W. BEN KIBLER, M.D., FACSM

1221 South Broadway

Lexington, Kentucky  40504

Office:  (859) 258-8575

BORN:
09/29/46, Kingsport, Tennessee

MARITAL STATUS:
Married- Elizabeth (b 1947)

Sons- Chase (b 1972) (Heather), David (b 1974) (Rachel)

Grandchildren- Casey (b 1999), Elsie (b 2001), Jacob (b 2004- dec),

Sam (b 2006). Will (b 2010), Matt (b 2012)

COLLEGE:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968

BA in Chemistry, magna cum laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Baseball team, 1965-1968, co-captain 1968

Academic All Southeastern Conference Baseball Team

NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Vanderbilt University, 1972

Justin Potter Merit Scholarship

INTERNSHIP:
Straight Surgery internship, Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas, 1972-1973

RESIDENCY:
Orthopedic surgery residency, Vanderbilt University, 1974-1977

SPECIAL TRAINING:

Fellowship at Neuromuscular Disease Research Center,

Vanderbilt University, 1973-1974

CERTIFICATION:
Board certified in Orthopedic Surgery, 1978

LICENSURE:
Tennessee 1973

Kentucky 1977

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENT:

Associate Clinical Professor, Departments of Family Practice and

Physical Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical School

HOSPITAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP:

St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky

ORGANIZATIONS:
Fellow - American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

Kentucky Medical Association

Lexington Medical Society

Fellow - American College of Sports Medicine

Member - American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine

Member - Orthopedic Rehabilitation Association

Founding Member - Society for Tennis Medicine and Science

Member - Arthroscopy Association of North America

Member - American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

Member – International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopedic

Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)

Member – Kentucky Orthopedic Society
Member – American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Honorary)
Member – National Athletic Trainers Association (Honorary)

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:

COMMITTEES:              - Lexington Clinic

- Head of Orthopedic Section, 1980-1989, 1998-2006

- Chairman CME Committee, 2005 – 2010

- Chairman Operation Excellence, 2010 – 2014

- Strategic Planning, 1998

- Medical Practices, 1999

- Medical Director, Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center- 1983- 2012

- Medical Director, Shoulder Center of KY- 2009- present

- Kentucky Medical Association

- Medical Aspects of Sports, 1985-Present

- Committee on Sports Safety, 2009

- American College of Sports Medicine

- Continuing Medical Education, 1985-1989

- Publications Committee, 1989-1995

- Nominating Committee, 1989-1995, 1999-2001

- Program Committee, 1993-2001

- Strategic Planning Committee, 1996-2000, 2004-2006

- Medicine Task Force, 1997-Present

- Team Physician Consensus Conference Representative, 1999-       Present

- American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine

- Council of Delegates, 1989-1996, 2010-2014, 2017- present
- Peer Review Committee, 1990-1996

- Education Committee, 2001-2007

- Instructional Course Chair, 2003-2006

- Program Committee, 2003-2006

- Committee on Athletes with Disabilities, 2000-2002

- ABOS Sports Medicine Question Writing Task Force 2005-2006

- American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

- Committee on Evaluation, Sports Medicine Subcommittee, 1991-1997

- United States Tennis Association

- Sports Science Committee, 1989-2015
-United States Soccer Federation

- Sports Medicine Committee, 1990-1996

-   Society of Tennis Medicine and Science

- President- 1990- 1998

- Board of Directors, 1998-2010

- American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

- Program Committee, 1997, 2001

- Membership Committee, 2000-2006

- Chair 2004- 2006

- Continuing Education Committee, 2004-2008

- Chair 2006-2008

- Research Committee, 2006-2008

- Member- ad hoc committee on Biceps/SLAP injuries

-  Member- ad hoc committee on AC joint injury

-  International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Sports Medicine

-  Upper Extremity Committee, 2003-2012, Deputy Chair, 2003-2004,

Chair, 2004-2007

- Program Committee 2004-2007

- Chair Consensus Conference Biceps from Origin to Insertion, 2006

- Arthroscopy Association of North America

- Member 2011-present

- Member Learning Center Committee 2013- 2015

-   Chair of Invited Symposia on Proximal Biceps Injury for the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, June 2008

-   Member, Vanderbilt Medical School Alumni Board- 2010- 2018

OFFICES HELD:
- Head, Section of Orthopedics, Lexington Clinic, 1980-1989, 1998-2006

- Medical Director, Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center, 1983-2012

- Medical Director, Shoulder Center of Kentucky, 2009-present

- President, Society for Tennis Medicine and Science, 1990-1998

- Vice President, American College of Sports Medicine, 1995-1998

- Board of Directors, American College of Sports Medicine, 1990-2000

- Board of Directors, American College of Sports Medicine Foundation, 1998-

2000
-   Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, Lexington Clinic, 1998
-   Chair, Medical Practices Committee, Lexington Clinic, 1999
-   Chair, Continuing Medical Education Committee, Lexington Clinic, 2006-2009
-   Chair, Operation Excellence, Lexington Clinic, 2009- 2014

