also very involved in the resident selection process and previously served as the assistant program director at the University of Florida at Jacksonville.