Physician Information
Kenneth L. Wertzberger, MD
Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Wertzberger is a Lawrence native. He attended Lawrence High School, the University of Kansas, and played on the 1969 Orange Bowl Team. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City in 1973. A year was spent in Minneapolis at the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, followed by four and a half years at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in an orthopaedic surgery specialty residency. After an additional six months at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, he returned to Lawrence in June 1979. He entered practice with the founder of the practice, his brother Dr. John Wertzberger, and Dr. William Bailey.
Dr. Wertzberger's primary interests are knee and shoulder problems. He was a team physician for the University of Kansas for nearly 25 years, operating on over 400 university athletes during that time. Dr. Wertzberger operated on KU athletes who later went on to have careers in the NFL, NBA, and at the Summer Olympic Games.
Board Certified
Forms
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellow
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Past President of the Greater Kansas City Orthopaedic Society
Member
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Arthroscopy Association of North America International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Kansas Orthopaedic Society