Chad Smalley
- Degree
- MD
- Professional group
- doctor
- Fields of interest
- Orthopedics
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- Biography
- Dr. Smalley attended University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and graduated with Highest Honors in 2000. A five-year residency in orthopaedics took him to West Virginia University, where he trained at a Level 1 Trauma Center, while serving as chief resident and receiving the Resident Teacher of the Year Award in 2005.
Dr. Smalley is fellowship-trained in knee and shoulder arthroscopy and sports medicine having completed an additional year of training in San Francisco while serving as a team doctor for the San Francisco Giants. It was also in San Francisco where Dr. Smalley received his specialty training in reverse total shoulder replacement, an innovative technique not performed in the Chattanooga region prior to his arrival.
In addition to attending to the needs of his patients and the demands of a full time practice, Dr. Smalley provides regular consulting advice to several of the orthopaedic industry leaders. As a well respected surgeon, he has been asked to be a part of the research and design team for multiple arthroscopic devices and innovative instrumentation for the reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.
In the relatively short period of time since he joined Center for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics, Dr. Smalley has been recruited to be part of an elite team of US fellowship trained arthroscopic specialists. As a result, he maintains multiple international certifications to practice orthopaedic surgery outside of the United States and is involved with several international projects both teaching foreign physicians as well as providing care to the local and expatriate populations abroad.
Dr. Smalley currently serves as Chief of Orthopaedics with Memorial Healthcare System, is a member of the Medical Executive Committee, and sits on the Board of Memorial Mission Surgery Center. He maintains an active seat on the Continuous Quality Improvement Committee of Memorial Healthcare System.
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Arthroscopic MicroFracture Trochlear Groove
Chad Smalley MD presents microfracture technique in the chondral loss (grade IV). The movie contains description of the visualized structures. Microfracture is an older procedure aims to establish a...
Small Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair with Subacromial Decompression...
This is an educational video that demonstrates an arthroscopic repair of a small full thickness supraspinatus rotator cuff tear using a double row transosseous equivalent technique. The movie contains...
All-Inside Arthroscopic ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) Retroconstruction...
This is an educational video demonstrating an all-inside arthroscopic technique used to reconstruct a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The graft is fixed to the femur with a bioresorbable cross-pin...
Arthroscopic Partial Medial Meniscectomy
Chad Smalley, MD presents arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is the treatment of choice for meniscal tears. The ultimate effect of meniscectomy on the joint has...
Normal Knee Arthroscopic Evaluation
The movie shows anatomical structures of the knee presented in the arthroscopy. The video contains images from the diagnostic arthroscopy of the knee with designation of the visualized structures, The...
Large Arthroscopic Double Row Rotator Cuff Repair
This is an educational video that demonstrates an arthroscopic repair of a large full thickness supraspinatus rotator cuff tear using a double row transosseous equivalent technique. Achieving a biomechanically...
Arthroscopic All-Inside Meniscal Repair
This is an educational video demonstrating my preferred technique for arthroscopic all-inside meniscal repair. The video contains a description of presented structures and detailed explanation of step...
Normal Shoulder Anatomy - Arthoscopic Evaluation
Chad Smalley MD presents normal shoulder anatomy in the arthroscopic evaluation. Shoulder arthroscopy is recommend in painful condition that does not respond to nonsurgical treatment like rest, physical...
Arthroscopic Microfracture Surgery - Medial Femoral Condyle
Chad Smalley MD presents microfracture surgery of the medial femoral condyle (MFC). Microfracture, a modification of chondroplasty, might provide increase in joint space by growth of fibrocartilage and...