Dr. Thomas Aleto was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri for his undergraduate training. From student to teacher, Dr. Aleto is recognized for his educational courses on Hip and Knee Replacement both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Aleto continued his medical education and orthopaedic residency training at the University of Missouri. A fellowship in adult hip and knee reconstruction at The Center for Hip and Knee Surgery in Mooresville, Indiana followed after. While in fellowship, Dr. Aleto attended one the first Oxford Partial Knee Replacement Instructional Courses in Boston 2005.

In 2006, he started his practice as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Missouri. In this role, Dr. Aleto specialized in joint replacement and served as a referral source for many orthopaedic surgeons in Mid-Missouri. Dr. Aleto resigned from the MU Department of Orthopaedics in December of 2016 and prior to joining the Columbia Orthopaedic Group in 2018, he spent a year and a half at the Harry S. Truman Medical Center providing service to our Veterans.

Dr. Aleto is Board Certified and specializes in hip and knee replacement. He has a special interest in partial knee replacement, rapid recovery, and outpatient arthroplasty. He is a member of the American Hip and Knee Society and American Academy of Orthopaedic surgeons. Dr. Aleto has been a faculty member for the Oxford Instructional Course since 2012. This course is responsible for training surgeons across the country in the use of the Oxford Partial Knee. Dr. Aleto is considered to be one of the leading partial knee surgeons in the US. 50% of his knee replacement practice are partial knee replacements.

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Dr. Aleto's team includes:
Jen Miller, ANP
Rachel Winingear, Administrative Assistant