About Your Surgeon

	Leo A. Whiteside, MD Missouri Bone and Joint Center 1000 Des Peres Rd., Suite 120 St. Louis, MO  63131 Phone (314) 205-2223 • Fax (314) 205-2324 Office Hours:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, and by appointment Surgery Schedule:  Tuesday and Thursday, and by appointment Hospital of Choice:  Des Peres Hospital

Highly Respected Surgeon-Inventor

• Highly Respected Surgeon-Inventor
• Board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in arthritis surgery of the hip and knee, and is referred some of the most difficult cases from doctors throughout the United States.
• Founder and President of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Bone & Joint Center.
• Director of the Missouri Bone & Joint Research Foundation where he has produced, published, and presented numerous projects, nationally and throughout Canada, Europe, Japan, and Australia.
• Published a book on Ligament Balancing in Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Surgeon-inventor of three total knee prostheses, two unicompartmental knee prostheses, three total hip prostheses, and numerous surgical instruments.
• Associate Editor/Consult Reviewer of orthopaedic manuscripts for three journals– Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research, The Journal of Arthroplasty, The American Journal of Knee Surgery

Education

• BS, University of Oklahoma
• MD, University of Texas
• Orthopaedic surgery training, Washington University Medical Center, Barnes Hospital

Memberships

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons
• Eastern Missouri Chapter, Arthritis Foundation
• The Hip Society
• The Knee Society
• Missouri State Medical Association
• Missouri Chapter, American College of Surgeons
• Orthopaedic Research Society
• St. Louis Orthopaedic Society
• Society for Arthritic Joint Surgery
• Past president of Hip Society
• Past board member of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Board member of Knee Society