Experienced Orthopedic Care with a Focus on Clear Guidance
Board-certified orthopedic surgeon with extensive experience in hip, knee, and shoulder care, with ongoing work in research, innovation, education, and software development.
Dr. Michael Messieh is Canadian and American board certified, trained in Ottawa and Toronto, and completed orthopedic total joint training at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. His practice is now focused primarily on nonsurgical treatment of the hip, knee, and shoulder, with personal evaluations in Clermont and The Villages, Florida.
Clermont and The Villages, Florida
Professional Recognition
Professional recognition, patient ratings, awards, and research activity reflect a long record of orthopedic leadership, scholarship, and patient-centered care.
Career Snapshot
Dr. Messieh attended medical school in Ottawa, completed internship and residency training in Ottawa and Toronto, completed orthopedic total joint training at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston in 1992, and then spent 10 years in St. Paul, Minnesota performing total joint replacement procedures.
His background includes clinical care, hospital leadership, research publication, product development, physician education, and technology innovation.
Education & Training
- American board certified orthopedic surgeon
- Canadian board certified through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Joint replacement training at New England Baptist Hospital, Boston
- Orthopedic residency in Ottawa, Ontario
- Surgical internship at Toronto General Hospital
- Medical school in Ottawa, Ontario
Past Hospital Leadership & Appointments
- Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, South Lake Hospital
- Chief, Department of Surgery, South Lake Hospital
- Surgery Governance Committee, South Lake Hospital
Additional Experience
Innovation, Patents & Technology Development
Orthopedic Device Innovation
- MCL retractor for lateral approach total knee surgery
- Orthopedic product development and design collaboration
Software & Clinical AI Development
- Developed software for EMR add-ons for speech dictation
- Data mining workflow development
- Neuro-symbolic AI tools and clinical decision support concepts
- GitHub contributor and software collaborator
Courses & Research Compliance
- CITI Program - Human Subjects Research
- CITI Program - Human Subjects Research (Biomedical Comprehensive)
Technical Interests & Skills
- Machine learning in orthopedic research and presentation
- Product development and orthopedic innovation
- Speech dictation workflow design
- EMR enhancement tools
- Python enthusiast
Selected Presentations
- Closing Base Wedge Osteotomy for Hallux Valgus with Metatarsus Primus Varus — Ottawa, Ontario
- Percutaneous Angioplasty for Peripheral Arterial Disease — Ottawa, Ontario
Selected Publications
- Perioperative risk factors associated with symptomatic pulmonary embolism after total knee arthroplasty.
- Warfarin responses in total joint and hip fracture patients.
- Synovial fluid levels of lactate dehydrogenase in patients with total knee arthroplasty.
- Levels of lactate dehydrogenase in osteoarthritic and failed total knee joints.
- Management of Patellar clunk under local anesthesia.
- Wear Debris from bipolar femoral neck-cup impingement. A cause of femoral stem loosening.
- Hip Sepsis from retroperitoneal rupture of diverticular disease.
- Preoperative Hemoglobin and Warfarin response.
Patient Ratings & Recognition
- Patients’ Choice Award, multiple years
- Compassionate Doctor Recognition, multiple years
- Patients’ Choice 5th Anniversary Award
- On-Time Doctor Award
- Top 10 Doctor - Metro Area
- Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors
What Patients Have Said
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Clermont and The Villages, Florida
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, 2012
Patients' Choice Award, 2013
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, 2010 - 2011
Patients' Choice Award, 2010 - 2012
