Bill Obremskey has been an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt for 23 years. He has also been an active clinical researcher with four federally funded studies. One was the study on treatment of bone defects. Another on the effect of early weight bearing and ankle fractures and two studies on treatment of infections in fractures and in non-unions. He has been the Vanderbilt fellowship director for 17 years until July 2025 and is president-elect for the Orthopedic Trauma association. 17 years ago, he was part of a team that developed a physician driven process for consolidation of Implants. He has also aided in the development of a process to evaluate new technology approval and implementation that is now in use across all service lines and the health system. Dr. Obremskey is the Executive Medical Director of this process across the health system.