Dr Tucker specializes in hip and knee arthroplasty. She graduated from the University of Arizona with an undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology, after which she received her medical degree from University of Arizona College of Medicine.
She completed her Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at University of Arizona. Her interest in arthroplasty led her to complete an arthroplasty fellowship with Dr. David Dalury in Baltimore, MD. She is an associate professor at The University of Arizona College of Medicine. Her special interests include health disparity and gender disparity in orthopaedic surgery.
She is Vice Chair of the AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty group and produces and hosts and produces the Journal of Arthroplasty’s Podcast “The Cut”. She is an avid skier and cyclist and a mother of two tweens.
