Faculty

The Faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Iowa Hospitals and clinics are 100% full time academic surgeons. One of their major missions is to educate the orthopaedic residents. There are 36 full time faculty including 2 Emeritus professors, 15 full professors, 6 Associate Professors, 6 Assistant Professors and 7 full time Research Scientists. As a group, they have a wealth of experience in educating orthopaedic residents as evidenced by an average tenure in the department of 23 years.

Many of the faculty members have national and international reputations in clinical work, education, research and service to national organizations. This is demonstrated by this partial list of achievements from the currently faculty:

• Three current or past presidents of the AAOS
• Two past presidents of the American Orthopaedic Association
• Two past presents of the ORS
• 5 Kappa Delta award winners
• 6 ABC traveling fellows
• Two ASG traveling fellows

The faculty participate with the residents on a daily basis in all aspects of patient clinical care, conferences, other educational programs and research projects. The clinical education is based on teams organized around the major orthopaedic sub-specialties and each team is comprised of both residents and faculty members. There are between two and four full time faculty members in all of the sub specialties.

These dedicated faculty members are proud to carry out the heritage of resident education at the University of Iowa in Orthopaedic Surgery that began in 1918 with Arthur Steindler.

To see a listing of our faculty, please visit the Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation faculty page.