Waldo E. Floyd III, MD, FAOA

Orthopaedic Hand Specialist in Macon, GA

Dr. Floyd is a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in surgery of the hand. 

Dr. Floyd graduated from Emory University School of Medicine and trained in surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Next, he entered the orthopaedic residency program at Harvard Medical School. He completed a Microsurgical Fellowship and his residency as chief resident in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital. After completion of a Hand Surgery Fellowship with pioneer hand surgeons J. William Littler and Richard Eaton in New York City, Dr. Floyd returned to his central Georgia home and joined the orthopaedic surgery practice founded by his father.

Dr. Floyd has held a variety of leadership positions. He has served on the Board of Councilors of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and has been president of the Georgia Orthopaedic Society and the Georgia Society for Surgery of the Hand. He was chief of surgery at the Medical Center Navicent Health from 2004 – 2010. Dr. Floyd is clinical professor of surgery (hand) at the Mercer University School of Medicine. He is a member of the American Orthopaedic Association, a selective organization of specialty leaders. Dr. Floyd has been a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2011.

Dr. Floyd is an author of many peer reviewed articles and invited publications. For over twenty years, he has been a consultant reviewer for the Journal of Hand Surgery. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand. He manages hand injuries for workers’ compensation. 

Dr. Floyd is married to Kathy and has a son, daughter, and two step-daughters.