Dr. Jon Hyman

Dr. Jon Hyman is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sports Medicine and Hip Arthroscopy expert who concentrates on helping his patients understand their problem and get the results they want. Understanding the problem from the patient's perspective, how it impacts their life, their family, their sports/jobs and goals is his primary concern.

Aside from surgical and technical expertise, he has a reputation of providing thorough second opinion evaluations. He seeks to answer all your questions and teach you about things you may not have known to ask, so you leave feeling informed, reassured and satisfied. Advanced LESS Exposure Surgeries, eg. hip arthroscopy, are his specialty.

Dr. Hyman got his medical degree from the Harvard University Medical School and received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University.. He completed his Orthopaedic Residency at Emory University and the Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC. After winning the most prestigious Resident award at Emory and the most prestigious Chief Resident research award at the Hospital for Special Surgery, he was awarded an additional year of Advanced Fellowship Training. He received the unique distinction of being offered positions at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, CO and the Alabama Sports Medicine Institute Fellowship with Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, AL. He opted to stay at the Hospital for Special Surgery and complete his research and the top ranked Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellowship, where he was trained in Cartilage Repair, Hip Arthroscopy and Shoulder, Elbow & Knee Surgery.

Dr. Hyman lectures at the  International Society for Hip Arthroscopy conference in Mexico

Dr. Hyman training and teaching other surgeons how to perform hip arthroscopy

Fellowship

• The Hospital for Special Surgery / Cornell University
• Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service
• Orthopaedic Traveling Fellowships: Sweden, India, Bolivia, Dubai (UAE) and Visiting Fellow in Hip Arthroscopy at Steadman Hawkins Clinic

Certifications

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
• United States Medical Licensing Examiners

Medical Degree

• Harvard University Medical School
• Stanford University Pre-Medicine

Residency

• The Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopaedics
• Emory University Hospitals

Areas of Expertise

• Rapid Return to Sports
• Patient Safety
• Determining Causation in Medicolegal work
• Arthroscopic surgery of the Knee, Hip, Elbow, Shoulder
• Labral repair of hip and shoulder
• Labral reconstruction
• Hip arthroscopy for all conditions, especially FAI
• Reconstructive Surgery for shoulder, hip and knee
• Meniscal Transplantation
• Cartilage Transplantation
• Microfracture, OATS
• ACL, MCL, PCL Ligament Reconstruction
• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
• Fresh Osteochondral Allograft
• Iliopsoas Tendon Surgery or Ischiofemoral Impingement
• High Tibial Osteotomy & Distal Femoral Osteotomy
• Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
• Patellofemoral Arthroplasty
• Shoulder, Hip and Knee biological resurfacing
• Tendon Repair (gluteus medius, rotator cuff, biceps, triceps, patella, quad, achilles, etc)
• Ultrasound guided joint injections (No radiation)
• Platelet Rich Plasma and Stem Cell Therapies in very select instances*
• Viscosupplement Injections

Associations

• International Society of Hip Arthroscopy
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine
• Georgia Orthopaedic Society
• Harvard Club of Georgia
• Stanford Club of Georgia

Major Accomplishments

• Associate Team Physician & Orthopedic Surgeon for the Atlanta Hawks (NBA)
• Associate Team Physician & Orthopedic Surgeon for the Atlanta Falcons (NFL)
• Associate Team Physician & Orthopedic Surgeon for the Atlanta Thrashers (NHL)
• Associate Team Orthopedist for the New York Giants (NFL)
• Provider for HSS Procare, for Professional Athletes, NBA Retired Athletes and the MLB Alumni Association

Select Hip Scientific Publications

• Hip Arthroscopy in Treating Hip Replacement Infections

Languages

• English/Medical Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

• Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital