Patients will be contacted to reschedule their surgeries.
Our doctors offer a superior quality of diagnostic proficiency and, when needed, an unmatched level of surgical expertise.
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Dr. Chelsea Stanford gets great satisfaction from seeing patients get back to their sport. She joined University Orthopaedic Surgeons in 2023 to focus on sports medicine. Dr. Stanford earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical services from Texas A&M University and Doctor of Medicine from The University of Texas Medical Branch.
She completed her residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and a fellowship in sports medicine at The University of Tennessee. She served as team doctor for the Knoxville Ice Bears professional hockey team during her fellowship as well.
Read MoreDr. Stanford is a runner, and she chose sports medicine because it brings her joy outside of work. Understanding how important movement is to life, she wants to help others keep doing the things that bring them joy. Her sports medicine practice includes ultrasound guided injections and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections.
Along with husband, Tom, and young daughter, Avery, Dr. Stanford resides in Knoxville and enjoys running, hiking and spending time with her family and dogs.
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2011
- Doctor of Medicine: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 2015
- The American Board of Pediatrics
- Sitting for Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Sports Medicine, July 2023
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) member
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) member
Dr. Chelsea Stanford gets great satisfaction from seeing patients get back to their sport. She joined University Orthopaedic Surgeons in 2023 to focus on sports medicine. Dr. Stanford earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical services from Texas A&M University and Doctor of Medicine from The University of Texas Medical Branch.
She completed her residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and a fellowship in sports medicine at The University of Tennessee. She served as team doctor for the Knoxville Ice Bears professional hockey team during her fellowship as well.
Read MoreDr. Stanford is a runner, and she chose sports medicine because it brings her joy outside of work. Understanding how important movement is to life, she wants to help others keep doing the things that bring them joy. Her sports medicine practice includes ultrasound guided injections and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections.
Along with husband, Tom, and young daughter, Avery, Dr. Stanford resides in Knoxville and enjoys running, hiking and spending time with her family and dogs.
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2011
- Doctor of Medicine: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 2015
- The American Board of Pediatrics
- Sitting for Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Sports Medicine, July 2023
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) member
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) member