Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

Dr. McMaster actively engages in research that involves the hip and knee, clinical outcomes of hip and knee arthroplasty and clinical issues associated with joint disease.

2012 -University of California, Irvine- Orthopaedic Department Affiliated Faculty Teaching Award..
2013 - Physician of Excellence designation by Orange County Medical Association.
2013 - University of California, Irvine- Orthopaedic Department Volunteer Faculty Teaching Award.

Dr. McMaster received his undergraduate degree in Zoology from Yale University and his medical doctorate degree from Case Western Reserve University. He then went onto a General Surgery Internship and Residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. He completed a USPHS fellowship in Surgical Research while at the University of Chicago. He followed that by an Orthopaedic Residency at University of California, Irvine. Dr. McMaster served as Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of California, Irvine Medical Center for 5 years. Dr. McMaster has served the Orange County community from 1974 to 2015 as Senior Partner of Adult & Pediatric Orthopaedic Specialists at Saint Joseph and CHOC hospitals. He is Chief of the Orthopaedic Service and resident Director at the Long Beach VA Medical Center. Dr. McMaster currently serves as Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine and is Chief of the Arthroplasty Service. Dr. McMaster served as Captain in the Medical Service of the United States Air Force during the Vietnam era.

Marsh, JL, McMaster, Wi!liam, Parvizi, Javad, Katz, Stephen, Spindler, Kurt, AOA Symposium: Barriers (Threats) to Clinical Research, JBJS, 90A: 1769-1776, 2008

Schamblin, M, Gupta, R, Yang, B, McGarry, M, McMaster, W, Lee, T,. In vitro
Quantitative Assessment of Total and Bipolar Shoulder Arthroplasties: A
Biomechanical Study Using Human Cadaver Shoulders. Clin. Biomechan. 24:626- 631, 2009

McMaster, WC, Patel, J. Adverse local Tissue Response Lesion of the Knee
Associated with Morse Taper Corrosion: A Case Report, J Arthroplasty 28:375,
2013

1999-2000 Co-Investigator Biomechanical Analysis of the GH Interface Of TSA vs Endoprosthesis in the Overhead Active Positions

1998-2001 Co-Investigator Preventing Shoulder Pain in the Spinal Cord Injury Patient

Development, UCI -Effect of Isometric Precontractions on the Training Response of the Knee Extensors 1981-1982

20th Century Orthopaedic Association

International Congress for Joint Reconstruction

International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty

Wilson-Bost Interurban Club -Southern Section

Association for Arthritic Hip and Knee Surgery

American Orthopaedic Association

VJcstern Orthopaedic Association

AAOS

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Last updated
11/17/2021