Thomas K. Fehring, MD, is a hip and knee orthopedic surgeon with OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C.
Dr. Fehring earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and completed his residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He also completed a fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Fehring is the author of 106 peer-reviewed publications, including a study highlighting the failure rate of irrigation debridement for periprosthetic infection.
Recently, Dr. Fehring was awarded a $500,000 grant by The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation for research on hip and knee arthroplasty infection prevention.