Joseph A. Buckwalter MD

Dr. Joseph A. Buckwalter is professor and chairman of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Arthur Steindler Chair of Orthopaedics at the University of Iowa. His clinical practice and research interests include osteoarthritis, joint injuries and primary tumors of the skeleton and musculoskeletal soft tissues. He has served as chairman of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Council on Research and president of the Orthopaedic Research Society, the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and the American Orthopaedic Association. His research awards include the Kappa Delta Award, the Cabaud Award for Research in Sports Medicine, the American Orthopaedic Association Award for Distinguished Achievement in Orthopaedic Research, the Orthopaedic Research Society and American Orthopaedic Association Alfred Shands Award for Research, and the Orthopaedic Research Society-Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Distinguished Investigator Award. He is the Senior Editor of the Journal of Orthopaedic Research. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, and is the author of more than 500 scholarly publications. His current research involves study of the pathogenesis of post-traumatic osteoarthritis and methods of preventing osteoarthritis following joint injuries.