A graduate of Washington and Lee University
in Lexington, Virginia and the University of Tennessee College
of Medicine in Memphis, Dr. Beaty is currently Chief of Staff
at the Campbell Clinic and Professor of Orthopaedics at the
University of Tennessee–Campbell Clinic, both in Memphis. Dr.
Beaty specializes in pediatric orthopaedics and pediatric trauma.
Active in numerous professional organizations,
Dr. Beaty has formerly served as President of the American
Board of Orthopaedicsurgery, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society
of North America, the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association,
and the Tennessee Orthopaedic Society. His medical society
memberships include the American Medical Association.
Dr. Beaty is also a member of the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, for which he served as President,
2007-2008. He has held leadership positions on various AAOS
committees, most recently as the immediate past Chairman of
AAOS Committee on Continuing Medical Education and is a former
President of the Orthopaedic Learning Center, a joint venture
of AAOS and the Arthroscopy Association of North America.
Formerly an associate editor for the Instructional
Course Lecture Series of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery,
Dr. Beaty now serves as a consultant reviewer for the publication. He
is also on the editorial board for the Journal of Pediatric
Orthopaedics, the American Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery,
the Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association and
the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
Dr. Beaty has edited four textbooks, including Fractures
in Children, authored 48 book chapters, and published
more than 39 peer-reviewed scientific articles. He has given
many scientific presentations and held visiting professorships
both nationally and internationally.
The recipient of numerous honors and awards,
Dr. Beaty was selected to complete the American Orthopaedic
Association North American Traveling Fellowship in 1984 and
the American Orthopaedic Association's prestigious American-British-Canadian
Traveling Fellowship in 1991.