TEAM PHYSICIAN:
Lexington Legends Baseball Team

Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky

Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky

Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky

Lexington Catholic High School, Lexington, Kentucky

ORTHOPEDIC CONSULTANT:

Van der Meer Tennis Center, Hilton Head, South Carolina

University of Kentucky Tennis Team

Lexington Tennis Club, Lexington, Kentucky

Association of Tennis Professionals, Jacksonville, Florida

WTA Tour, St. Petersburg, Florida

Kansas City Royals baseball club

HONORS AND AWARDS:

- Plagenhof Award for Sports Science, U.S. Professional Tennis Registry, February 1998

- Citation Award for contributions to Sports Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, June 1998

- Vince Higgins Lectureship, Australian College of Sports Physicians, October 1998

- President’s Lecture, American College of Sports Medicine, June 2002

- Sutton Award Presentation, American College of Sports Medicine, 2008

- Best Doctors in the United States, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2013- present

- Keynote Speaker, American Shoulder and Elbow Therapists Meeting, May 2004

- Delegation Leader, People to People International Sports Medicine Exchange to New Zealand and Australia September 2005

- Excellence in Sports Medicine Argentinian Tennis Association, June 2006

- James Garrick Sports Medicine Lectureship University of Washington School of Medicine,  October 2006

- Jack Hughston Sports Physician Award Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American      Physical Therapy Association, February 2008

- Certificate of Service presented by Transylvania University for over 20 years of service

- Best Poster, AOSSM Annual Meeting, Keystone, CO 2009

- Dr. M. Cary Blaydes Outstanding Clinician Award, Lexington Clinic, December 2010

- Who’s Who in America, 2012

- Innovators in Sports Medicine- Esquire magazine, 2012

- Orthopedics This Week Top 28 Shoulder Surgeons in North America, 2013

- Visiting Touring Featured Speaker- Australian Physiotherapy Association, September 2014

- Member AAOS visiting lecture group- Chilean Orthopedic Association annual meeting 2016

- Member AAOS visiting lecture group- Japanese Orthopedic Association 2017

- Member ASES visiting lecture group- Argentine Shoulder and Elbow Society, 2017

- Greg Lutz Honorary Visiting Professor- Hospital for Special Surgery, 2017

- Guest speaker, Andrews Orthopedic Lectureship, 2016, 2017, Tulane University

- Thomas Brady Award for outstanding contributions to community based sports medicine

services, AOSSM July 2018

-Charles Neer Circle- ASES 2018

- Who’s Who Albert Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award- 2018

CURRENT RESEARCH:

• Acute     measurement of GIRD in throwing athletes

• Functional     Outcomes of Post-Operative and Non-Operative Shoulder Patients

• Outcomes     of treatment of patients with labral injuries

• Surgical     Outcomes of Patients with Medial Scapular Muscle Detachment

• Clinical     evaluation of patients with scapular dyskinesis

• Post-surgical     outcome of patients following AC joint reconstruction

• Clinical     assessment and observational analysis of the overhead throwing motion

• Factors     influencing the establishment of a comprehensive diagnosis

• Load,     overload, and recovery in athletes

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOLARSHIP IN ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE

- First to describe GIRD- 1989

- First to describe clinical features of the kinetic chain- 1995

- First to describe scapular function and dysfunction- 1998

- Developed basic principles of shoulder rehabilitation- 1999

- First to describe closed chain rehabilitation- 2000

- First to describe scapular based impingement- 2001

- Co- author describing the Disabled Throwing Shoulder (DTS)- 2003, 2013

- First to describe principles of core stability- 2006

- Described evaluation and treatment of scapular disorders- consensus statements 2009,      2013, described scapular muscle detachment 2013, co-authored book on scapular               disorders 2017

- Described 2 clinical tests for labral injuries- Anterior Slide 1996, Modified Dynamic                 Labral Shear (M-DLS) 2009

- Developed and demonstrated outcomes on 2 operations- Scapular Muscle Reattachment  2013, MADOK AC joint reconstruction 2017

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Volunteer coach- youth soccer, 1978- 1990

Habitat for Humanity volunteer, 1980, 1985, 1992

Church school teacher, 1980- 1985, 1995- 2004, 2005- 2008, 2009- present

Volunteer director, Men’s Ministry, Catalyst Christian Church, 2009- 2018

Men’s Bible Study teacher- 2009- present

Volunteer, SCORE annual baseball mission to Dominican Republic, 2008- present

Volunteer, Inside/Out Dad Fatherhood Ministry, Fayette County Detention Center, 2015- present