Tally H. Eddings III MD

EDUCATION

1982-1986 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, Bachelor of Arts - Molecular Biology, Related Work - Chemistry

1986-1987 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, Mark Schell, Department of Microbiology

1987-1991 Medical School Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, Medical Doctor - June 1991

INTERNSHIP / RESIDENCENCY

1991-1993 University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Erlanger Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Chattanooga, Tennessee

1993-1998 Post Graduate University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Year 3-6 Erlanger Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Chattanooga, Tennessee

FELLOWSHIP

1997 AO International, Unfallchirgie, Chirugische Klinik, Stadtisches Klinikum, Karlsruhe, Germany, Professor U. Pfister, Trauma Fellow

1998 University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Erlanger medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Brent Norris, M.D. Orthopaedic Trauma Section Director

RESEARCH / PUBLICATIONS

Post-Graduate Research Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Department of Microbiology, Associate Professor Dr. Mark Schell, 1986-1987

"Management of Both-Bone Greenstick Diaphyseal Forearm Fractures," Presented Tennessee Orthopaedic Society, Asheville, NC - August 1996

"Factors Affecting Blood Loss and Operative Time During Conventional Reamed and Unreamed Femoral Nailing," Submitted for publication to the American Journal ofOrthopaedics

"A Retrospective Radiographic Review of Lumbar Spine Films Utilizing the Superior End Plate Angle and the Vanishing Line for Evaluation of Acute Middle Column Pathology,"

Accepted Poster Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 1998

Best Poster, Erlanger Medical Center, Residents' Research Day, June 1998

Co-author of a Chapter, "Adult Trauma," Miller's Review of Orthopaedics, Third Edition, WB Saunders Company 2000; pp460-518.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - Diplomate, July 2000

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery - Fellow, 2002

Eastern Orthopaedic Association

Southern Orthopaedic Association

International College of Surgeons

American Medical Association

Southern Medical Association

North Carolina Orthopaedic Association

Buncombe County Medical Association

America 's Top Surgeons - Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006

Depuy Computer Navigation Certification, Febuary 2006, Total Knees & Hips. 

Computer Assisted Navigation in Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty.

— Presented to the Orthopaedic Service Line, Mission Hospitals and Clinics, 17 May 2006

— Presented to the Technology Review Committee, Mission Hospitals and Clinics, 17 May 2006

Latest Advancements in Orthopaedics

— Soft Tissue Balancing in Total Knee Replacement, Charleston SC, 1 June 2007

— Tips & Tricks with Computer Assisted Knee Replacement Surgery, Charleston SC, 1 June 2007

HONORS AND AWARDS

Vice President, Class of 1991, Medical College of Georgia

The Robert Coddington Research Award, Erlanger Medical Center, 1993

Best Poster, Residents' Research Day, June 1998

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

Mission Hospitals Health System, Asheville, North Carolina

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA "FIRST" MISSION HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

First percutaneous iliosacral screw placement for complex pelvic ring disruption. 1998

First ilioinguinal approach for anterior acetabular fracture exposure. 1998

First computer assisted total knee arthroplasty. March 2006

First computer assisted total hip arthroplasty. May 2006