Orthopaedic Trauma physicians provide treatment for major trauma victims in coordination with a multidisciplinary team of physicians and surgeons at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Areas of expertise include management of the multiple-injured patient, internal and external fracture fixation, and the treatment of fracture nonunions, malunions, and segmental defects. A subspecialty clinic at Vanderbilt is devoted to the care and rehabilitation of amputees

The Division of Orthopaedic Trauma performs approximately 1800 cases annually, and is growing at easily 10% per year. Often, these “cases” consist of multiple fracture fixations. The number of operative interventions per year includes 180 femoral shaft intramedullary nailings, 170 operative fixation of acetabular fractures, and the plethora of injuries that goes along with such cases.

Research programs focus on fracture healing, cartilage metabolism, and clinical outcome studies of musculoskeletally traumatized patients.

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Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute
Medical Center East, South Tower, Suite 4200
Nashville, TN 37232-8774

615-936-0112
615-936-1566 (Fax)