Hip, Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy Specialist

Dominic S. Carreira, M.D., a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and arthroscopy specialist with advanced training from three orthopedic fellowship programs, specializes in foot and ankle, young adult and adolescent hip preservation, and sports medicine. He has been practicing orthopedics for 16 years.

Following his orthopedic residency training, Dr. Carreira completed a Foot and Ankle Fellowship with Dr. Mark Myerson and Clifford Jeng at the Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction, Baltimore, Maryland. He also completed a Foot and Ankle and Arthroscopy Fellowship in Seattle, Washington, and a Sports Medicine and Hip Arthroscopy Fellowship with the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado.

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Dr. Carreira serves as a consultant for both hip, and foot and ankle injuries for Atlanta United and the Atlanta Ballet. Previously, Dr. Carreira has served as an Assistant Team Physician to both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Ski Teams, Miami Dolphins, Colorado Rockies, Denver Broncos, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blaze and the Miami Marlins.

He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society, American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy.

Active in medical research, Dr. Carreira has presented his work on minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques and outcomes both nationally and internationally and has been published in numerous medical publications including Foot and Ankle International and the American Journal of Sports Medicine. He is the President and Founder of the Multicenter Arthroscopy Study of the Hip (MASH) and a founder of the Multicenter Arthroscopy Study of the Ankle and Foot (MASTAF). He is a founding member of HipSTR.

Dr. Carreira is an educator both nationally and internationally in the areas of athletic hip injuries and foot and ankle injuries, with over 300 publications and presentations. He has established a reputation as a leading arthroscopy specialist.

As an arthroscopy specialist, Dr. Carreira maintains offices in various locations in and around Atlanta, Georgia. He regularly treats long-distance and international patients.

Dr. Carreira is fluent in Spanish.

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