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List of Professors

Name Years at Michigansort icon Position

Charles Lee Washburne

1913 - 1920
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Robert Wayne Bailey

1952 - 1979
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Gerald A. O’Connor

1958 - 2000
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Larry S. Matthews

1966 - 2002
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Herbert Kaufer

1968 - 1989
Professor of Orthopedics Surgery

Dean Louis

1971 - 2003
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

John E. McGillicuddy

1974 - 2007
Professor of Neuroscience, Orthopaedic Surgery

Thomas F. Kling Jr.

1980 - 1985
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Steven A. Goldstein

1981 - 2011
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professsor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Frank M. Hankin

1984
Assistant Professor of Surgery

John E. Herzenberg

1986 - 1991
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Ralph B. Blasier

1987 - 1995
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

James A. Goulet

1987 - 2020
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Janet Louise Kuhn

1988
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery
Assistant Research Scientist

Randall T. Loder

1990 - 1998
Associate Professor of Surgery

Frances A. Farley

1993 - 2020
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

John E. Kuhn

1994 - 2003
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Andrew A. Freiberg

1995 - 2000
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

David J. Hak

1996 - 2000
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

David J. Alvarez

1996 - 2022
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine & Orthopaedic Surgery

John E. Femino

1998 - 2005
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Jeffrey C. King

1998 - 1999
Clinical Assistant Professor II of Orthopedics Surgery

Barbara R. McCreadie

1998 - 2006
Research Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Research Investigator, Biomedical Engineering

Wadomar M Roeser

1999 - 2012
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus

Theodore T. Le

2000 - 2004
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Laurel Claire Blakemore

2001 - 2004
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Andrew P. Gutow

2002 - 2004
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Kurt D. Hankenson

2002 - 2006
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Animal Medicine Unit
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Frank La Marca

2003 - 2017
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery & Orthopedics Surgery

Robert E. Meehan Jr.

2006 - 2007
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Laurie D. Donaldson

2006 - 2015
Assistant Professor

Mark Riederer

2014 - 2017
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Matthew D. Abbott

2014 - 2018
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery