Matthew Morrey, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement with UT Medicine San Antonio, is one of four physicians selected from around the world for the prestigious 2014 John N. Insall Travelling Fellowship by The Knee Society.

In San Antonio, orthopaedic surgeons commonly treat Hispanic and black patients for a vast array of orthopaedic diseases and injuries. When these doctors turned to their specialty’s most esteemed journals to learn more about treatments and breakthroughs, they noticed little to no reference to these minority groups.

With the arrival of Zachary Child, M.D., the Health Science Center is now one of only five locations in the United States with an orthopaedic surgeon who is trained in complex spinal and musculoskeletal oncology.

Area’s top orthopaedists come together to provide specialized care to famous and not-so-famous athletes

The procedure, called FAST (focused aspiration of scar tissue), is performed in the Ambulatory Surgical Center at the Medical Arts and Research Center, a UT Medicine location. UT Medicine is the clinical practice of the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.