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TOA's rich tradition in Sport Medicine began with the work of Dr. A. Brant "Pinky" Lipscomb. Besides being named to the All-Southeastern Conference basketball tournament between 1939 and 1941, he served as team physician for Vanderbilt athletics from 1947 until 1990. Dr. Lipscomb is credited by many in college athletics as the pioneer in making Sports Medicine a widely accepted specialty. Today, TOA proudly follows in his footsteps by offering the best in Sport Medicine care. Those with Sports Medicine injuries and problems can come in confidence to TOA physicians who have dedicated their professional careers to our Center of Expertise.
The active lifestyle that Americans love demands special attention when it comes to injuries. Our Sports Medicine physicians are especially trained and interested in the return to functional activity of the athletic individual. The Sports Medicine physician deals with a variety of ailments including strains & sprains, ligament or cartilage injury of the major joints such as the knee, shoulder and ankle, instability of the major joints, running injuries, women athlete issues and other athletic injuries.
Physicians who have pursued additional or fellowship
training or choose to limit their practice to the
subspecialty area of orthopaedic sports medicine:
These physicians continue to provide orthopaedic sports medicine care, but have not limited their practice to this
subspecialty:
- Dave A. Alexander, Jr., M.D.
- C. Robinson Dyer, M.D.*
- W. Blake Garside, Jr., M.D.*
- Robert C. Greenberg, M.D.*
- Brian E. Koch, M.D.*
- Kurtis Kowalski, M.D.
- Russell C. McKissick, M.D.*
- Daniel L. Phillips, M.D.
- Timothy J. Steinagle, D.O.
- Thomas E. Tompkins, M.D.*
- Roderick A. Vaughan, M.D.
- Matthew P. Willis, M.D.*
*fellowship trained
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