Michael L. Dockery, MD 704.323.2100

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Dr. Dockery and all of the staff at OrthoCarolina University treat me with characteristics that I value in a healthcare provider. They look me in the eye and treat me first like a person but also as a patient relying on their expertise. They provide expert, gentle, thorough, straight forward and patient care.

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Fellowship Trained

Sports Medicine

Clinical Specialties

Knee
Shoulder & Elbow
Sports Medicine

Locations

University

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Bachelor of Arts
University of Florida College of Medicine -- Doctor of Medicine
University of Florida, Shands Hospital -- Internship, Surgery
University of Florida, Shands Hospital -- Residency, Orthopedics
University of Oklahoma -- Fellowship, Sports Medicine

Bio

Team physician: UNC-Charlotte
Team physician: Mallard Creek High School
Chief of Orthopedics -- University Hospital, Atrium Health
Chairman of Board -- Mallard Creek Surgery Center
Clinical faculty -- Atrium Health
Board Certified – ABOS
Sports Medicine, Subspecialty certified – ABOS

Practice

Specializing in ACL reconstruction
Specializing in meniscus and cartilage surgery
Specializing in shoulder rotator cuff repair
Specializing in shoulder instability surgery
Specializing in knee, shoulder, and elbow arthroscopy

Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America
Member of the American Medical Association
Member of the North Carolina cook Orthopedic Association
Member of the North Carolina Medical Society
Member of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society

Research

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND LECTURES

“EMG Evaluation of Rotator Cuff Function During Shoulder Rehabilitation,” presented at Florida Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting 1994. Presented at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting, 1995.
“Evaluation of Treatment and Management of Aggressive Lesions of the Femoral Head and Neck”, presented in June 1995.
“Predictability of Hamstring Tendon Graft Lengths in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction”, presented May 1996.
“Cadaver Anatomy of the Wrist and Hand”, presented at Eleventh Annual Sports Medicine Symposium, Charlotte, NC, January 1997.
“Prospective Evaluation of Patellofemoral Pain”, presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America annual meeting, April 1997.
“Complex Knee Problems; from Sports Injuries to Total Knee Arthroplasty”, Faculty Members, AAOS, Rosemont, IL, April 18-20, 1997.
“Shoulder Injuries in the Workman’s Compensation Patient”, Charlotte, NC, June 1997.
“Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in the Skeletally Immature Patient”, Oscar Miller Day, Charlotte, NC, October 1998.
Dockery, ML, Wright, TW., and LaStayo, P.C. (1998) “Electromyography of the Shoulder: An Analysis of Passive Modes of Exercise” Orthopedics, 21, 1181-1184.
“Patellofemoral Pain in Athletes”, Thirteenth Annual Sports Medicine Symposium, Charlotte, NC, January 1999.
“Complex Knee Problems: Surgery for the Active Knee”, Faculty member, AAOS OLC Course, Chicago, IL, April 1999.
“Articular Debridement and Abrasion Arthroplasty for Chondral Changes in the Knee”, Oscar Miller Day, Charlotte, NC, October 1999.
“Complex Knee Problems of the Adult Knee”, Faculty Member, AAOC OLC Course, Chicago, IL, July 2001.
“Knee Dislocation; Assessment and Decision Making”, Oscar Miller Day, Charlotte, NC, January, 202.
“Complications of ACL Reconstruction: Arthrofibrosis and Infection”, Oscar Miller Day, Charlotte, NC October, 2002. “Knee Dislocation: Multiple Ligament Injuries and Treatment Options”, 17^th Annual Sports Medicine Symposium, Charlotte, NC, February, 2003.
“Physical Exam of the Injured Shoulder”, Symposium on Current Trends in the Management of the Adult Shoulder, Charlotte, NC, April, 2003.
“Adolescent Knee Injuries” Athletic Injuries of the Knee Symposium, Charlotte, NC January 2007
“Physical Exam of the Shoulder and Elbow” Athletic Injuries of the Shoulder and Elbow Symposium, Charlotte, NC January 2010

Affiliations

Physicians

Ehsan Alam, MD

James R. Alexander, MD

Richard E. Alexander, MD

David T. Anderson, MD

Michael Bates, MD

Walter B. Beaver Jr., MD

D. Scott Biggerstaff, MD

J. Yves Boudreau, MD

Brian K. Brighton, MD, MPH

Marcus Briones, MD

Edward C. Brown, III, MD

Julia Bulkeley, MD

Scott A. Burbank, MD

Ralph E. Carter, III, MD

Virginia F. Casey, MD

Christopher Chadderdon, MD

Todd M. Chapman Jr., MD

Alexander W. Chasnis, MD

David Ciaccia, D.O.

