Freedi H. Fu MD, DSc, DPs

​Freddie H. Fu, MD, has been the chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) since 1998, where he is the David Silver Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. He has been the head team physician for the University of Pittsburgh Department of Athletics since 1986.

Dr. Fu is known worldwide for his pioneering surgical techniques to treat sports-related injuries to the knee and shoulder and his extensive scientific and clinical research in the biomechanics of such injuries. Because of his reputation, Dr. Fu attracts both athletic and non-athletic patients from all over the globe.

He also was instrumental in the establishment of the Sports and Preventive Medicine Institute in 1985. Under Dr. Fu's medical directorship, the facility - now called the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex - has grown into one of the world's largest, most comprehensive and highly regarded sports medicine clinical and research centers. In 2000, this world-class center moved to its new home within the expansive, state-of-the-art UPMC Sports Performance Complex. The complex, partly designed by Dr. Fu, also houses the indoor and outdoor training facilities of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Dr. Fu holds secondary appointments at the university as professor of physical therapy and health physical and recreational education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He also holds an honorary doctorate of science degree from Point Park University and an honorary doctorate of public service from Chatham College.

He also established the University of Pittsburgh's Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, which attracts physicians from all over the world to learn surgical techniques and conduct research with Dr. Fu and his colleagues in the department of orthopaedic surgery.

Dr. Fu received undergraduate and post-graduate degrees at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School before earning his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1977. Continuing his training at Pitt, he then completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery and a fellowship in orthopaedic research. Dr. Fu also fulfilled an internship in general surgery at Brown University and an international fellowship at the Hanover Trauma Center in Germany.