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Brent Wise, MD

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Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

Professional Background

Brent Wise, MD is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery who specializes in Orthopaedic Traumatology. He received his B.S. from Penn State University in 2007. He completed medical school at the University of Florida (2011) where he graduated Cum Laude and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society in addition to receiving multiple awards including the College of Medicine Award for Academic Excellence, Professionalism, and Humanism and the W.F. Enneking Orthopaedic Surgery Teaching Award. After medical School, Dr. Wise completed internship and orthopaedic surgical residency at Emory University and was elected to serve as Administrative Chief Resident and selected to attend the American Orthopaedic Association’s resident leadership forum.
He continued subspecialty training, completing a fellowship at the R Adams Cowely Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He received an AO Trauma North America Fellows Research Grant for his study on predicting post-operative infection risk, and he is currently involved in multiple research projects focusing on the prevention of infection, nonunion, and other post-operative complications. He has had several research publications and presentations,and has a great interest in resident education. He is a member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and is a faculty member of AO Trauma North America.
Dr. Wise’s clinical focus is on the management of upper and lower extremity fractures, pelvic and acetabular surgery, limb salvage and the treatment of fracture non-union, malunion and osteomyelitis.

Education and Training
  • BS, Science , The Pennsylvania State University , United States
  • BS, Science , The Pennsylvania State University , United States
  • Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta , GA
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Orthopaedic Traumatology , University of Maryland/R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center , Baltimore , Maryland
Licensure, Accreditations & Certifications
  • Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Medical License, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
Professional Affiliations
  • American Orthopaedic Association Emerging Leaders Program, Member, 2020 - Present
  • AO Trauma, Member, 2020 - Present
  • KUMC Trauma Systems, KUMC Trauma Systems, Member, 2020 - Present