Julie Samora, MD, PhD

Meet Julie Samora, MD, PhD

Dr. Julie Samora is the chair for the department of orthopedics and a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Akron Children’s. She received her undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University in biology and music performance. She earned a master’s degree in bassoon performance from Yale University and public health and public administration degrees from West Virginia University. She received a doctorate degree in cellular and integrative physiology and her medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine in a combined MD/PhD program. Dr. Samora completed an orthopedic residency at The Ohio State University and a hand/upper extremity surgery fellowship at Harvard University. She is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery with a subspeciality certification in hand surgery and is a member of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, Alpha Omega Alpha, American Orthopaedic Association and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.