• Professor and Head, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery

Gelberman

• B.A. at University of North Carolina
• M.D. at University of Tennessee Medical School

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Treating athletes health issues Washington University Physicians chosen as team doctors for Saint Louis Athletica May 15, 2009 -- Washington University Orthopedics has been chosen to provide medical care for players on the new, WPS, Women's Professional Soccer team, Saint Louis Athletica. The orthopedics group also cares for the St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Rams and other sports teams. Robert Brophy, a former soccer player and a sports medicine specialist, will serve as head team physician.

'Built around patient-centered care' A new model of medical practice Oct. 16, 2007 -- (From L-R) Richard Gelberman, Chairman for the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, looks over floor plans for the new orthopedic surgery center with Larry Shapiro, Dean for the School of Medicine, and Chancellor Mark Wrighton. The recently completed outpatient orthopedic center in west St. Louis County demonstrates Washington University Orthopedics' commitment to a new model of medical practice. Taking lessons from various industries and leading efficiency experts, faculty members deconstructed old processes to incorporate the latest solutions for reducing waste, improving quality and adding value and convenience to the patient experience.

Center now open Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital open Chesterfield orthopedic center July 30, 2007 -- Photo by Jason Merrill Download Washington University Orthopedics and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have completed construction of a new $13 million outpatient orthopedic facility. The new Washington University Orthopedics and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Outpatient Orthopedic Center opens with its first full clinic day July 30. The first surgical procedure took place on July 25.

Surgery center WUSTL, Barnes-Jewish Hospital build $13 million orthopaedic center Aug. 24, 2006 -- Download The Washington University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have begun construction of a new, $13 million outpatient orthopaedic facility on property in a prime west St. Louis County location.

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That research focuses primarily on dense regular connective tissue: the ligaments, tendons and musles that allow us to function. He has received NIH support for that research since 1976, and his research interests include fractures of the radius -- the bone that runs along the inside of the arm from the wrist to the elbow -- as well as carpal instability, tendon healing and nerve injury. With a great deal of experience in the treatment of nerve injuries, he sees not only patients with nerve damage in the wrist and hand but also treats those with damage to nerves throughout the body.

He came to Washington University School of Medicine in 1995 as the first head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Prior to his arrival in St. Louis, Gelberman had been a professor of orthopaedic surgery at Harvard University Medical School in Boston and chief of the Hand Surgery Service at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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