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Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program

Orthopaedic Surgery Teaching Staff

Our Faculty & Staff

Gregory A Vrabec, MD
Program Director Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Adult Reconstruction/ Orthopaedic Trauma
Degree: MD – University of Alberta College of Medicine, Edmonton Alberta Canada 1982
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 1982-1989
Fellowship: University of Toronto, CA 1989-1991

Thomas R Thompson, MD
Chairman Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 
Specialty: Joint Replacement Surgery
Degree: MD - St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 1977
Residency: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 1977-1982
Fellowship: St Joseph’s Hospital/ Rose Arthritis Center, Denver, CO 1982-1983

John L Pinkowski, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery/ Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH
Fellowship: Salt Lake City Sports Medicine, Salt Lake, UT

Steven B Lippitt, MD
Director IRRB
Research Director for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 1985- 1990
Fellowship: University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1990-1992

Michael J Smith, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Spine Surgery; Microsurgery of the Spine
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 1986-1991
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA-1991-1992

Paul A Steurer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Medical Orthopaedics
Residency: Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH 1971-1976

Michele L Hatherill MD
Specialty: General Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 1982-1987

Anthony T Kantaras, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery/ Sports Medicine
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 1995-2000
Fellowship: University of Kentucky Sports Medicine, Lexington, KY 2000-2001

Jordan P Grossman, DPM, FACFAS
Service Chief Podiatry Service
Co-Director Foot and Ankle Service
Clinical Assistant Professor of Podiatry in Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Podiatry /Surgery of the Foot and Ankle
Residency: Podiatry Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship: Diabetic Limb Salvage, Western Pennsylvania Hospital 1996-1997
AO International Fellowship, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm Germany

Amy E Tucker, MD
Education Director
Co-Director Foot and Ankle Service
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Foot and Ankle Surgery
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 2000-2005
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 2005-2006

John J. Elias, PhD
Senior Research Scientist for Akron General’s Calhoun Research Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Masters of Science and Doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Post-Doctoral Studies at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

William Kurtz, MD
Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
Residency: Akron General Medical Center
Fellowship: Indianapolis, IN 2009-2010

Nicholas Dinicola, MD
Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
Residency: Akron General Medical Center
Fellowship: Columbus, OH 2009-2010

William Lanzinger MD

Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery

Specialty: Hand Surgery

Residency: Akron General Medical Center

Fellowship: Loyola University Medical Center Chicago, IL 2010-2011

Philip G Wilcox, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 1980-1985
Fellowship: Southern California Center for Sports Medicine 1985-1986

TJ Reilly, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Hand and Microsurgery
Residency: Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH 1979-1984
Fellowship: Jewish Hospital, Louisville, KY 1984-1985

William McCue, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Hand Surgery
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 1976-1981
Fellowship: Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH 1981-1982

Mark J Adamczyk, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron OH 1999- 2004
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego CA 2004-2005

William C Schrader, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis Surgery
Residency: Summa Health system, Akron, OH 1984-1988
Fellowship: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, TX 1988-1989

Kerwyn Jones, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 1994-1999
Fellowship: Campbell Clinic, Memphis, TN 1999-2000

Todd F Ritzman, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 2003-2006
Fellowship: San Diego Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA 2006-2007

Patrick Riley, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency: Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH
Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario Canada

Dennis Weiner, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency: Summa Health System, Akron, OH
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron; Wellesley Hospital of Toronto

Phillip Lewandowski, MD
Specialty; Total Joints
Residency: Summa Health System, Akron, OH 1992-1997
Fellowship: Anderson Clinic, Alexandria, VA 1997-1998

Douglas Ehrler, MD
Specialty: Spine Surgery
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 1993-1998
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 1998-1999

Gordon L Bennett, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Surgery of the Foot and Ankle
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron OH 1983-1988
Fellowship: University of Southwestern Texas Medical Center, Dallas TX 1988-1989

Paul Fleissner, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency: Akron General Medical Center; Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Residency; Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron
Fellowship: Denver Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO

David Kay, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialty: Foot and Ankle Reconstruction
Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 1981-1986
Fellowship: University of Southern California 1986-1987


Date Updated: 03-APR-2013



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