Kimberly Templeton, MD

Kimberly J. Templeton, MD, has worked with the U.S. Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI), formerly the U.S. Bone and Joint Decade, for the past several years. Initially, she was the first chair of the public education committee, helping to develop such programs as "Fit to a T" and "PB&J: Protect Your Bones and Joints." She then served on the USBJD/I Board of Directors, first as treasurer and now as president. 

Dr. Templeton is professor of orthopaedic surgery and health policy and management at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. She has been the orthopaedic residency program director there for the past several years. She was also previously chief of the orthopaedic section at the Kansas City VA Medical Center. 

Dr. Templeton was the first McCann Professor of Women in Medicine and Science and a past president of the Kansas Orthopaedic Society, Mid-Central States Orthopaedic Society and the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society. She has served on the Diversity Advisory Board of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for the past several years, working on projects such as the culturally competent care educational DVD and accompanying book. She has recently completed a term on the AAOS Council for Research, Quality Assessment, and Technology.

In 2008, Dr. Templeton was an invited participant in the Summit for a National Action Plan for Bone Health and has recently been appointed to the governance committee of the National Alliance for Bone Health. She currently works with the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations, is a member of the steering committee for the 2010 and 2011 National Summits on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health Disparities, serves on the boards of directors of the American Medical Women’s Association and the American College of Women’s Health Physicians, and is a committee member for the Council of Orthopaedic Residency Program Directors and the American Orthopaedic Association. 

Dr. Templeton was recently elected vice president of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts and is a past president of the Medical Society of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties. Her research interests include women’s health, medical education and the treatment of osteosarcoma.