Richard J. Bowles
Experienced in Achilles Tendon Rupture

Dr. Richard J. Bowles

Sports Medicine | Orthopedics
Piedmont Healthcare
Piedmont Orthopedics - OrthoAtlanta Stockbridge
1240 Eagles Landing Parkway, Suite 300, 
Stockbridge, GA 
Accepting New Patients
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Experienced in Achilles Tendon Rupture
Piedmont Healthcare
Piedmont Orthopedics - OrthoAtlanta Stockbridge
1240 Eagles Landing Parkway, Suite 300, 
Stockbridge, GA 
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Overview

Richard J. Bowles, MD, provides orthopedic care to patients in our McDonough and Stockbridge locations. His practice includes general orthopedics with a specialization in sports medicine. He has special interests in ACL reconstruction and complex knee surgery (including multiligamentous reconstruction and cartilage salvage/knee preservation) and advanced arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee.

Dr. Bowles graduated with honors from the University of Louisville and continued his education at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, after a career in engineering and business. After completing a general surgery internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital) in Boston, Dr. Bowles completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Colorado in Denver. He completed his sports medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He is a team physician for the US Ski & Snowboard Team.

Dr. Bowles is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achilles Tendon Rupture. His top areas of expertise are Tendinitis, Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, and Tenosynovitis.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Louisville School Of Medicine, 2012
Residency
University of Colorado, Orthopedic Surgery, 2017
Specialties
Sports Medicine
Orthopedics
Licenses
Orthopaedic Surgery in CO
Board Certifications
American Board Of Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowships
Cleveland Clinic, Sports Medicine, 2018
Hospital Affiliations
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Piedmont Henry Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Piedmont Orthopedics - OrthoAtlanta Stockbridge
1240 Eagles Landing Parkway, Suite 300, Stockbridge, GA 30281
Call: 770-506-4350

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


12 Total Publications

Dual-Baseline Search for Active-to-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations in NOvA.
Dual-Baseline Search for Active-to-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations in NOvA.
Journal: Physical review letters
Published: September 11, 2024
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