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Scott Gillogly, M.D.Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

Scott Gillogly, M.D.

Scott D. Gillogly, M.D. is a Board-Certified orthopaedic surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Dr. Gillogly is Chairman of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Committee on Sports Medicine Evaluation. He is Past-President of the American Sports Medicine Fellowship Society and a member the Herodicus Society. He is the former Head Team Physician and Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Atlanta Thrashers NHL Hockey Team 1999-2011 and the Atlanta Falcons NFL Football Team 2004-2011.

Dr. Gillogly received his Medical Degree in 1980 from Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. He proceeded to a surgical internship and othropedic residency program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Dr. Gillogly is sub-specialty trained in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery, with an emphasis in the treatment and surgery of the knee, shoulder, elbow, and ankle, having completed a Fellowship under the direction of James R. Andrews, M.D. at Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Birmingham, Alabama in 1988. While Chief of Sports Medicine and Director of Orthopaedic Research at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver, Colorado from 1988 through 1992, Dr. Gillogly authored numerous lectures, exhibits and publications on a wide range of Sports Medicine topics to include aspects of knee ligament reconstructive surgery, shoulder and elbow arthroscopy, and overuse syndromes in athletes.

Following training in Sweden with Dr. Lars Peterson, Dr. Gillogly is one of the early pioneers in autologous chondrocyte implantation, a procedure designed to grow healthy joint surfaces following injury and thus preventing the onset of arthritis. He is the Medical Director of the Cartilage Repair Centers of America. Dr. Gillogly specializes in cartilage restoration, complex knee disorders, biologic knee reconstruction as well as sports and shoulder injuries. The clinical series at the Atlanta Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center is among the largest in the United States. Dr. Gillogly continues to lecture nationally and internationally on numerous topics in Sports Medicine.