Kathryn Fideler, MD, MPH

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Get to know Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Kathryn Fideler, who serves patients in Miami Beach, Florida.

Dr. Fideler is an adult reconstruction orthopaedic surgeon who works within the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida. 

Her areas of clinical interest include anterior total hip replacement, total knee replacement, partial knee replacement, revision hip and knee replacement, outpatient joint replacement, and robotic joint replacement.

Scholastically, Dr. Fideler earned her Medical Degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago, Illinois, and her Master of Public Health Degree in Epidemiology from the Columbia University Mailman School for Public Health in New York, New York. 

Furthering her training, she completed her residency in orthopaedic surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where she served as Administrative Chief Resident of the Department of Orthopaedics and received the Resident Research Award for her work on “The Direct Anterior Approach to Total Hip Arthroplasty.” Thereafter, she completed her total joint reconstruction fellowship training at the Anderson Clinic Post-Graduate Medical Education Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia.

On a professional level, Dr. Fideler is a member of the American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Medical Association, and the Engh Society. She has contributed to research, peer-reviewed publications, and presentations on topics that include total hip arthroplasty, arthrofibrosis following total knee arthroplasty, and the treatment of prosthetic joint infection.

Orthopaedic surgery is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopaedic surgeons use both surgical and non-surgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.

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