New faculty spotlight: Beau Kildow, MD

Beau Kildow, MD, is a new faculty member in the UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

• Name: Beau Kildow, MD
• Hometown: Omaha
• Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research/professional interests:

• Health care economics
• Biofilm in periprosthetic joint infections
• Implant design
• Perioperative pain management

How I fell in love with orthopaedic surgery: Orthopaedic surgery, specifically joint replacement surgery, improves patient quality of life significantly.

Degrees:

• MD, UNMC, Omaha
• Residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
• Fellowship, OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

Memberships:

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

Three things people may not know about me:

• I have a wife, Chelsea, who is a pediatric speech pathologist, and a daughter, Quinn. We both grew up in Nebraska and went to the same high school, Millard South. Both of our families live in Omaha. I have three brothers and two sisters.
• I played football at Morningside College and for two seasons with the Omaha Beef.
• I like spending time with my family, traveling, lifting weights and playing pickup basketball.