Matthew Ryan Pollack, MD

Tyler A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA, is a fellowship-trained and board certified orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at Prisma Health Orthopedics in Columbia. After completing his bachelor's degree at the University of California, Berkeley, he received a Master of Business Administration and his MD from UCLA in Los Angeles. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston and his fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Throughout his career, Dr. Gonzalez has focused on improving patient care, medical education and research. His interest and passion in translational, clinical and biomechanical research has prompted over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and presentations. He routinely lectures at regional, national and international forums on foot and ankle topics and on improving value-based patient care. Dr. Gonzalez is an active reviewer for publications, including Foot and Ankle International, Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics, and Foot and Ankle Specialist. He is a member of various foot and ankle surgery societies and is president and co-founder of Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Inc., a collaboration of foot and ankle surgeons to improve the delivery of healthcare, innovate on current surgical technologies and advance overall patient care. He has a clinical interest in minimally invasive surgery, minimally invasive bunion correction, ankle replacements, ankle arthroscopy, foot and ankle arthritis, Charcot Marie Tooth disease, sports-related injuries, cartilage preservation and replacement surgery, bunion and hammertoe surgery, ligament/tendon disorders, dance medicine, and orthopedic trauma and fracture care. Outside of his clinical interests, Dr. Gonzalez's passions include medical education, entrepreneurship, healthcare management and policy, patient quality and safety, value-based healthcare research, and clinical outcomes research.

Frank K. Noojin III, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine at Birmingham. He completed his internship and residency at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, and completed a fellowship in orthopedic sports medicine at the Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Jackson. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. His specialties and clinical interests include knee cartilage repair, hip arthroscopy, femoroacetabular impingement surgery and hip preservation, elbow arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, general hand surgery, osteotomies about the knee, rotator cuff surgery and treatment of shoulder instability.

James L. McFadden, MD, received his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He completed his residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at Florida Orthopaedic Institute in Tampa. Dr. McFadden's specialties and clinical interests include hand, wrist and elbow surgery; upper extremity trauma; fracture care; nerve surgery; and shoulder surgery, including treatments for arthritis, rotator cuff tears, shoulder replacement and arthroscopic surgery. He is originally from Columbia and is excited to be back practicing in his hometown with Prisma Health Orthopedics.