Commitment
Committed to patients, healthcare providers, and employers desiring compassionate quality orthopaedic services from skilled physicians who focus on returning patients to their active lifestyles.
DEDICATION
Dedicated to servicing the comprehensive needs of patients of all ages through personalized data-driven care pathways utilizing the latest technologic advances.
PURPOSE
To provide an exceptional patient experience with convenient access to comprehensive cost-appropriate care that delivers superior outcomes.
About
Southern Orthopaedic Alliance is a partnership of the leading-edge orthopaedic and musculoskeletal specialists.
Services
We are a physician-managed independent medical group practice that prioritizes a patient-centric integrated care approach. As an extension of our physician services advanced imaging, durable medical equipment, and rehabilitation are given thoughtful consideration relative to patient convenience, satisfactions, and care outcomes.
ACCESS
With strategically located Care Centers, we deliver state-of-the-art musculoskeletal care locally for our communities within Alabama and the southern United States.
Southern Orthopaedic Alliance Care Centers
Brewton, Daphne, Fairhope, Foley, Mobile, Saraland – AL
A New Alternative To Help Independent Practices Thrive.
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Southern Orthopaedic Alliance Leadership Team
J. Grant Zarzour,
MD
Gulf Orthopaedics
Specialty Training: Hip & Knee Replacement
Grant Shell,
MD
Gulf Orthopaedics
Specialty Training: Foot and Ankle
Gordon T. Hardy,
MD
Anniston Orthopaedics
Specialty Training: Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery
Andrew C. Morris,
MD
Anniston Orthopaedics
Specialty Training: Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery
Christopher A. Heck,
MD
Southlake Orthopaedics
Specialty Training: Spine Surgery
Michael D. Smith,
MD
Southlake Orthopaedics
Specialty Training: Hand and Upper Extremity
“The goals of the SOA are to provide quality based Orthopaedic Care, to unite regional ortho practices to help maintain private practice viability with changing landscapes of healthcare, and to prevent private equity takeover.”
Grant Shell, MD
Gulf Orthopaedics Care Center
“Our goal as physician-owned and managed medical practice is to develop strategic partnerships to improve our community’s access to top-tier patient outcomes.”
J. Grant Zarzour, MD
Gulf Orthopaedics Care Center
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that’s certainly true with Southern Orthopaedic Alliance. We are excited to partner with like-minded groups focused on improving patient access, providing high-quality care and outcomes, and promoting excellent patient experience, all in a cost-effective manner.”
Jeremy Schrimsher
Southlake Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Spine Center
“We at Southlake Orthopaedics are excited to join the Southern Orthopaedic Alliance because we believe that this will allow us to continue to provide patient-centered care in an environment that utilizes state-of-the-art Orthopaedic technology and surgical techniques.”
Michael D. Smith, MD
Southlake Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Spine Center
“The Southern Orthopaedic Alliance allows our physicians to advocate for our patients on a statewide scale, enhance their access to state-of-the-art orthopaedic care, and improve their clinical outcomes by uniting our individual knowledge and training.”
Christopher A. Heck, MD
Southlake Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Spine Center
“Participating in the Southern Orthopaedic Alliance allows physicians to align and coordinate with other strong orthopaedic surgical practices to improve the delivery and level of orthopaedic care to patients.”
Gordon T. Hardy, MD
Anniston Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Physical Therapy
“The Southern Orthopaedic Alliance is an innovative approach to the business of Orthopaedics. I am looking forward to exploring the collaboration among these orthopaedic groups to lower healthcare costs and develop solutions for future growth.”
Tammy Freeman
Anniston Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Physical Therapy
“The Improving patient care quality, increasing treatment access, and decreasing costs to the patient is our goal in joining the Southern Orthopaedic Alliance (SOA). SOA will help us achieve this through region wide teamwork, physician collaboration, and administrative efficiency.”
Andrew Morris, MD
Anniston Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Physical Therapy
Southern Orthopaedic Alliance Administrators
Pam King
Alabama Back Institute
Tammy Freeman
Anniston Orthopaedics
Kirby Butler
Gulf Orthopaedics
Jeremy Schrimsher
Southlake Orthopaedics
Southern ORTHOpAEDic ALLIANCE PHYSICIANS
Alabama Back Institure
Mark Prevost, MD
Mark Prevost II, MD
Matthew Prevost, MD
Anniston Orthopeadics
Gordon T. Hardy, MD
Andrew C. Morris, MD
Duane D. Tippets, MD
Duane M. Tippets, DO
Kenneth L. Vandervoort, MD
Michael R. Wiedmer, MD
Gulf Orthopeadics
Joanne P. Baird, MD
Blake Bowden, MD
Travis P. Bowen, DO
Joey F. Carter, MD
Jason R. Determann, MD
Russell Goode, MD
Michael L. Granberry, MD
R. Miles Hulick, MD
Clayton G. Lane, MD
Leslie V. Rush, III, DO
Albert J. Savage, IV, MD
Grant M. Shell, MD
Grant Stone, DO
Thomas G. Terral, MD
J. Grant Zarzour, MD
Southlake Orthopaedics
Michael F. Blum, MD
Ekkehard Bonatz, MD, PhD
George Robert Booker, MD
William S. Craig, IV, MD
Michael T. Ellerbusch, MD
Richard L. “Beau” Grantier, III, MD
Christopher A. Heck, MD
Jonathan Isbell, MD
Dewey H. Jones, IV, MD
John S. Kirchner, MD
William D. Krauss, DO
Michael D. Smith MD
William Douglas Sudduth, MD
CJ Talbert, JR, MD
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