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The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery began in 1948, with the appointment of Dr. George J. Garceau as Chairman of the Department. Primarily known for his work in children's problems, especially clubfoot, Dr. Garceau guided the Department through 1966, when Dr. James B. Wray was appointed the first full-time Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Wray recruited a young group of orthopaedic surgeons to serve as the nucleus of the full-time academic department. With Dr. Wray's coming, a basic science research department was also added, with full-time technicians and NIH support.

Throughout the years, the Department has grown in size and strength of all aspects of Orthopaedic Surgery, either directly represented by the full-time faculty or through affiliations with the Indiana Center for Surgery of the Hand and the Thomas A. Brady Sports Medicine Clinic.

The Department is within the Indiana University School of Medicine. We are located in Indianapolis on the Indiana University-Purdue University campus. Links on the left will help you find out more about our campus and city. The Department is composed of 16 primary full-time faculty, 20 faculty who have primary appointments in different departments, 29 graduate students and a supporting staff of over 50.

The Orthopaedic Residency Training Program started in the early 1930's. This was a program that was directed by several early Orthopaedists practicing in the city.

In the 1940's the program became more organized under the direction of George Garceau, M.D. At that time, it was the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery within the Department of General Surgery. The education was performed by private physicians within the city and there was no full-time faculty.

The residents were assigned to any one of several hospitals throughout their training program. These hospitals included Marion County General Hospital (Wishard Memorial Hospital), Veteran's Administration Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital, Methodist Hospital , or University Hospital . The residents did not rotate from one hospital to another with the exception that all the residents rotated through Riley Hospital for children's orthopaedics, under the direction of George Garceau, M.D. It is this common tie to the previous graduates of the Indiana Orthopaedic Residency Training Program that the alumni organization is called the Riley Alumni Association for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

In 1960, Dr. Garceau was instrumental in separating the Orthopaedic Service from the Department of General Surgery and formed an independent Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. In 1966 James B. Wray, M.D. became the first full-time Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and joined Bob Palmer, M.D., who was the first full-time member of the Department.

Richard Lindseth, M.D. joined the Department in 1967. Since that time, the Department has increased in the full-time faculty to 15 members. This change was brought about by the changes in healthcare, which decreased the voluntary participation of private physicians in town. This change in full-time faculty members, in relationship to voluntary faculty members, was repeated throughout the country.

Following Dr. Wray as Chairman, due to his untimely death, was Donald Kettlekamp, M.D. who retired to become President of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. The next Chairman, G. Paul DeRosa, M.D., also retired from the Chairmanship in 1994 to become President of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery following in the footsteps of Dr. Kettlekamp. Dr. Lindseth, assumed the Chairmanship in 1995, and although retired, he continues to work as a faculty member with robust clinical and academic responsibilities. In July 2001, Dr. Stephen B. Trippel became the Department Chairman with Dr. Randall T. Loder succeeding him as Interim Chairman in July 2003.

In February 2005, Dr. Jeff Anglen assumed the duties of Chairman of the Department. The number of full-time faculty within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has grown steadily over the years and currently includes PhD research faculty as well as a large number of fellowship trained orthopaedists.