Michael O. Fidler, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr. Fidler is a native of Parkersburg, West Virginia and has been practicing orthopaedic surgery in his home state for 25 years. He graduated from West Virginia University and received his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Virginia. Dr. Fidler completed his residency at the University of Minnesota and went on to complete two fellowships in hand surgery, one from the University of Minnesota and the second in New Orleans.

Dr. Fidler has held many positions including Chief of the Department of Orthopaedics at Charleston Area Medical Center, Chairman of First Physicians Network and Treasurer of the West Virginia Medical Association. Dr. Fidler is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and an active fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

EDUCATION

Degrees
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV n A.B. n 1970
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA n M.D. n 1974

Post Graduate Training

Straight Surgery Internship, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, July 1974 – July 1975

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 1975 – July 1979

Hand Surgery Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 1979 – Dec 1979

Hand Surgery Fellowship, Dr. Daniel C. Riordan, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan 1980 – June 1980

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSING

· Certified by American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, September 1981

· Medical License – State of West Virginia, 1980

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery Practice, Charleston, West Virginia, July 1980 – present

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief, Department of Orthopaedics, Charleston Area Medical Center, 1990 – 1991

Chairman, First Physician Network, 1999 – present

Treasurer, West Virginia State Medical Association, 2003

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

· Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, July, 1993

· Clinical Professor of Sports Medicine, The University of Charleston, July 7, 1994

PRESENTATIONS

· “Multiple Hereditary Exostoses, A Multi-Center Review of Cases”, Gillette Resident Paper, presented January, 1978

· “Fidelity of In Vitro Synovium--Cartilage Co-cultures as Models for Joint Disease”, Orthopaedic Transactions, 1979, and presented before the Orthopaedic Research Society, February, 1979

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

· Participated in cartilage lysosomal enzyme research under Dr. Roby C. Thompson at University of Virginia,1972

· “A Dynamic Approach to Thumb-in-Palm Deformity in Cerebral Palsy”, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1981

· “Frostbite of the Hand”, Operative Hand Surgery. David P. Green, M.D., 1982, Editions One and Two (Third etc.)

HONORS

· Board of Governors Scholarship, West Virginia University, 1966 –1970

· Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society, 1969

· Phi Beta Kappa, 1970

· Magruder Scholarship, University of Virginia, 1970 – 1971

· Invited guest of President George W. Bush for Roundtable Discussion on Medical Liability Reform, Scranton, PA, January 16, 2003

MEMBERSHIPS

· American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 1986 – present

· Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Feb 1984

· Riordan Hand Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 – present

· American Medical Association,

· West Virginia State Medical Association, 1981 – present