Orthopaedic Surgery Graduates

 2018

Joseph D. Boaen, IV, MD

Fellowship:  Sports Medicine - Andrews Institute, Gulfbreeze, FL

Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

Jason A. Fogleman, MD

Fellowship:  Foot & Ankle Surgery - University of California Davis, Sacramento

Medical School:  Quillen SOM, East Tennessee State University

Yoshihiro Katsuura, MD

Fellowship:  Spine Surgery - Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City

Medical School:  Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland

2017

S. Justin Cowart, MD

Fellowship:  Arthroplasty - Cleveland Clinic Florida

Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

Nick Richardson, MD

Fellowship:  Foot & Ankle Surgery - Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

T. Jacob Seales, MD

Fellowship:  Arthroplasty - Cleveland Clinic Florida

Medical School:  University of Alabama

Return to Top

2016

Bryce Cunningham, MD

Fellowship:  Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery - University of Texas, Houston

Medical School:  St. Louis University School of Medicine

Alex Lemons, MD

Fellowship:  Spine Surgery - Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN

Medical School:  University of South Carolina

Chris Pankiw, MD

Fellowship:  Hand Surgery - Philadelphia Hand Center, Philadelphia

Medical School:  Mercer University

Return to Top

2015

Daniel Doty, MD

Fellowship:  Shoulder & Elbow - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Medical School:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Kristopher "Case" Sanders, MD

Fellowship:  Arthroplasty - Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL 

Medical School:  Louisiana State University, Shreveport

Jarrod Smith, MD

Fellowship:  Sports Medicine - The Andrews Institute, Gulf Breeze, FL

Medical School:  Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University

Return to Top

2014

Justin Dunn, MD

Fellowship:  Arthroplasty - Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA

Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

Matthew Higgins, MD

Fellowship:  Arthroplasty - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Medical School:  Loma Linda

Robert "Brock" Howell, MD

Fellowship:  Adult Reconstruction - Joint Implant Surgeons, Columbus, OH

Medical School:  University of Alabama

Return to Top

2013

Chad Corrigan, MD

Fellowship:  Trauma - Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, TN

Medical School:  University of Alabama

Stephen Rodes, MD

Fellowship:  Sports Medicine - Wellington Orthopaedic/Univ of Cincinnati

Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

Clay Spitler, MD

 Fellowship:  Trauma - Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

 Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

Return to Top

2012

Jeremy R. Bruce, MD

 Fellowship:  Sports Medicine - The Andrews Institute, Gulf Breeze, FL

 Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

Jesse F. Doty, MD

 Fellowship:  Coughlin Foot & Ankle Clinic, Boise, ID

 Medical School:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Michael D. Johnson, MD 

 Fellowship:  Foot & Ankle - Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

 Medical School:  University of Alabama 

Return to Top

2011

Brandon A. Cincere, MD

Fellowship:  Nirschl Orthopaedic Center for Sports Medicine & Joint Reconstruction, Arlington, VA  

Medical School:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Andrew B. Hester, MD

Practice:  Northwest Georgia Orthopaedics, Calhoun, GA

Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

W. Stan Ragon, MD

Military:  US Navy Orthopaedic Surgeon

Medical School:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Return to Top

 2010

Justin M. Arnold, MD

Fellowship:  Hand Surgery-Indiana Hand Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

Medical School:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine

B. Shane Asbury, MD

Practice:  Maryville Orthopaedic Clinic, Maryville, TN

Medical School:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Julian P. Price, MD

Fellowship:  Spine Surgery-Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

Return to Top

2009

Terry L. Arrington, MD

Fellowship:  Adult Reconstruction - OrthoCarolina, Charlotte, North Carolina

Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

Garrick W. Cason, MD

Fellowship:  Spine Surgery - William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

Medical School:  University of Mississippi

Matthew P. Willis, MD

Fellowship:  Shoulder/Elbow - Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, FL

Medical School:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Return to Top

2008

Yury L. Bykov, MD

Fellowship:  Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Medical School:  Temple University School of Medicine

Michael Lawley, MD

Fellowship:  Pediatric Orthopaedics - Shriner's Children's Hospital, Portland, Oregon

Medical School:  University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)

Brian Weatherby, MD

Fellowship:  Foot & Ankle Surgery- University of Texas, Houston, Texas (Thomas O. Clanton, MD)

Medical School:  Medical University of South Carolina

Return to Top

2007

Delan Gaines, MD
Fellowship: Sports Medicine - Steadman-Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

James Lashley, MD
Fellowship: Spine Surgery - Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Return to Top

2006

Stephen M. King, MD

Practice: Northwest Georgia Orthopaedics, Calhoun, Georgia

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Jonathan Pettit, MD
Practice: Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic, Columbia, Tennessee
Medical School: University of Kentucky

Return to Top

2005
Thomas Baylis, MD
Practice: Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Fellowship:  Sports Medicine - American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama
Medical School: University of Mississippi

Gary Davis, MD
Practice: Center for Specialty Hand Care - Gainesville, Georgia
Medical School: East Tennessee State University

