About Us

William D. Murrell, Jr. M.D., M.Sc., is a specialist orthopaedic surgeon sub-specialized in orthopaedic sports medicine. He is the President of the American Musculoskeletal Wellness Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and formerly served as the Director of Sports Medicine at the Dubai Bone and Joint Center, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, UAE. Currently is Specialist Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Dr. Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, UAE.


Bill is a Senior Medical Officer with the United States Army Reserve, holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Washington District Armed Forces Medical Clinic, Washington, D.C., Has designed and implemented mobile and ambulatory clinical services to include operations, planning, and logistics.

He completed medical school Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA where he served on the Honor Board, Computer Committee, and Physiology Honors Program. His internship and residency at the Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, where he was chosen as Surgical Intern of the Year, and recipient of the Orthopaedic Overseas-Orthopaedic Research Educational Fund (OO-OREF) Travelling Fellowship. He completed Fellowship in shoulder and knee at The Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital (TOSH), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

A Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomat of the American Board Orthopaedic Surgery-Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, and selected as member of the American Orthopaedic Society Sports Medicine (AOSSM).

Bill is an internationally recognized clinician and researcher, who lectures frequently at international and national congresses and symposia, and has authored several publications in peer review journals, books, and industry magazines for musculoskeletal medicine and biological treatments. Is the Principal Investigator-Clinical Trial investigating adjuvant stem cells in treatment of articular cartilage defect(s). Chairman of 9th, and 10th Middle East Orthopaedic Conferences as a part of Arab Health.

He is on the Technical Advisory Board for the Foundation of Orthopaedic Reconstruction (FOR), Holyoke, MA, USA; Member AUC Voting Committee American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL, USA; International advisory board Bone and Joint Journal (BJJ), London, U.K.; Review Board American Journal of Sports Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA; Chief Medical Officer for the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, Dubai, UAE; Consultant for the Al Wasl Sports Club, Dubai, UAE and the Al Merrikh Football Club, Khartoum, Sudan; former member of sports medicine committee-Dubai Sports Council, Dubai, UAE.