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
- Patellar Tendon Autograft
- ACL Avulsion
- ACL Hamstring
- Allograft
- Lateral Release
- Patellar Realignment
- PCL - PLC
Shoulder PT

