Michael T. Archdeacon serves as Chief Executive Officer for UC Physicians and as Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. In 2013, he was appointed the Peter J. Stern Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He served as the as the Medical Director of Operative Services for UC Health from 2011–2020, and Chief of Staff for the University of Cincinnati Medical Center from 2008–2012.

He is board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery specializing in difficult fracture care and fractures of the pelvis and acetabulum. Dr. Archdeacon has surgically treated over 1,600 pelvic and acetabular fracture patients, published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and has been invited as a visiting professor both nationally and internationally at fifty-one institutions.

He attended the Tulane University School of Engineering and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. He then attended The Ohio State University College of Medicine where he received his M.D., and simultaneously obtained a Master of Science in Engineering. He completed his Orthopaedic residency training at Case Western Reserve where he also participated in a one-year Allen Orthopaedic Surgical Research Fellowship at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. He furthered his training with a fellowship in Orthopaedic Traumatology at Tampa General Hospital under the direction of Roy Sanders, M.D.

Dr. Archdeacon is the Immediate Past President of the Ohio Orthopaedic Society, and the Past President-Elect of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association. He is also a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board of Councilors and State Orthopaedic Societies Committee.

Dr. Fuller is the Chairman and Chief, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He also is Director, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery and Orthopaedic Residency Program Director.   He joined Cooper in 2002.  

He is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and has been prolific academically with numerous publications and presentations to his credit and continues scholarly pursuits currently with ongoing grant funded research. His current research interests include peripheral nerve injury and repair, orthopaedic trauma and graduate medical education. He has also led both regional and national orthopaedic organizations including serving as President for the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association.

Dr. Fuller helped author the SMS Course at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and has served as a course Director.

Dr. Fuller is a graduate of Dartmouth College (AB, Engineering) and the University of Pennsylvania (MD). He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University. He completed three fellowships: Allen Research Fellow (Case Western Reserve University),  Hand & Microvascular Surgery (Thomas Jefferson University); Neuro-Orthopaedics (Albert Einstein Medical Center)