
Biography
- Head Team Physician for Hendrick Motor Sports
- Co-director of OrthoCarolina Motorsports
- Co-founder and CEO of our Operation Walk Carolinas
- Operation Walk Team Member - Cuba 2017
- Board Member of Central Piedmont Community College Foundation
- Program Director, Hip and Knee Course of the International Congress for Joint Reconstruction
Clinic Locations
Education
- North Carolina State University -- Bachelor of Science
- North Carolina State University -- Masters of Science
- University of North Carolina -- Doctor of Medicine
- Yale, New Haven Hospital -- Internship, Surgery
- The Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell Medical Center -- Residency, Orthopedics
Practice
- Actively involved in the research and development of advancements in orthopedic surgery and surgical devices for the hip and knee
- Specializes in surgery for arthritis of the hip and knee
- Specializes in primary total knee replacement
- Specializes in primary total hip replacement
- Specializes in revision total knee replacement
- Specializes in revision total hip replacement
- Specializes in arthroscopic knee surgery
- Board Certified Surgeon
- Member of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Member of the North Carolina Medical Society
- Member of the American Medical Society
- Member of the Mecklenburg Medical Society
- Member of the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association
- Member of International Congress of Joint Reconstruction
Awards
- 2022 North Carolina's Top Doctors, Charlotte Region, SouthPark Magazine
- Named a 2021 Top Doctor by Charlotte Magazine
- Top 26 Knee Surgeons in the US, 2012
- Intern of the Year Award: Yale University/New Haven Hospital
- Named a 2018 Top Doctor by Charlotte Magazine
Research
- Beaver, W., Fehring, T. Abductor Dysfunction and Related Sciatic Nerve Palsy: A New Complication of Metal On Metal Arthroplasty, Submitted for Publication
- Masonis, J., Mann, C., Odum, S., Thompson, C., Krempec, J., Tabor, O., Beaver, W. Prospective Outcomes of Intra-Operative Procedure Selection: Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Versus Total Knee Arthroplasty. Unpublished, Accepted for Presentation 2010 AAOS, New Orleans, LA
- Fehring, T.K., Odum, S.M., Hughes, J., Springer, B.D., Beaver, W.B. Differences Between the Sexes in the Anatomy Of the Anterior Condyle of the Knee, J Bone and Joint Surg 91-A:2335-2341, 2009
- Beaver, W.B., Fehring, T.K. Prevention and Treatment of the Stiff Total Knee Arthroplasty. Current Opinion in Orthopaedics, 19(1), 72-74, 2008
Testimonials
Dr. Beaver has been very attentive to my situation. He has been kind and has explained the procedure thoroughly, always answering questions I have in a way his answers are easily understood. I would recommend OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee to anyone with severe hip problems.