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William Seitz, M.D.

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Appointed: 2000
Gender: Male
Languages: English
Orthopaedic Surgery

Contract Staff

Phone:(216) 839-3700
Location:Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code BD10
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
 
 
Biographical Sketch
William Seitz, MD, joined the Cleveland Clinic Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center as a hand and upper extremity surgeon. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Cleveland Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at Lutheran Hospital and Director of Hand and Upper Extremity.
 
Dr. Seitz is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a founding member of the International Society for Fracture Repair and a member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society. He most recently served as the Chairman for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand’s 3rd Combined Meeting of the Japanese and American Societies for Surgery of the Hand.
 
He was named to Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare and Science and Engineering (1997-2000) and in Woodward and White’s The Best Doctors in America, Midwest Region Edition (1996-2000). In 1992-1993 was named the Sterling Bunnell International Traveling Fellow for the ASSH.
 
Dr. Seitz’s specialty interests include management of problems of the entire upper extremity, including the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand arising from congenital, arthritic, traumatic, neurologic and acquired conditions. He has been visiting professor and keynote speaker nationally and internationally on his work in shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand problems.
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Professional Highlights
  • Presidential Guest Speaker, Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand 50th Annual Meeting
    Yamagata, Japan
  • Charles L. Hudson, M.D Distinguished Service Award, Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio
  • Visiting Professor, Kyoto University & Hiroshima University, Japan
  • Who's Who in the World, MARQUIS Who's Who, 1996-Present
  • Sterling Bunnel Traveling Fellowship, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
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Education & Fellowships
Medical School:Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
 
Residency:New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Campus, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY
Residency:Saint Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, General Surgery, New York, NY
Fellowship:New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Campus, Hand Surgery, New York, NY
Other Education:(Undergraduate) Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Other Education:(Undergraduate) Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
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Certifications

Hand Surgery

Orthopaedic Surgery

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Specialty Interests
Orthopaedic surgery/hand, wrist, shoulder and elbow including congenital hand reconstruction, total joint replacement, arthroplasty and fracture reconstruction.
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Innovations & Patents
Designed implants and external fixation systems and fracture repair systems, Co-holder of Patent, Custom Radial and Ulnar Implants
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Awards & Honors
  •  J Albert Key Distinguished Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, Distraction Lengthening in the Hand and Upper Extremity, June 21-22, 2007
  • Presidential Guest Speaker,Evolution of Management of Distal Radius Fractures and Malunions, Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand 50th Annual Meeting, Yamagata, Japan, April, 2007
  • Presidential Guest Speaker, Scaphoid Hemiresection & Recessed Radioscapholunate, International Symposium on Hand Surgery, Yamagata, Japan, April, 2007
  • Charles L. Hudson, MD, Distinguished Service Award, Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio, April, 2007
  • Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Professional Memberships
  • American Orthopaedic Association
  • Academic Orthopaedic Society
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
  • Orthopaedic Research Society
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Specializes in Diseases and Conditions
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Specializes in Services
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Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide medical education about recent trends. The collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly discloses payments to its physicians and scientists for speaking and consulting of $5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties, and fiduciary relationships in companies with which they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide information as accurately as possible about its doctors’ connections with industry and those of their immediate family members. As of 8/10/2008, Dr. Seitz has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. Patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.

Consulting.  Dr. Seitz receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
  • Kapp Surgical Instruments, Inc.
  • SBI
  • Stryker
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