James H. Beaty, MD—chair of the JBJS, Inc. Board of Trustees and past president of the AAOS—is the new chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic. Dr. Beaty joined the Campbell Clinic in 1982 as a specialist in pediatric orthopaedics and pediatric trauma and served as the renowned institution’s chief of staff from 2001 to 2010.
A past president of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, Dr. Beaty has also authored 58 book chapters and nearly 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles.
In an interview with Orthopedics This Week, Dr. Beaty said,”My initial goal is to continue our progress in building both translational and basic research in our department.”
