Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 15, 2002
DR. WILLIAM PETTY was a Founder and has been Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of Exactech, Inc., since its inception. Dr.
Petty was a Professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine
from July 1975 to September 1998. Dr. Petty also served as Chairman of
the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Florida
College of Medicine from July 1981 to January 1996. Dr. Petty has also
served as a member of the Hospital Board of Shands Hospital,
Gainesville, Florida, as an examiner for the American Board of
Orthopaedic Surgery, as a member of the Orthopaedic Residency Review
Committee of the American Medical Association, on the Editorial Board of
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, and on the Executive Board of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He holds the Kappa Delta Award
for Outstanding Research from the American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons. His book, Total Joint Replacement, was published in 1991. Dr.
Petty received his BS, MS, and MD degrees from the University of
Arkansas. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Petty assumed the additional title
of President of Exactech in January 2002. Profile
Dr. Petty: We incorporated Exactech in 1985. There were three Founders,
myself, my wife, whose name is Betty, and Gary Miller a Bioengineer.
