Wael Barsoum MD

Wael Barsoum, MD, is the CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic Florida and a member of the Cleveland Clinic Board of Governors and Executive Team. Dr. Barsoum is a proven leader who has directed several initiatives to improve clinical outcomes, patient experience, and hospital operations. He also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and is involved in the training of future physicians as a Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. In addition to these leadership and training roles, Dr. Barsoum has a clinical practice as a staff Orthopaedic surgeon. He specializes in adult reconstructive surgery, including primary/revision hip and knee replacement, hip and knee reconstruction, and knee arthroscopy.

Dr. Barsoum is an avid researcher and innovator who leads a productive research team. He holds the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Distinguished Chair in Healthcare Innovation. He is the principal investigator for a variety of clinical, basic science, and translational studies and has over 40 granted or pending patents. He is the co-Primary Investigator on a Third Frontier grant funded by the State of Ohio, for which he has designed patient-specific customized tools and instrumentation for total hip, shoulder and spine arthroplasty. He has recently been inducted into the prestigious Knee Society. Dr. Barsoum has received the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Innovations Award 10 times, including the prestigious 2011 Sones Award for Innovation. Dr. Barsoum has served as a member of several design teams for a variety of orthopedic instruments and implants. He sits on several innovative healthcare and industry advisory boards.

He obtained his medical degree from The Ohio State University, followed by Orthopaedic Surgery residency training at the Cleveland Clinic and a fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery at the New England Baptist Hospital. He is a fellow of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.