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Orthopaedic Surgery

Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Orthopaedic Surgery Team

Faculty

David M. King, MD

Chair, Professor

Musculoskeletal Oncology

Justin D. Bric, MD, ATC

Assistant Professor

Total Joint Reconstruction

Alex Burton, MD

Assistant Professor

Foot & Ankle

Meghan Caballero, MD

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Jonathan Edward Campbell, MD

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine

Steven M. Cherney, MD

Associate Professor

Trauma

Michael M. Decker, MD, MSc, FAAOS, FAAAHKS

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Assistant Professor

Total Joint Reconstruction

Demetrios J. Douros, MD

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine, Hip Preservation

Bridget K. Ellsworth, MD

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

John B. Erickson, DO

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Sports Medicine

Benjamin G. Escott, MD

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Shayne Fehr, MD

Associate Professor

Sports Medicine, Pediatrics

Jessica Fritz, PhD

Assistant Professor, Research Center for Motion Analysis

Laura Gottschlich, DO

Associate Professor

Sports Medicine, Family Medicine

Steven I. Grindel, MD

Professor

Hand & Upper Extremity

Donald A. Hackbarth Jr, MD

Adjunct Professor

Musculoskeletal Oncology

Adam E. Hadro, MD

Staff Physician

General Orthopaedics

Jessica M. Hanley, MD

Associate Professor

Pediatric Hand & Upper Extremity

Elizabeth A. Nolte, MD

Assistant Professor

Trauma

Gerald Harris, PhD

Professor, Director of Orthopaedic Research

Biomedical Engineering

Scott C. Hicks, MD

Staff Physician

General Orthopaedics

Kimberly Hornbeck, MD

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine, Pediatrics

Peyton Keeling, MD

Assistant Professor

Trauma

Yuka Kobayashi, DO, MS

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine, Family Medicine

Jonathan C. Kraus, MD, FAAOS

Associate Professor

Foot & Ankle

Patrick J. Lehman, MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine, Pediatrics

Rachel L. Lenhart, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Xue-Cheng Liu, MD, PhD

Professor, Research Director

Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment Center

Anthony J. LoGiudice, MD

Associate Professor

Hand & Upper Extremity

Stacy Lynch, MD

Staff Physician

Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Roger M. Lyon, MD

Adjunct Professor

Pediatrics, Spine Surgery & Sports Medicine

Carolyn M. Meinerz, MD

Assistant Professor

Timothy I. Mullin, MD

Staff Physician

Total Joint

John C. Neilson, MD

Associate Professor

Musculoskeletal Oncology, Total Joint Reconstruction

Edward M. Nelsen-Freund, MD

Associate Professor

Total Joint Reconstruction

John Fairbanks Nettrour, MD

Associate Professor

Total Joint Reconstruction

Caitlin A. Orner, MD

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine, Hip Preservation

Jacob Pfeiffer, DO, MBA

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

William G. Raasch, MD

Professor

Sports Medicine

Karl B. Scheidt, MD

Associate Professor

General Orthopaedics

Gregory J. Schmeling, MD, FAAOS, FACS

Vice Chair, Professor

Trauma

Timothy K. Schultz, MD

Assistant Professor

Total Joint Reconstruction

Jeffrey P. Schwab, MD

Adjunct Professor

Oliver Scotting, MD

Staff Physician

Total Joint Reconstruction

Shao-min Shi, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microvascular Surgery, Hand & Upper Extremity

Connor Sullivan, MD

Assistant Professor

Hand & Upper Extremity

J Channing Tassone, MD

Chief, Professor

Pediatrics

John G. Thometz, MD

Professor

Pediatrics

Jeffrey Toth, PhD, FAIMBE

Adjunct Professor, Director of Biomaterials Research

Scott Van Valin, MD

Professor

Pediatrics

Carole S. Vetter, MD

Professor

Sports Medicine

Kevin D. Walter, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor

Sports Medicine, Pediatrics, Associate Program Director

Mei Wang, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory

John P. Wanner, MD

Assistant Professor

Spine

Beth M. Weinman, DO

Assistant Professor

Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Adam Neal Wooldridge, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Musculoskeletal Oncology

