Joseph ThoderJoseph John Thoder, Jr. is Interim Chair and John W. Lachman Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at Temple [University School of Medicine].CareerGraduating from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1977, he attended Temple University School of Medicine in 1982. Upon completing his internship at Episcopal Hospital, he began his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Temple University Hospital.