
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 Plantar Fasciitis. 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.
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Locations
1240 Eagles Landing Parkway, Suite 300, Stockbridge, GA 30281
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.
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Steven E. Blackwood, M.D. is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon in the subspecialty of foot and ankle surgery. Dr. Blackwood offers comprehensive treatment of a variety of foot and ankle conditions including sports injuries, post-traumatic deformity, acute fractures, tendinopathy, chronic degenerative disease, and acquired toe deformity. He is experienced in fracture care, general orthopedics, ankle arthroscopy, cartilage preservation and restoration, complex deformity correction, ligament and tendon repair and reconstruction, ankle replacement, and fusions of the ankle and midfoot. Dr. Blackwood also specializes in the treatment of common foot and ankle disorders including bunions, hammer toes, Morton's neuromas, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendinitis.Dr. Blackwood is from Roswell, GA and graduated with the highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed his medical training at the Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta and completed residency in orthopedic surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He went on to complete a foot and ankle fellowship at Grand Rapids Orthopedic Associates in Grand Rapids, Michigan.During Dr. Blackwood's time at Georgia Tech he played collegiate baseball and is the only four year letterman to be named Mr. Georgia Tech. In 2018, he was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame. He was also drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2005 MLB draft. Most recently, Dr. Blackwood served as the Team Physician at the University of Mississippi and Lafayette High School in Oxford, MS. Dr. Blackwood is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Plantar Fasciitis. His top areas of expertise are Achilles Tendon Rupture, Flat Feet, Tendinitis, Plantar Fasciitis, and Hip Replacement.
Georgia Bone And Joint Newnan
If your health insurance plan is not on our list, please contact our office directly to confirm your health plan is in network. If your insurance requires a referral please call our office at 770-502-2175 option 1 to assist you with getting a referral from your PCP. Dr. Heinsch is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Plantar Fasciitis. His top areas of expertise are Tendinitis, Achilles Tendon Rupture, Foot Drop, Tenosynovitis, and Hip Replacement.
Piedmont Orthopedics - OrthoAtlanta Gwinnett
Jeffrey Smith is a Sports Medicine specialist and an Orthopedics provider in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Dr. Smith is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Plantar Fasciitis. His top areas of expertise are Tendinitis, Achilles Tendon Rupture, Distal Arthrogryposis Type 6, Trismus-Pseudocamptodactyly Syndrome, and Hip Replacement. Dr. Smith is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- TendinitisDr. Bowles isDistinguished. Learn about Tendinitis.
- Advanced
- BursitisDr. Bowles isAdvanced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Caffey DiseaseDr. Bowles isAdvanced. Learn about Caffey Disease.
- Frozen ShoulderDr. Bowles isAdvanced. Learn about Frozen Shoulder.
- Invertebral Disc DiseaseDr. Bowles isAdvanced. Learn about Invertebral Disc Disease.
- OsteoarthritisDr. Bowles isAdvanced. Learn about Osteoarthritis.
- OsteonecrosisDr. Bowles isAdvanced. Learn about Osteonecrosis.
- Experienced
- Accessory Navicular BoneDr. Bowles isExperienced. Learn about Accessory Navicular Bone.
- Achilles Tendon RuptureDr. Bowles isExperienced. Learn about Achilles Tendon Rupture.
- Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis with Tylosis
- Baker CystDr. Bowles isExperienced. Learn about Baker Cyst.
- Beukes Familial Hip DysplasiaDr. Bowles isExperienced. Learn about Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia.
- BowlegsDr. Bowles isExperienced. Learn about Bowlegs.


