Dr. Silver earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his M.D. from Wake Forest University. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency training at Duke University and his fellowship training in sports medicine at UNC- Chapel Hill.
Dr. Silver serves as a team physician for the Durham Bulls. He has been an orthopedic consultant for the PGA Tour in Greensboro and the Champions Tour (Seniors PGA) in Cary and is a certified Titleist Performance Institute medical professional. Before joining Triangle Orthopedics in 2005, he practiced for two years in Virginia Beach, where he served as the orthopedic consultant for the LPGA in Williamsburg, Virginia and as a team physician for Old Dominion University.
Dr. Silver is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the North Carolina Orthopedic Association, and the North Carolina Medical Society.
*CAQ Sports Medicine: The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, in conjunction with the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, offers a certificate of added qualification for "those surgeons who have demonstrated qualifications beyond those expected of other orthopaedic surgeons by virtue of additional education, a practice characterized by a majority of cases in orthopaedic sports medicine, and contributions to this field of medicine." It is granted to orthopaedic surgeons who are approved to take and who pass a subspecialty examination in sports medicine.
COMMON
SURGICAL PROCEDURES:
Shoulder:
Arthroscopic Rotator
Cuff Repair
Instability/Dislocation Repair -
Arthroscopic
Repair of Throwing Injuries - Arthroscopic
Impingement (Bone Spur) Surgery - Arthroscopic
Treatment of Acromioclavicular Arthritis - Arthroscopic
Reverse Shoulder Replacement for Arthritis
Total Shoulder Replacement for Arthritis
Shoulder Fracture Repair
Elbow:
Removal of Loose
Bodies - Arthroscopic
Tommy John Surgery
Tennis Elbow Release - Open and Arthroscopic
Biceps Tendon Tear Repair
Knee:
Anterior Cruciate
Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Reconstruction
Meniscus Repair - Arthroscopic
Cartilage Injury Repair/Resurfacing - Arthroscopic
Patellar Tendon Rupture Repair
Fracture Repair
Hip:
Loose Body Removal -
Arthroscopic
Labral Repair - Arthroscopic
Cartilage Injury Repair - Arthroscopic
Impingement Repair - Arthroscopic
Ankle:
Removal of Loose
Bodies - Arthroscopic
Cartilage Injury Repair - Arthroscopic
Instability Repair / Ligament Reconstruction
Fracture Repair
Achilles Tendon Tear Repair
Platelet
Rich Plasma Injections:
Tennis Elbow
Golfer’s Elbow
Patellar Tendonitis
Trochanteric Bursitis (Hip Bursitis)
Achilles Tendonitis