Overview
Steven J. Thornton, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, an orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon, and a leader in the field of minimally invasive surgery. He specializes in elbow, hip, knee, and shoulder procedures and sees patients at the Texas Orthopaedic Associates location on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Thornton earned both his medical degree and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was elected to join the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society and was awarded the Donald Imrie Award for Most Outstanding Performance in Orthopaedic Surgery. After completing his internship in general surgery and residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, he was awarded a prestigious sports medicine and shoulder surgery fellowship at Cornell University’s Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He also completed a traveling fellowship in orthopaedic surgery at Norwich’s Royal College of Surgeons in the United Kingdom. Dr. Thornton is currently a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, and the Texas Orthopaedic Association. He’s widely recognized as being at the top of his field, having been on D Magazine’s list of Best Doctors in Dallas. He has a long history of working with athletes at the highest levels, having served as a team physician for the Texas Wild Professional Tennis Team and as an orthopaedic surgeon for the NCAA Final Four Men’s Championship, the Hamlet Professional Tennis Tournament, Visa America’s Gymnastic Cup, and the United States National Figure Skating Championships. In addition to his work with patients, Dr. Thornton contributes to advancing the field of orthopaedic surgery. He is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, a reviewer for the Journal of Arthroscopy, and the author of numerous scientific articles and book chapters on various sports-related topics, such as rotator cuff repair, ACL reconstruction, and elbow ligament reconstruction for athletes with throwing injuries. Outside of his practice, Dr. Thornton enjoys spending time with his wife and three children and playing golf.
Dr. Thornton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tendinitis. His top areas of expertise are Tendinitis, Tennis Elbow, Tenosynovitis, and Bursitis.
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Locations
7115 Greenville Ave, Suite 310, Dallas, TX 75231
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Areas of Expertise
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- BursitisDr. Thornton isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- OsteoarthritisDr. Thornton isExperienced. Learn about Osteoarthritis.
- TendinitisDr. Thornton isExperienced. Learn about Tendinitis.
- Tennis ElbowDr. Thornton isExperienced. Learn about Tennis Elbow.
- TenosynovitisDr. Thornton isExperienced. Learn about Tenosynovitis.