Michael C. Welch, M.D.

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