Douglas R. Weikert, M.D.
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Dr. Weikert received his MD degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1987 and completed his Internship and orthopaedic residency at Vanderbilt University from 1987-92. He completed a fellowship in hand surgery at Indiana Hand center from 1992-93.

His clinical interests include: hand and upper extremity reconstruction, acute hand trauma, microvasular surgery reimplimentation and congenital hand deformities.

Donald H. Lee, M.D.
Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Dr. Lee is the son of an orthopedic surgeon following in his father’s footsteps. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and West Virginia University School of Medicine. Following an Orthopedic residency at George Washington University School of Medicine, he was the Senior Annie C. Kane Hand Fellow at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.

As an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he was the Hand Fellowship Director for the combined Orthopedic Surgery-Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship program at UAB.

As a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Vanderbilt University, he is the Academic and Hand Fellowship Director of a newly established combined Orthopaedic Surgery-Plastic Surgery Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship at Vanderbilt. He is also a member of the Vanderbilt Shoulder Center.

He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, American Orthopedic Association, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and an examiner for the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons. He is certified with the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand.

His clinical and research interests include: conditions about the upper extremity including the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. He has been named in America’s Top Surgeons, as well as National Register’s, Marquis, and Strathmore’s Whose Who. Dr. Lee has most recently been awarded one of America’s 2008 Top Doctor’s by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd and most recently awarded as one of Nashville’s Top Doctors by Nashville Lifestyle Magazine.

Jeffry T. Watson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Dr. Watson received his MD degree from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 1994 and also completed his Internship (1995) and orthopaedic residency (1999) through University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He completed a hand and upper extremity fellowship under at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO under the direction of Richard Gelberman, M.D., Paul Manske, M.D., Martin Boyer, M.D., and Ken Yamaguchi, M.D..

His clinical interests include: hand and upper extremity reconstruction.

Paul Rummo, DO
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Dr. Rummo is a graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts, followed by a fellowship in primary care sports medicine here at Vanderbilt University.

Following his fellowship, Dr. Rummo continued to build a busy practice at Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center treating patients with sports injuries and non-surgical orthopaedic problems. He also served as team physician for Vanderbilt University and Belmont University athletic departments, and assisted in the primary care sports medicine fellowship program at Vanderbilt University. In addition, Dr. Rummo served as Associate Medical Director of the Country Music Marathon.

Dr. Rummo returned to New England in 2000 and continued practicing sports medicine and non-surgical orthopaedics in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He is very excited returning to Vanderbilt University to be a member of the sports medicine team and Hand Center as well as a team physician.

Dr. Rummo is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in primary care sports medicine. He is a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine.

His clinical interests include: treatment of all athletic injuries and non-surgical orthopaedic problems in patients of all ages.

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Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute
Medical Center East, South Tower, Suite 3200
Nashville, TN 37232-8828

Karen Shelton
615-343-2524
615-343-5427 (fax)
karen.shelton@vanderbilt.edu