ORLANDO, Fla. (September 24, 2009) — The Orlando Health Orthopedic Faculty Practice recently added George J. Haidukewych, MD, an orthopedic surgeon to the team. Dr. Haidukewych specializes in orthopedic traumatology and adult reconstructive orthopedics, and joins the practice as co-director of Orthopedic Trauma, chief of Complex Adult Reconstruction and program director of the Orthopedic Residency Program.
Internationally recognized for trauma and joint replacement surgery, Dr. Haidukewych has previously served as co-director of the Adult Reconstructive Fellowship and member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Service at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute in Tampa; and chief of Orthopedic Trauma at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Dr. Haidukewych graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic residency at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, and his fellowship training in orthopedic traumatology and post traumatic reconstruction at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute.
A noted researcher, Dr. Haidukewych, has published more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and has presented numerous educational lectures on topics including trauma and hip and knee replacement. He currently holds several patents and has developed multiple innovative implants for fracture fixation and joint replacement.
In continuing his academic career, Dr. Haidukewych will teach medical students, residents and fellows and serve as a professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
About Orlando Health
Orlando Health is a $1.5 billion not-for-profit health care organization and a community-based network of hospitals and care centers in the Orlando region. The organization, which includes the area’s only Level One Trauma Centers for adults and pediatrics, is a statutory teaching hospital system that offers both specialty and community hospitals. They are: Orlando Regional Medical Center; Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies; Dr. P. Phillips Hospital; South Seminole Hospital; South Lake Hospital (50 percent partnership); St. Cloud Regional Medical Center (20 percent partnership) and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando – the first affiliate of one of the nation’s premier cancer centers The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Orlando Health’s areas of clinical excellence are heart and vascular, cancer care, neurosciences, surgery, pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine, neonatology, and obstetrics and gynecology.
Orlando Health is Central Florida’s fifth largest employer with nearly 14,000 employees and more than 2,000 affiliated physicians, all of whom support our philosophy of providing high quality care and service when it matters most. We prove this everyday with over 100,000 inpatient admissions and more than 600,000 outpatient visits each year. In all, Orlando Health serves 1.6 million Central Florida residents and nearly 3,000 international patients annually. Additionally, Orlando Health provides approximately $198 million in support of community health needs. More information can be found at www.orlandohealth.com.