Meet Dr. Auer

Dr. Ron Auer is a Cincinnati native. From a young age he was focused on becoming a doctor. He attended high school at Roger Bacon where he was active in football, baseball and basketball. From there he attended Xavier University where he majored in Natural Sciences.

During college, Dr. Auer started his healthcare career working as a nursing assistant at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was exposed to a wide range of patients in the emergency department, surgical wards and in the rehabilitation setting. These experiences helped bolster his desire to become physician and he gained acceptance to medical school. He decided on the University of Cincinnati due to the wide range of specialties and the world renowned Children’s hospital.

During medical school, he focused his sights on becoming a well-rounded physician exploring and enjoying all of the subspecialties. He took additional courses in geriatric medicine and pediatric orthopaedics and was involved in numerous societies, interest groups and tutoring other medical students. Dr. Auer found his true passion within the field of orthopaedics. Mending broken bones, optimizing athletes, fixing torn tendons and ligaments and battling arthritis sparked a lifelong interest and he decided to pursue a surgical career.

After medical school, Dr. Auer went to the University of Louisville for five years of orthopaedic residency training. While in Louisville, he experienced the spectrum of orthopaedic surgery: orthopaedic trauma, joint replacement, sports medicine, arthroscopy, hand surgery, foot and ankle surgery and pediatric orthopaedic surgery. Minimally invasive techniques and the latest technology were highlighted. Dr. Auer was fortunate to learn the direct anterior approach total hip replacement in high volumes from his mentors. He also saw and performed thousands of fracture surgeries from broken fingers to high energy multiple fractures. He covered both the adult and children’s emergency departments caring for all ages of injuries.

The intense training program also included several research projects. Projects that garnered recognition at the state and national levels. Dr. Auer has presented these projects at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons on multiple occasions. He was awarded the Fischer-Owen Resident Research award and the Kentucky Orthopaedic Society Resident Research Award for his work with pediatric wrist fractures.

Dr. Auer is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and is board certified. He believes in a patient and family centered healthcare delivery system. He is passionate about health, wellness and longevity. His goal is to deliver the most up to date and comprehensive orthopaedic care possible, employing the latest technologies and cutting edge techniques. This includes stem cells injections, minimally invasive joint replacements, wide awake hand surgery, and arthroscopic surgery.