Joint Replacement Faculty
Peter F. Gearen, M.D.
Department Chairman
Division Chief, Joint Replacement and Reconstruction
Orthopaedic Alumni Associate Professor
Phone: 352-273-7001
Fax: 352-273-7388
Email: gearepf@ortho.ufl.edu
Education
BA: Spring Hill College, 1970
Pre-Med: University of Illinois, 1971-72
MD: Stritch-Loyola Medical School, 1975
Internship
University of Chicago Hospitals, Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 1975-76
Residency
University of Florida, Orthopaedic Surgery, Gainesville, Florida 1977-82
Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, James Dickson Fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery, 1982-83
Licensure
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1976
State of Illinois, 1976
State of Wisconsin, 1977
State of Florida, 1977
State of Ohio, 1982
Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1985
Professional Memberships and Committee Activities
Alachua County Medical Society
Florida Medical Association
Florida Orthopaedic Society
American Medical Association
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons-Fellow 1988
Scott L. Myers, M.D.
Associate Professor;
Wesley W. Wood Professor of Orthopaedics,
Joint Replacement and Reconstruction
Email: myerssl@ortho.ufl.edu
Education
BS: Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, IA, 1974-1978
MD: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1978-1982
Internship
Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, NC 1982-1983
Residency
Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Dept of Orthopaedics, Charlotte, NC 1983-1987
Fellowship
New England Baptist Hospital, Adult Reconstruction-Joint Replacement, Boston, MA 1987-88
Licensure
Florida, Massachusetts
Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 1990
Professional Memberships and Committee Activities
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Alachua County Medical Society
Florida Medical Association
American Medical Association
University Hospital Consortium
Task Force on Total Hip Clinical Path Development Initiative
Panel on Total Joint Prosthesis Initiative
Richard Vlasak, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Joint Replacement and Reconstruction,
Orthopaedic Oncology
Email: vlasarg@ortho.ufl.edu
Education
BS: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1985
MD: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1988
Internship
University of Florida, Department of Surgery, Gainesville, FL 1989
Residency
University of Florida, Department of Orthopaedics, Gainesville, FL 1993
Fellowship
University of Florida, Department of Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Oncology, Gainesville, FL 1993
University of Florida, Department of Orthopaedics, Adult Spine, Gainesville, FL 1994
Mayo Clinic, Adult Reconstruction, Rochester, MN 1995
Mayo Clinic, Orthopaedic Oncology, Rochester, MN 1996
Licensure
Florida, Minnesota
Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1998
Professional Memberships and Committee Activities
University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (#049746), 2000
International Society of Limb Salvage
Florida Orthopaedic Society
Ivins Society
