Bradford S Tucker, MD

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 Dr. Bradford Tucker has always been attracted to repairing things and restoring them to working order. It’s what attracted him to orthopaedics.

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“I have always loved fixing things and was a carpenter as a teenager. In grade school, I learned about a job that fixes bones and joints, called orthopaedic surgery. I knew that was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” he says.

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Dr. Tucker is board certified in both orthopaedic sports medicine and general orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He repairs and rebuilds unstable and damaged parts of the knee and shoulder and performs cartilage repair and restoration. He is assistant team orthopaedic surgeon for the Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia 76ers. He is also a team orthopaedic surgeon for Stockton University and Ocean City and Absegami High Schools. A graduate of Rutgers University, Dr. Tucker earned his M.D. at UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he also served his general surgery internship and his orthopaedic surgery residency. He served a fellowship in arthroscopy and sports medicine at University of California, San Diego. He completed additional post-graduate training in sports medicine at Rutgers and in musculoskeletal oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. Dr. Bradford Tucker has always been attracted to repairing things and restoring them to working order. It’s what attracted him to orthopaedics.

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“I have always loved fixing things and was a carpenter as a teenager. In grade school, I learned about a job that fixes bones and joints, called orthopaedic surgery. I knew that was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” he says. Dr. Tucker is board certified in both orthopaedic sports medicine and general orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He repairs and rebuilds unstable and damaged parts of the knee and shoulder and performs cartilage repair and restoration.  He is assistant team orthopaedic surgeon for the Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia 76ers. He is also a team orthopaedic surgeon for Stockton University and Ocean City and Absegami High Schools.

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A graduate of Rutgers University, Dr. Tucker earned his M.D. at UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he also served his general surgery internship and his orthopaedic surgery residency. He served a fellowship in arthroscopy and sports medicine at University of California, San Diego. He completed additional post-graduate training in sports medicine at Rutgers and in musculoskeletal oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

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Through his affiliation with the Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, he is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, where he is involved in peer-reviewed orthopaedic research, including clinical applications of stem cells. He is also a clinical faculty member at Stockton and has many publications and book chapters to his credit. He credits his mom for inspiring his career in medicine. “My mother, Susan Verna Tucker, is the most compassionate, hard-working, kindest person I have ever met. I try to emulate her in both my career and personal life,” he says.

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Dr. Tucker lives in Ocean City with his wife and three children. He enjoys surfing, sailing, skiing, snowboarding and weight training. Through his affiliation with the Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, he is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, where he is involved in peer-reviewed orthopaedic research, including clinical applications of stem cells. He is also a clinical faculty member at Stockton and has many publications and book chapters to his credit. He credits his mom for inspiring his career in medicine. “My mother, Susan Verna Tucker, is the most compassionate, hard-working, kindest person I have ever met. I try to emulate her in both my career and personal life,” he says.

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Dr. Tucker lives in Ocean City with his wife and three children. He enjoys surfing, sailing, skiing, snowboarding and weight training.

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