James H. Beaty, MD, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Campbell Clinic, has been named chair of the UT-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). He also was awarded the Harold B. Boyd, MD Professorship in Orthopaedic Surgery.

Beaty, a UTHSC alum, is the ninth department chair since its founding in 1911. He will oversee the day-to day operations of the department. As chairman, Dr. Beaty will report directly to David M. Stern, MD, the Robert Kaplan Executive Dean for the College of Medicine at UTHSC.

Beaty, a graduate of Washington and Lee University served as chief of staff at Campbell Clinic from 2001 to 2010. In addition to being the past president of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beaty has served as president of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association and the Tennessee Orthopaedic Society. He is also a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for which he served as president in 2007-2008.