Physician Bio

Raised in a small Midwestern town, Dr. Welch was exposed to the practice of medicine early in life as he traveled with his “black bag” country doctor father on rounds to the local farms where babies had been delivered, fractures set and lacerations repaired. Seeing his father treated as a friend of the family by his patients would later shape the formation of his own practice philosophy that each patient cared for is the most important patient he would have.

In his fifth grade the family moved to Columbus, Ohio, where the seeds were sewn for Dr. Welch’s love of joint replacement surgery. The Ohio State University sent him to Switzerland to study complicated fracture and joint replacement surgery which became the subspecialty center of his practice. During the course of his practice, Dr. Welch has performed thousands of joint replacement surgeries, lectured nationally to other orthopaedic surgeons and participated in extensive clinical research and design implementation for total joint surgery instrumentation and implants.

Residencies

• Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus Ohio
  Rotating Internship
  1973-1974
• Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
  Jr. Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery
  1974-1977
• Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
  Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery
  1977-1978

Medical School

• Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio
  Doctor of Medicine
  1973

Undergraduate

• Wittenberg University, Springfield Ohio
  Bachelor of Arts
  1969

Additional Education

• Fellowship 1975 A-O International Scholar Reconstructive Surgery and the Study of Internal Fixation, Basil Kantonspital, Switzerland

Certifications

• Diplomate: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 1981
• Fellow: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 1983

Societies

• Ohio Orthopaedic Society 1982
• Mid America Orthopaedic Society 1984
• Tri-State Orthopaedic Society 1985
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
• Arthritis Foundation, Southwest Ohio Chapter
• Amercan Assoication of Hip and Knee Surgeons

Other Affiliations

• Team physician, 1987-1999, The Cincinnati Bengals, National Football League
• Member, National Football League Physicians Society 1988-1999
• Orthopaedic Consultant United States Olympic Rowing Association
• Orthopaedic Consultant World Figure Skating Championships Cincinnati, OH 1987
• Principle Investigator IDE Porous Polysulfone Coated Hip System, Smith and Nephew 1986
• Principle Investigator IDE APR Collared Revision Hip System with Calcitite Coated Cancellous-Structured Titanium Study, Intermedics 1991
• Principle Investigator IDE Porous Plus (Hydroxylapatite Coated Tri-Wedge Stem/Hydroxylapatite Coated OPTI-FIX Acetabular Cup) Total Hip Study, Smith and Nephew 1990
• Board of Governors Arthritis Foundation
• Board of Governors Ohio Valley Tissue and Skin Center 1992-1994
• Principle Investigator IDE Ceramic on Ceramic Acetabular System Biomet 2000
• Chairman Orthopaedics The Christ Hospital 1991-1998
• Clinical Professor University of Cincinnati
• American Medical Association
• Ohio State Medical Association
• Leadership Cincinnati, Class XI 1988
• Founding Member, Cincinnati Make a Wish/Dreams come true
• Development Clinician for Multiple Modern Total Joint Implants

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