Mark Freeman, MD
Practice: Orthopaedic Institute of Chattanooga - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fellowship: Adult Reconstruction/Joint Replacement - Charlotte, North Carolina (Thomas Fehring, MD)
Medical School: University of Virginia

Return to Top

2004
David Argo, MD
Practice: Beacon Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine - Cincinnati, Ohio
Fellowship: Sports Medicine  - Mississippi Orthopaedic Medicine and Sports Medicine Clinic, Ridgeland, Mississippi
Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Return to Top

2003
Tyler Goldberg, MD
Practice: Texas Orthopedics, Sports, & Rehabilitation Associates - Austin, Texas
Fellowship: Adult Reconstructive Surgery - University of Utah
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern

Jay Jolley, MD
Practice: Center for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fellowship: Spine Surgery  - University of Utah
Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Paul Stafford, MD
Practice: Tulsa Orthopaedic Trauma Center - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Fellowship: Orthopaedic Trauma  Surgery- Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Medical School: Indiana University 

Return to Top

2001
Chadwick Smith, MD
Practice: Cornerstone Orthopaedics -Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia
Fellowship/Practice: Sports Medicine - Orthopaedic Research Center of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia (John F. Meyers, MD)
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

R. Stacy Tapscott, MD
Practice: Decatur Orthopaedic Clinic - Decatur, Alabama
Fellowship: Shoulder Surgery- University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas (Charles Rockwood, MD)
Fellowship: Sports Medicine (6 months) - Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic, Knoxville, Tennessee (William T. Youmans, MD)
Medical School: University of Alabama

Return to Top

2000
Robert Blackwell, MD
Practice: Macon Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery - Macon, Georgia
Fellowship/Practice: Hand Surgery - Hand Center of San Antonio (David P. Green, MD)
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Roger Passmore, MD
Practice: Premier Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine - Nashville, Tennessee
Fellowship/Practice: Foot and Ankle Surgery - Orthopaedic Association of Dallas (James Bodsky, MD)
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Return to Top

1999

Paul Becker, MD
Practice: Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic, Knoxville, Tennessee
Fellowship/Practice: Sports Medicine - Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic, Knoxville, Tennessee (William T. Youmans, MD)
Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Christopher Patton, MD
Practice: Alabama Orthopaedic Clinic - Mobile, Alabama
Fellowship: Sports Medicine - Hughston Clinic, Columbus, Georgia
Medical School: Baylor School of Medicine (Houston, Texas)

Bruce Richmond, MD
Practice: Blue Ridge Orthopaedics - Seneca, South Carolina
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Return to Top

1998

W. David Bruce, MD
Practice: Chattanooga Bone & Joint Surgery - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fellowship: Sports Medicine (6 months) - Hughston Clinic, Columbus, Georgia
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - Salt Lake City Shriner's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
Medical School: University of Alabama

Tally H. Eddings III, MD
Practice: Blue Ridge Orthopaedics - Ashville, North Carolina
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Kelly Pucek, MD
Practice: West Tennessee Bone & Joint Clinic -Jackson, Tennessee
Medical School: University of Arkansas

Return to Top

1997

William McKibbin, MD
Practice: Blue Ridge Orthopaedics - Ashville, North Carolina
Fellowship: Foot and Ankle Surgery - Duke University
Medical School: University of Alabama

Gordon T. Hardy, MD
Practice: Anniston Orthopaedics Associates, PC, Anniston, Alabama
Medical School: Tulane University

Return to Top

1996

N. Tucker Mattox, MD
Practice: Southern Orthopaedic Surgeons - Montgomery, Alabama
Medical School: University of Alabama

James C. Tucker, Jr., MD
Practice: Arkansas Specialty Care Center - Little Rock, Arkansas
Medical School: University of Arkansas

Return to Top

1995

R. Jeffrey Cole, MD
Practice: OrthoMemphis, PC - Memphis, Tennessee
Fellowship: Hand Surgery - Washington University Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
Medical School: Vanderbilt University

D. Ron Anderson, MD
Practice: Private practice - Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Fellowship: Total Joint/Adult Reconstructive Surgery - Phoenix, Arizona (Anthony Headly, MD)
Medical School: University of Utah

Return to Top

1994

Mark Sumida, MD
Practice: Private practice - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fellowship: Foot and Ankle Surgery - Duke University
Medical School: University of Kentucky

Thomas "Mac" Barbour, MD
Practice: The Orthopaedic Group - Mobile, Alabama
Fellowship: Hand Surgery - Duke University
Medical School: University of Alabama

Return to Top

1993

David Boone, MD
Practice: Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic - Raleigh, North Carolina
Fellowship: Foot and Ankle Surgery - Medical College of Wisconsin
Medical School: University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

Oscar E. Aguero, MD
Practice: Valdosta Orthopaedic Associates - Valdosta, Georgia
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Return to Top

1992

Jeff Herring, MD
Practice: Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance - Nashville, Tennessee
Fellowship: Foot and Ankle Surgery - Duke University
Medical School: University of Oklahoma

Melvin Law, MD
Practice: Premier Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine - Nashville, Tennessee
Fellowship: Spine Surgery - Harvard Medical School

Medical School: Medical College of Virginia 

Return to Top