Trevor Wilkes, MD

Trevor Wilkes, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine at Wellington Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine. Dr. Wilkes sees patients at the practice’s Anderson, Eastgate, and Blue Ash locations in Cincinnati.

After graduating from Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, Dr. Wilkes earned his medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington. He performed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he won the resident teacher award twice, and a sports medicine and shoulder fellowship at the Cincinnati SportsMedicine & Orthopaedic Center.

Dr. Wilkes has been involved in athletics his entire life, both as a physician and athlete himself — he was the Central Kentucky Soccer Player of the Year and a two-time All-State selection in high school, going on to play Division I soccer in college. He’s been an instructor for skiing, rock climbing, and kayaking, a certified personal trainer, and is a competitive triathlete and five-time half-IronmanⓇ finisher. He’s also served as team physician for numerous high school and college programs, and the Kansas City Royals minor league team.

Shortly after he began practicing, Dr. Wilkes won the Lexington Clinic Horizon Award for Best Young Physician. He’s very active in his field, having written book chapters, published numerous papers in prestigious orthopaedic journals, and presented research at national conferences.

Dr. Wilkes maintains a professional interest in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee, total and reverse shoulder arthroplasty, and joint preservation with cartilage and meniscus restoration. He’s a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, and Arthroscopy Association of North America.

In his spare time, Dr. Wilkes enjoys traveling and being outdoors with his wife, a pediatrician, and their three children and two Labrador retrievers.