Centers of Excellence » Shoulder Center
Overview
The Shoulder Center focuses on healing patients from all injuries and disorders of the shoulder.
Patient Education
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- How Do I Return After an Injury?
- I Had Surgery and I am Still Having Problems!
- Rotator Cuff Injuries and Treatment
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Dislocation
- View More Articles in our Patient Education
Center Staff
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Richard L. Worland, MD
Richard L. Worland, M.D., F.A.C.S.
The Shoulder Center
Dr. Worland, an associate clinical professor at the Medical College of Virgina, specializes in the treatment, reconstruction, and total replacement of damaged knee and shoulder joints. A founding member of the America Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the North American Arthroscopy Association, he has been in private practice in Richmond for over twenty years. Since late 1986, together with his partner, Dr. Douglas E. Jessup, he has performed over 4,000 total joint replacement surgeries. Dr. Worland is the surgeon designer of the Bi-Angular total shoulder system, the Bipolar shoulder replacement system, and the AGC Revision Total Knee replacement system, all of which are used worldwide (as well as numerous surgical instruments).
Dr. Worland is very active nationally and internationally in research and teaching techniques in total joint replacement.
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Kenneth R. Zaslav, MD
Kenneth R. Zaslav, M.D.
The Shoulder Center
A native of New York city, Dr. Zaslav completed medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He then completed a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the New York University / Bellevue Medical Centers and also served as the Shoulder Surgery Fellow at Lenox Hill Hospital of New York.
After teaching for one year at the Orthopaedic Hospital of Charlotte, he moved to Richmond to continue practice as a specialist in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery at Advanced Orthopaedic Centers. He founded the Sports Medicine Center at AOC 12 years ago, and has since served as its Chief. He was also the Founding Director of the Performing Arts Medicine Center at HealthSouth Hospital.
Dr. Zaslav is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University (MCV) and Medical Director of Rehabilitative Sports Medicine at the HealthSouth Physical Therapy and Rehab Center in Richmond, VA. He lectures and writes regularly on orthopaedic topics, including shoulder injury and cartilage regeneration.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, The American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, The American College of Sports Medicine, International Association of Dance Medicine and the International Cartilage Repair Society.
Past positions include serving as Team Physician for The New York University varsity athletic teams, Assistant Orthopaedic Surgeon for the New York Islanders (NHL), Sports Medicine Consultant to the US Tennis Association, Chief Team Physician and Director of Sports Medicine for the Richmond Rage (ABL), and Chief Team Physician for the Richmond Rhythm (IBL). He is currently the company physician for The Richmond Ballet, and serves on the Boards of Directors of The Ballet and The Richmond Metropolitan Sportsbackers Association.
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Geoffrey B. Higgs, MD
Geoffrey B. Higgs, M.D.
The Shoulder Center
Dr. Higgs has served as Associate Team Physician for Harvard University Athletic Teams, the New England Patriots Professional Football Team, the Boston Bruins Professional Hockey Team, and the New England Revolution Professional Soccer Team. During his Residency at Columbia University, he served as Chief of Physicians for Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden, home to the New York Yankees, New York Knicks(NBA) and the New York Rangers(NHL).
Dr. Higgs served his active duty obligation for a medical school scholarship as a Major with the U.S. Army where he became a highly decorated officer. He served in Seoul, South Korea, Heildelberg, Germany, and Taszar, Hungary during the Bosnian war.
Dr. Higgs is widely published in medical literature and has lectured at numerous national and international meetings. Dr. Higgs is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Currently, Dr. Higgs is a Clinical Assistant Professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Medical College of Virginia. He is the team physician for Henrico High School athletic teams and the team physician for the Richmond Rhythm, a professional basketball team in the International Basketball League.
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Marion H. Herring, MD
Marion H. Herring, M.D.
The Shoulder Center
Marion M. Herring has joined the AOC Sports Medicine and Shoulder Centers. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Washington and Lee University and his medical degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. He completed his Orthopedic training here in Richmond and completed an additional fellowship in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery at Duke University.
He began his career in Boone, North Carolina where he was the team physician for Appalachian State University and Lees McRae. He focused on treatment of complex knee, shoulder, and elbow injuries. He then worked as an Assistant Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. He continued to teach and practice sports medicine. His teaching and research was focused on treatment of knee, shoulder, and elbow problems.
At AOC, his practice focus continues to be sports medicine and complex problems of the knee, shoulder and elbow. He is subspecialty board certified in Sports Medicine. He teaches regionally and nationally on topics including arthroscopic shoulder surgery, shoulder replacements, shoulder instability, and arm injuries in the young throwers. He has recently published papers on complex reconstruction of unstable shoulders and evaluation and treatment of shoulder dislocations. In 2009, he will serve as an associate editor for The Journal of Shoulder and Elbow. He presently works at St. Francis Hospital and Henrico Doctor's Parham Hospital.
Dr Herring is also an avid triathlete. He competes on a local and national level. He won the Virginia Triathalon Series points race for his age group and recently qualified for the World ½ iron man championships for 2009. He uses his experience as an athlete in combination with over 10 years of sports medicine and shoulder reconstruction to treat each patient with precision and empathy.
Dr. Herring and his wife have three children.
