About Nora Cao, MD
Dr. Nora Cao is a board-eligible orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in pediatric orthopedic surgery. She treats children with a wide range of orthopedic conditions and injuries including hip dysplasia, scoliosis, congenital limb deformities, upper and lower extremity fractures and neuromuscular disorders. She sees patients at Massachusetts General Hospital and at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
Dr. Cao received her undergraduate and master's degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering from University of Pennsylvania. She earned her medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed residency training in orthopedic surgery at the Tufts Affiliated Hospitals Orthopedic Residency Program in Boston, MA. She completed her fellowship training in pediatric orthopedic surgery, with a special focus on hip preservation surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY.
Dr. Cao has published many peer-reviewed articles and presented her research at multiple medical conferences. In her free time, Dr. Cao is a food enthusiast who enjoys travelling and spending time with her husband and young daughter.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Congenital musculoskeletal deformities
- Hip and leg abnormalities
- Hip dysplasia
- Hip morphology and function
- Hip preservation surgery
- Neuromuscular hip surgery
- Pediatric and adolescent hip disease
- Pediatric foot and ankle
- Pediatric fractures
- Pediatric scoliosis
- Pediatric spine surgery
- Pediatric trauma
Treats:
- Pediatrics
Locations
Children's Orthopaedics Service
55 Fruit Street
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 3E
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-8523
Fax: 617-724-0551
Mass General for Children at Newton Wellesley Hospital
978 Worcester Street
Wellesley, MA 02482
Phone: 617-726-8523
Medical Education
- MD, George Washington University
- Residency, Tufts Medical Center
- Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Cao's research interests include treatment of hip dysplasia and surgical outcome of periacetabular osteotomies, surgical hip dislocations and pediatric scoliosis.
Publications
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Select publications:
- Heyer JH, Cao N, Amdur RL, Rao RR. Postoperative Complications Following Orthopedic Spine Surgery: Is There a Difference Between Men and Women? Int J Spine Surg. 2019 Apr 30;13(2):125-131. doi: 10.14444/6017. PMID: 31131211; PMCID: PMC6510181.
- Cao N, Ruchelsman D. Ch. 28 Open Ulnar Nerve Decompression/Subcutaneous Transposition at the Elbow, Hand Surgery: Tricks of the Trade, edited by Pedro Beredjiklian, published by Thieme, 2020.
- Jin SY, Tohyama J, Bauer RC, Cao N, Rader DJ, Zheng XL. Genetic ablation of Adamts13 gene dramatically accelerates the formation of early atherosclerosis in a murine model. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Aug;32(8):1817-23. doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.247262. Epub 2012 May 31. PMID: 22652598; PMCID: PMC3422623.