Christian Clark, MD

Bruce E. Cohen, MD, CEO

Patrick M. Connor, MD

Bruce Cox, MD

William L. Craig, III, MD

Brian M. Curtin, MD

Jeffrey M. Daily, MD

Bruce V. Darden, II, MD

Harlan B. Daubert, MD

W. Hodges Davis, MD

Brian S. DeLay, MD

Michael L. Dockery, MD

H. Yates Dunaway, III, MD

David N. DuPuy, MD

Kent Ellington, MD

Bradley S. Ellison, MD

Thomas K. Fehring, MD

Keith A. Fehring, MD

Louis C. Fiore, MD

James E. Fleischli, MD

Adam Fosnaugh, MD

Jacob Friedman, MD

Erika Gordan Gantt, MD

Ryan M. Garcia, MD

Michael Gart, MD

R. Glenn Gaston, MD

John S. Gaul, III, MD

William M. Geideman, MD

Russell V. Gilchrist, DO

Swaroop Gonchikar, MD

Gregg T. Graham, DNP, FNP-C, ACNP

William L. Griffin, MD

Matthew A. Gullickson, MD

Nady Hamid, MD

Patrick R. L. Hayes, MD

Robert Andrew (Drew) Henderson, MD, MSc

Verano Hermida, MD

David C. Hillsgrove, MD

David J. Howe, MD

Peter T. Hurley, MD

Todd A. Irwin, MD

Kevin James, MD

David V. Janeway, MD

W. Bryan Jennings, D.O.

Jeremy C. Johnson, MD

Carroll P. Jones, MD

Jeffrey A. Knapp, MD

Brian Krenzel, MD

Michael D. Lauffenburger, MD

Eric B. Laxer, MD

Alicia H. Lazeski, MD

Daniel R. Lewis, MD

Barrett A. Little, MD

Bryan J. Loeffler, MD

Ranjan S. Maitra, MD

Roy A. Majors, MD

J. Ryan Martin, MD

J. Bohannon Mason, MD

John L. Masonis, MD

Robert B. McBride, Jr., MD, President

Thomas H. McCoy, MD

James P. McDonald, MD

Michael McGehee MD

Mark R. McGinnis, MD

Patricia L. McHale, MD

John McMurtry, MD

John B. Meade, MD

Hannah L. Messer, MD, MPT

R. Alden Milam, MD

Claude Moorman, III, MD

Robert Morgan, MD

R. Grant Mostak, MD

Jason P. Norcross, MD

Scott B. O'Neal, MD

Matthew D. Ohl, MD

Lois K. Osier, MD

Sami J. Oweida, MD

Michael D. Paloski, DO, MBA

Kinjal Parikh, DO

Paul C. Perlik, MD

Dana P. Piasecki, MD

Michael Canaan Prater, DO

Stefan A. J. Renaud, DO

Alfred L. Rhyne, MD

Paul F. Rush, MD

William H. Satterfield, MD

Brian P. Scannell, MD

Shadley C. Schiffern, MD

E. James Sebold, MD

P. Bradley Segebarth, MD

Scott Shawen, MD

C. Van Sikes, III, MD

Jason Silva, MD

Ronald W. Singer, MD

James R. Skahen, III, MD

John A. Smid, MD

Scott Smith, MD

Joshua Smith, MD

Leo R. Spector, MD

Bryan D. Springer, MD

Kevin J. Stanley, MD

Rodney J. Stanley, MD

James S. Starman, MD

William V. Stucky, MD

Mark D. Suprock, MD

Benjamin Sutker, MD

John Temple, MD

John P. Ternes, MD

Ronald Vandernoord, MD

Jack L. Vesano, MD

Michael W. Walker, MD

W. Alan Ward, MD

Kenneth D. Weeks III, MD

S. Bradley Winter, MD

Jason Wong, D.O.

Julie C. Woodside, MD

Jonathan S. Yoder, MD