Julius Bishop, MD

Dr. Freehill is a board-certified, double fellowship-trained specialist in orthopaedic surgery with a sub-specialty certification in sports medicine. His concentration is in shoulder and elbow. Dr. Freehill is a team physician for the Stanford University athletics program and head physician for the Stanford University baseball team. Dr. Freehill also teaches in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.Dr. Freehill’s practice focuses on all shoulder conditions. He treats rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability, shoulder arthritis, sports shoulder, arthropathy, complex shoulder pathology, and sports related shoulder injury.

Dr. Zara M. Patel is Director of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Director of the Neurorhinology - Advanced Sinus and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship, Director of the Stanford Initiative to Cure Smell and Taste Disorders, and a Professor of Otolaryngology and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery at Stanford. She was born and raised in St. Louis, completed her MD at the Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, Oregon and completed her residency training in otolaryngology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY. After pursuing fellowship training in rhinology and endoscopic skull base surgery at Stanford University, she was recruited to join the Emory University faculty in Atlanta in 2011.

At the Orthopaedic Acute Injury Program, we specialize in evaluating and treating non-life-threatening orthopaedic injuries. Our team delivers effective orthopaedic urgent care for injuries that occurred in the last 48 hours to people age 16 and older. We schedule most appointments within 48 business hours.