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ACGME Accreditation Field Representative
William Wright Robertson, Jr, MD

William W. Robertson, Jr., MD, is a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1972. After completing internship training in General Surgery at the University of San Diego, he served two years in the U.S. Navy. Subsequently, he completed graduate training in Orthopaedic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1979.

After his residency, Dr. Robertson assumed an academic position at Texas Tech School of Medicine, advancing in 1985 to associate professor in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatrics.


From 1987 to 1990 he served as an associate professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Pennsylvania. He then joined George Washington University as a professor of Orthopaedics and Pediatrics, where he remained through 2000. In addition to his teaching duties, he served as the chairman of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery program at Children's National Medical Center from 1990 to 1999.


Dr. Robertson has been active with a number of professional organizations, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Association, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (Orthopaedic Surgery section).


He has served as a Specialist Site Visitor for the Residency Review Committee for Orthopaedic Surgery. He joined the ACGME Accreditation Field Staff in May 2001 and has conducted 779 site visits. Dr. Robertson resides in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife.