Roy Werner Sanders

Dr. Roy Werner Sanders is an Orthopedic Surgery specialist from Tampa, FL. He is specialized in Foot and Ankle Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery. He is affiliated with St Joseph's Hospital and Tampa General Hospital. He is the President of Florida Orthopedic Institute, a group he helped found, and the Director of the Orthopedic Trauma Service. He is currently the Chairman of USF’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery. He attended medical school at the New York University School of Medicine in New York City, and performed his residency at the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute, also in New York City, graduating in 1985. He received fellowship training in musculoskeletal trauma at Vanderbilt University Medical School, and then went on to obtain the AO/ASIF Jack McDaniel’s Memorial Trauma Fellowship, which he completed under the tutelage of Thomas Ruedi, M.D., in Chur, Switzerland. He spent several months with Sigvard T. Hansen, Jr., M.D., as a foot and ankle fellow at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He is highly respected both nationally and internationally for his work in orthopedic trauma, and foot and ankle surgery. He has designed a comprehensive plating system for articular fractures of the upper and lower extremities as well as developing a complete intramedullary nailing system for long bones in conjunction with Dr. Toney Russell, M.D., of Memphis, Tennessee. He has been involved in resident and fellowship training for over twenty (20) years. He has been a past Chairman of the Committee on Trauma for both the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and for the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society.