Joseph Iannotti MD, PhD

Joseph Iannotti is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and the Lang Family Endowed Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery Research. His administrative role is Chief Research and Academic Officer Cleveland Clinic Florida. He is past chairman of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chair of Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Institute at the Cleveland Clinic 2000 - 2018. He received his MD degree from Northwestern University in 1979 and his post graduate medical training and PhD in Cell Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. Dr. Iannotti’s clinical and basic science research program focuses on innovative treatments for tendon repair and tendon tissue engineering, prosthetic design, software planning and patient specific instrumentation and robotics. Dr. Iannotti has published three textbooks and has authored over 450 original peer reviewed articles, review articles and book chapters. He is a three-time recipient of Charles Neer Research Award, the Cleveland Clinic 2011 Sones Award for Innovation and Cleveland Clinic Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation in 2019. Dr. Iannotti holds 85 US patents. In 2016 he was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors.