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Marion M. Herring, M.D.

Sports Medicine Center

Marion M. Herring, M.D., 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, rotator cuff injuries, shoulder replacements, shoulder instability, and arm injuries in the young throwers. He has been selected by Biomet Corporation to host other physicians learning current surgical techniques of shoulder. He has recently published papers on complex reconstruction of unstable shoulders and evaluation and treatment of shoulder dislocations (see papers). In 2009, he served as an associate editor for The Journal of Shoulder and Elbow. He works as a medical consultant for Endorphin Fitness. 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 Triathlon Series points race for his age group in 2009 and the overall masters point series in 2010. He competed for TEAM USA in 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

Undergraduate Degree

Washington and Lee University, B.S., Chemistry

Medical School

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Training

Fellowship

Sports Medicine and Shoulder

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery

Medical College of Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Internship

General Surgery

Medical College of Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Board Certification

  • Diplomate, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery

Publications

Dr. Herring Protocols

Preop Instructions & Information

Postop Instructions & Information

Physical Therapy Protocols

Elbow PT

Knee PT

Shoulder PT