William B. Macaulay, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Associate Attending at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Macaulay joined Columbia Orthopaedics in 1999 and has been Director of the Center for Hip and Knee Replacement (CHKR) at Columbia since 2001. Dr. Macaulay was named Advisory Dean of Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2005 and currently serves as Director of the CHKR Hip and Knee Adult Reconstruction Fellowship.
Dr. Macaulay graduated from Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1992 and from the University of Pittsburgh’s orthopaedic surgery residency program in 1997. He is fellowship trained in Hip and Knee replacement, primary and revision surgery. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He serves on the Executive Board of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) and is Chairman of the AAHKS Research Committee.
In addition to his clinical activities in a thriving regional, national and international practice, Dr. Macaulay is very active in medical student and resident teaching. He is currently conducting a variety of clinical and basic science research projects. The author of scores of scientific articles and book chapters, Dr. Macaulay is familiar with the latest minimally invasive, bone preserving and recuperation enhancing trends in hip and knee replacement surgery. Dr. Macaulay, the recipient of the 2004 British Traveling Fellowship sponsored by The US Hip Society, has been performing hip resurfacings since 2000.