Best Hand Surgeon Wilmington Near Me

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Dr. Richard Bahner practices at 3787 Shipyard Boulevard in Wilmington and 8115 Market Street, Suite 108. Dr. Bahner received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in Durham, NC and earned his medical degree from the Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. He then performed his residency in general surgery at Emory University Hospital, his orthopedic residency at the Tampa Orthopedic Program in Tampa, Florida and at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopedics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bahner then completed a one-year surgical fellowship in reconstructive hand and upper extremity at the University of Chicago Division of Orthopedics in Chicago, Illinois.


Residencies: Emory University Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, General Surgery; Tampa Orthopedic Program, Tampa, FL; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Orthopedics

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Secondary to his specialized area of medical practice, Dr. Jarrett has published numerous basic science and clinical research articles as well as written several book chapters. His professional experience as an orthopedic surgeon has won him many accolades and international acknowledgements. Dr. Jarrett has been ranked amongst the top health care providers nationwide in “Patient Satisfaction” by Press Ganey patient polling. Dr. Jarrett not only has a busy clinical practice but also participates in grant funded research projects addressing rotator cuff injuries, shoulder arthritis, and upper extremity fractures.

Dr. Jarrett finished from Vicksburg High School in the top 1% of his class. He then attended Xavier University under a full academic merit scholarship. While in college, he was awarded the MARC academic research distinction. After graduating summa cum laude from Xavier University, he then attended medical school at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL, one of the top 20 medical institutions in the country. At Northwestern, he was nominated by the faculty as one of the medical students of distinction. He was also selected by his professors to serve as one of only two Histology TA for the junior medical students. After graduating from Northwestern, he completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Internship and Residency at Emory University Hospitals. During his training, Dr. Jarrett received several awards for outstanding research in the field of orthopaedics.

After the completion of his Orthopedic surgery residency, Dr. Jarrett was selected to the prestigious Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA under the tutelage of Baratz, Sotereanos, Schmidt, Hughes, Spiess, and Bragdon. Upon completion of his fellowship, he was awarded the microsurgical skills award by the staff. In 2020, Dr. Jarrett was presented an award for the “First NanoScope Shoulder Arthroscopy in Eastern North Carolina”, where he was thanked for being a pioneer in his field of Orthopedics and consistently improving the standard of care for his patients. Dr. Jarrett remains active nationally in his specialty by regularly assisting in physician education seminars.

Dr. Jarrett treats patients at Wilmington Health in and around Wilmington, NC.

4worldlovers: Carolina Sports Medicine joins Wilmington Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in partnership with the community’s trusted Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Douglas Messina, and Physician Assistant-Certified, Shawn Fitzergald. Dr. Messina and Shawn will begin seeing patients under the Wilmington Health practice on March 1st, 2023.

Dr. Messina and Shawn will continue to see patients at his current location at 1717 Shipyard Boulevard under the name Wilmington Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. They will maintain the current team that has enjoyed serving its existing patients. Wilmington Health and Carolina Sports Medicine will provide more details to patients about the transition.

Dr. Messina and the team will fold into the current, well-established Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine team that currently serves at Wilmington Health and is led by physicians Dr. Claude Jarrett, Dr. Chris Jarrett, Dr. Chad Fortun, and Dr. Sharrona Williams. Dr. Messina will also join the surgeons practicing at their new Ambulatory Surgery Center on Glen Meade Road, which opened in early June.

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