
William Obremskey MD MPH MMHC (He/Him)
Orthopedic Trauma
Director of Orthopedic Trauma Research and Director of Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Suite 4200 MCE South towerNashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-936-3630
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Summary
- Dr. William Obremskey is an orthopedic surgeon in Nashville, TN and is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He received his undergraduate and medical degree from Duke University and has been in practice since 1994. He was an orthopedic surgeon for the USAF then did an ortho trauma fellowship in Basel, Switzerland. He has been at Vanderbilt since 2002. He specializes in orthopedic trauma and is experienced in knee dislocations, limb lengthening and reconstruction, hand and wrist traumatology, shoulder and elbow traumatology, and foot and ankle traumatic injuries as well as complications of nonunion and infections..
Education & Training
University of WashingtonResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1990 - 1994
Indiana University School of Medicine/Methodist HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1988 - 1989
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 2002 - 2027
FL State Medical License 2016 - 2022
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
NC State Medical License 1997 - 2004
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification BI-Clinical, CitiusTech, Inc., 2013, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification StarPanel, Vanderbilt University, 2013, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification StarPanel, Vanderbilt University, 2013, 2016-2017
Clinical Trials
- Progressive Splinting Status Post Elbow Fractures and Dislocations Start of enrollment: 2006 Sep 01
- Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment for Scapula Fractures Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
- rhBMP-2 Versus Autograft in Critical Size Tibial Defects Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Do antibiotic bead pouches prevent infections and other complications in patients with Gustilo-Anderson Type III open lower extremity fractures?Colin J Harrington, Umar Khan, Christina Stennett, Nathan N O'Hara, Sheila Sprague
Injury. 2026-06-01 - Osteomyelitis.Sandra R Arnold, Vincenzo Giordano, William T Obremskey, Edward M Schwarz, Mark S Smeltzer
Nature Reviews. Disease Primers. 2026-05-28 - 1 citationsIntrawound Tobramycin Plus Vancomycin to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Tibial Fractures: The TOBRA Randomized Clinical Trial., Robert V O'Toole, Nathan N O'Hara, Anthony R Carlini, Gregory M Schrank
JAMA. 2026-05-12
Press Mentions
AAOS 2025 President’s Symposium: Infection Is Still an Unsolved Problem in OrthopaedicsAugust 13th, 2025
Oral Antibiotics Noninferior to IV Treatment for Fracture-Related Infections: JAMAJanuary 29th, 2025
Alex Jahangir, M.D., Receives Tipton Leadership Award from AAOSMarch 29th, 2023
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