Craig C. Young, MD

Professor

Sports Medicine, Family Medicine

Nicholas D. Young, PhD

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Psychology

Karie Zach, MD

Associate Professor

Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Program Director

Alicia Zolkoske, MD

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Advanced Practice Providers

Kerry L. Anderson, NP-BC, APNP

Foot & Ankle

Sara Arndt, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Inpatient

Andrew Barnett, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Hand & Upper Extremity

Amy C. Barrette, APNP, FNP-BC

Total Joint Reconstruction

Erika J. Basse, PA-C, MPAS

Total Joint Reconstruction

Tara A. Castro, PA-C

Spine

Christina Colarossi, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

General Orthopaedics

Brooke Corbett, APNP

Physician Assistant

Trauma

Katherine S. Cox, PA-C

APP Hybrid

General Orthopaedics

Alyssa J. Farnam, APNP-BC

APP Hybrid

Trauma

Meghan Furlow, PA-C

APP Outpatient

Hand & Upper Extremity

Nicholas Gengler, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Foot & Ankle

Lauren A. Guhl, PA-C

APP Hybrid

Sports Medicine, Hip Preservation

Lucas Hackmann, PA-C, MPAS

APP Hybrid

Hand & Upper Extremity

Patrick J. Halbach, MS, MPAS, PA-C

APP Lead Hybrid

Foot & Ankle

Brittany Hamer, MSN, APNP, AGACNP-BC

APP Hybrid

Total Joint Reconstruction

Lori Hollingsworth-Burds, PA-C, MPAS

APP Hybrid

Musculoskeletal Oncology

Keenan M. Horness, PA-C, MPAS

Physician Assistant Surgical

Musculoskeletal Oncology

Rachel M. Krueger, ACNP

APP Hybrid

Total Joint Reconstruction

Dawn Lombard, PA-C

Physician Assistant

General Orthopaedics

Stephanie Ludtke, PA-C

APP Hybrid

Total Joint Reconstruction

Meara Malloy, PA-C

Nurse Practitioner

General Orthopaedics

Tiffany R. Maurer, PA-C, MPAS

APP Hybrid

Trauma

Victoria Mayo, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Hand & Upper Extremity

Leanne Nebel, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Inpatient

Laura Thometz Puglessi, PA, NCCPA

Physician Assistant

General Orthopaedics

Tyler M. Rehlinger, APNP, DNP

APP Hybrid

Hand & Upper Extremity

Nichole Schaeve, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Inpatient

Jamie R. Silkey, PA-C, MPAS

Physician Assistant Surgical

Foot & Ankle

Elliot Simon, PA-C

APP Hybrid

General Orthopaedics

Jessica Stappas, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Inpatient

Meheza Tchedie Pannla, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Inpatient

Sean D. Veenendaal, PA-C

APP Hybrid

Musculoskeletal Oncology

Leslie A. Weiss Russo, PA-C, MPAS

APP Outpatient

Sports Medicine

Kristin Wuest, APNP

APP Hybrid

Hand & Upper Extremity

Erin Zepezauer, MSN, FNP, APNP

APP Outpatient

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Pediatric Advanced Practice Providers

Jerrid Dokey, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Allison Duey-Holtz, MSN, CPNP-PC

Assistant Director, CSG Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship & Operations; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Orthopaedics

Pediatric Orthopaedics

Cynthia Dian Dusel, MSN, FNP-C, ONP-C

APP Outpatient

Pediatric Sports Medicine

Michelle Filzen, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Peter Fitzgerald, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Lisa Gamalski, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Kilah Kichura, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Anne Lange, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Megan E. Perinovic-Johnson, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Alejandra J. Poquette, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

Kaylan Stoner, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Christa Thalacker, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Nicole Weisflog, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Pediatric Orthopaedics

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