Thomas Graham | |
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Born | East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S. | June 26, 1962
Education | Williams College (Chemistry) University of Cincinnati (M.D.) |
Occupation | Orthopedic surgeon |
Known for | Curtis National Hand Center, director Cleveland Clinic, inaugural chief innovation officer |
Thomas J. Graham (born June 26, 1962) is an American orthopedic surgeon, inventor, author, business owner, and hospital executive. [1] Practicing in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Graham has operated on several professional athletes. [2]
He has also served as team doctor for numerous professional franchises, including the Washington Football Team, Washington Nationals, and Philadelphia Flyers.
Graham was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, on June 26, 1962, He received his undergraduate degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1984, his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati Medical School in 1988, and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Michigan in 1993. He held fellowships in hand and upper extremity surgery at the Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis and at the Mayo Clinic, where he fulfilled the nation's first fellowship in elbow surgery.
In 2000, Graham became director of the Curtis National Hand Center, located at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. Then in 2002, he became director of MedStar SportsHealth, building the leadership hospital-based sports medicine program. Graham also served as chief of Union Memorial Hospital's Division of Hand Surgery. [1]
In 2010, Graham became chairman of Cleveland Clinic Innovations and the inaugural Chief Innovation Officer at Cleveland Clinic. [3] Graham later distilled his experiences in innovation and healthcare leadership in his book Innovation the Cleveland Clinic Way: Powering Transformation by Putting Ideas to Work.
Graham is credited with more than 35 patents. [4] In 2023 Graham was promoted to be the chief of Orthepedics at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown PA.
Graham has performed surgery on more than 2000 professional athletes and consulted with more. He treated or consulted with Arnold Palmer, [5] David Ortiz, [6] Shaquille O'Neal, [7] Kyrie Irving, [8] Russell Wilson, Sal Frelick, Bryce Harper, Bryson DeChambeau, Joe Burrow, and T.J. Hockenson.
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