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W. Timothy Ward, MD

Job Title Chief, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Job Title Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Job Title Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 2

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-5530 Phone

412-692-6088 Fax

Email timothy.ward@chp.edu

Education and Training

Medical School:	1977 University of Pittsburgh
Residency:	1983 Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship:	1984 Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis Surgery 1995 University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland 1998 Case Western Reserve University

Memberships

North American Spine Society
Scoliosis Research Society
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Interntional Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
American Medical Association
Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
Piedmont Orthopaedic Society

Board Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Research Interests

Outcomes Research
Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Deformity
Congenital Hip Disease

Biography Summary

Tim Ward, MD, was born and raised in Pittsburgh, attending Catholic grade and high school in the Knoxville section of Pittsburgh. He spent 2 years in college at Penn State University followed by medical school at the University of Pittsburgh. He considers J. Leonard Goldner, MD, former chief of orthopaedic surgery at Duke University Medical Center, to be his most important professional mentor and role model. Dr. Ward has recently completed a fellowship in adult spinal surgery and has primarily restricted his current clinical practice to pediatric and adult spinal surgery, although he continues to consult and treat selected pediatric hip and foot disorders.

Dr. Ward has been married since 1979 to Bobette Ward, MD, herself a physician specializing in geriatric medicine. Tim and Bobette live in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh and are the parents of six children. Dr. Tim Ward spends his non- working hours attending various sporting activities that his children are involved in and maintaining an interest in personal fitness and political science.