Prisma Health Orthopedics

Prisma Health Orthopedics provides a full range of orthopedic services in Columbia, South Carolina. As the official team doctors for the South Carolina Gamecocks, we give the same care as provided to top athletes. We provide care for every level of activity, from high-performance athletics to recreational sports for people of all ages. Our experienced teams work together to get our patients feeling good, meeting their goals and doing what they.
Our procedures and treatments include:
• Evaluation, treatment and prevention of sports injuries, including ACL surgery repair (anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction), rotator cuff repair, and Tommy John UCL reconstruction surgery.
• Minimally invasive surgery for shoulders, elbows, hands, hips, knees, ankles.
• Physical therapy and rehabilitation.
• Performance-boosting training centers, including treadmill pools, biomechanics equipment and motion analysis.
• Pediatric sports medicine expertise.
Prisma Health’s Orthopedics Sports Medicine team is responsible for approximately 38,000 student athletes at all divisional levels within the South Carolina High School League and many of the institutions within the South Carolina Independent School Association. Our services are provided at the collegiate level to eight NCAA Division I, Division II, and NAIA institutions within the Midlands region of South Carolina. Services provided by athletic trainers include injury and illness prevention, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation.
Prisma Health Orthopedics has one of the first CAATE accredited residency programs. Our program started in 2010, followed by accreditation is 2016. We except two residents per year for our 54 week residency. The Prisma Health Athletic Training Residency has four mentorship-based, preceptor-lead educational experiences with physicians and other health care professionals on a one-on-one basis. Residents will participate in patient care in the office and in field settings, performing physical examinations and assisting in surgery.
Our rotations include:
• General
• Knee
• Shoulder/elbow
• Elective
Athletic Training residents are responsible for appropriate decision-making in terms of the patient/athlete problem and the algorithmic approach to patient/athlete care. Residents will abide by the operating room skills curriculum and learn operating room skills. The program will provide a multifaceted learning experience in musculoskeletal evaluation and injury diagnosis in order to lead in a variety of clinical, surgical and educational settings.
https://www.prismahealth.org/services/orthopedics