Education

• BS, Union College, Schenectady, New York
• MD, Georgetown University Medical School

Internship & Residency

• General Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center
• Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center

Fellowship

• Total Joint and Adult Reconstruction, Johns Hopkins University

Board Certified

• Orthopaedic Surgery

Professional Distinctions

• Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
• Eastern Orthopaedic Association
• Northern Virginia Medical Society
• Arlington County Medical Society
• Sigma Xi Research Society
• Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
• Virginia Medical Society
• Washington Orthopaedic Society
• Virginia Orthopaedic Society

Areas of Specialization

• Total Joint Replacement
• Hip
• Knee
• General Orthopaedics
• Sports Medicine

Special Procedures/Techniques

• Resurfacing total Hip Arthroplasty
• Computer Assisted Knee Replacement
• Arthroscopic Surgery

William C. Lennen, MD

Rising from a blue-collar background to become the only one of five children to go to college, Dr. William Lennen is proud of his academic and military accomplishments.  After graduating magna cum laude from Union College in Schenectady, New York, he went on to earn a military health professional’s scholarship to attend Georgetown University Medical School.  Upon earning his medical degree, he completed an internship and residency in orthopaedic medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center.  Additionally, he completed fellowship training in Total Joint and Adult Reconstruction at Johns Hopkins University.  Dr. Lennen separated as a Major in the United States Air Force in 1998.  He participated in Operation Sea Signal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 1995.

Dr. Lennen has practiced orthopaedics in Northern Virginia for 9 years and is pleased to be joining the Commonwealth team with whom he has had a long affiliation.  As an orthopaedist, Dr. Lennen finds satisfaction in helping people who suffer from an orthopaedic injury or disease to regain their function and quality of life.  He especially enjoys working with elderly patients to alleviate their pain and help them regain a sense of independence through joint replacement and reconstructive procedures.  His special interests within orthopaedics include joint preservation procedures, arthroscopy of the knee, hip, shoulder, and ankle, minimally invasive joint replacement, resurfacing, and total joint replacement. 

Dr. Lennen is an active member of numerous professional medical associations.  He previously served as Vice Chairman for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and as Assistant Director of the Total Joint Unit at Virginia Hospital Center.  He is also involved in academia and the training of residents, serving as an Assistant Professor of orthopaedics at Georgetown University Medical School.

Family life is very important to Dr. Lennen.  In his leisure time, he cycles and runs marathons with his wife and supports his three children in their academic and athletic endeavors by volunteering for St. Mark’s Catholic Church and School and sponsoring Great Falls Little League.  Dr. Lennen also enjoys treating patients at the Arlington Free Clinic and supporting a child through the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging.