Benjamin “Kyle” Potter, MD, FACS
Was recently appointed as a Paul B. Magnuson Professor of Bone and Joint Surgery and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is the immediate past Norman M. Rich Professor and Chair of the Uniformed Services University – Walter Reed Department of Surgery. Prior to that, he was the Director for Surgery (Surgeon-in-chief) at Walter Reed. He was a founding Deputy Director and immediate past Director of the DoD Limb Optimization and Osseointegration Program and served as the Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Amputee Program at Walter Reed for 16 years, while also serving as a musculoskeletal oncologist within the Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed and a consultant for the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute.
Kyle deployed overseas in support of the Global War on Terrorism in 2011, 2016, and 2020 and is the 2018 past President of the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has authored or co-authored more than 350 publications and is a recipient or co-recipient of more than 40 funded grants. He co-edited the 4th and 5th editions of the Atlas of Amputations and Limb Deficiencies for the AAOS, and serves as a Deputy Editor for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. His research interests include trauma-related amputation techniques and outcomes (including osseointegration and targeted muscle reinnervation), combat-related heterotopic ossification, and predictive modeling of musculoskeletal trauma and oncologic outcomes.
