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