Bio

A native of Beverly, Massachusetts and graduate of Beverly High School, Dr Peterson returned to his hometown after a 15 year career in the military with the Army and Navy. He was deployed for 6 months in 2009 to Afghanistan with a forward surgical team providing orthopedic care to the Marines in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was also deployed to Indonesia on the US Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on a humanitarian mission there after the earthquake and tsunami in 2003. He did a sports medicine fellowship at Harvard/MGH in 2007-8 and was one of the team physicians for the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, New England Revolution, and Harvard University.  He provides general orthopedic care with a strong emphasis on sports medicine.

Dr. Peterson has been affiliated with Salem State University for over ten years. He serves as an attending physician for Men’s Ice Hockey games. Dr. Peterson specializes in the treatment of a variety of orthopedic conditions and performs several orthopedic procedures including:

• Sports Medicine
• General Orthopedics

Education

• Undergraduate: University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
• Medical: University of New England, Biddeford, ME

Training

• Internship: Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
• Orthopedic Surgery Residency: Grandview Hospital and Medical Center, Dayton, OH
• Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellowship: Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital Sports and Shoulder Fellowship, Cambridge, MA