About

Dr. Larry D. Field was raised in Natchez, Mississippi. After receiving a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University, Dr. Field obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1988 from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Dr. Field’s subsequent professional training includes a 5-year orthopaedic surgery residency completed in 1993 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center as well. Following graduation, Dr. Field completed a surgical fellowship (subspecialty training) in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. While in New York, he served as assistant team physician for the New York Mets professional baseball team. In addition, Dr. Field completed an A-O International Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship in Germany.

Dr. Field is Board certified in the specialty of orthopaedic surgery with special expertise in shoulder and elbow surgery. He is active in multiple surgical specialty associations and belongs to several other professional organizations and corporate boards. In addition, Dr. Field is very involved in research related to shoulder and elbow pathologies and has given more than 500 scientific presentations worldwide and is acknowledged in the orthopaedic surgery community as an international expert in the management of shoulder and elbow conditions.

Dr. Field has authored or co-authored 6 books on shoulder and elbow problems, more than 100 scientific journal articles and over 80 book chapters, all related to shoulder and elbow conditions. Also, Dr. Field recently completed his service as president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) and currently serves on AANA’s Board of Directors. Finally, Dr. Field also serves as Fellowship Program Director for Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center’s highly regarded Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Fellowship training program.

Honors & Awards

• Association of Mexican Surgical Reconstruction and Arthroscopy (AMECRA) Annual Meeting, Visiting Professor - Guadalajara, Mexico, June 6-8, 2019
• Allegheny Medical Center Healthcare and Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Visiting Professor - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 27, 2018
• 5th Biannual Columbian Society of Orthopaedic Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Visiting Professor - Cartagena, Columbia, October 23, 2014
• Lewis B. Anderson, MD Presidential Guest Speaker
• The University of South Alabama Annual Orthopaedic Surgery Alumni Meeting, Visiting Professor - Orange Beach, Alabama June 8-9, 2013
• Association of Mexican Surgical Reconstruction and Arthroscopy (AMECRA) Annual Meeting, Visiting Professor - Guadalajara, Mexico, September 26-29, 2012
• Arthroscopy Association of North America Inspirational Leadership Award 2012
• Association of Mexican Surgical Reconstruction and Arthroscopy (AMECRA) Annual Meeting, Visiting Professor - Cancun, Mexico, June 4-6, 2011
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Achievement Award - March 9, 2010
• Latin American Society of Arthroscopy, Knee and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Course, Visiting Professor - Santiago, Chile, September 4-6, 2009
• Mayo Advanced Elbow Surgical Skills Course, Visiting Professor - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota - May 17-19, 2007
• International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Course, Visiting Professor - Costa do Sauipe, Brazil - September 19-21, 2007
• Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine - Annual Congress Meeting, Visiting Professor - Christchurch, New Zealand - August 28-30, 2006
• Italian Arthroscopy Association Surgical Winter Games Course, Visiting Professor - Cortina, Italy, April 5-8, 2006
• Mexican Orthopaedic Surgeons (AMECRA) Annual Meeting, Visiting Professor - Acapulco, Mexico, June 2-5, 2004
• St. George Shoulder and Elbow Annual Symposium, Visiting Professor - Sydney, Australia, May 3-5, 2001
• First Honors for Scientific Presentation at Mississippi Orthopaedic Society Meeting - Tuscaloosa, AL, May 2, 1991: “The Results of In-Situ Screw Fixation for Severe Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses”
• Second Honors, American Association for Hand Surgery Poster Session - Vancouver, BC, September 18-22, 1991; “Approaching the Proximal Phalanx for Fracture Fixation”
• Third Honors for Scientific Presentation at Mississippi Orthopaedic Society Meeting - Natchez, MS, April 24, 1993; “A Comparison of Patellar Tendon Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With and Without a Ligament Augmentation Device”
• M. Beckett Howorth Award, First Honors, University of Mississippi Medical Center Residents’ Day Scientific Session - Jackson, Mississippi, January 24, 1992; “A Comparison of Patellar Tendon Anterior Cruciate
  Ligament Reconstruction With and Without a Ligament Augmentation Device”
• M. Beckett Howorth Award, Second Honors University of Mississippi Medical Center Residents’ Day Scientific Session - Jackson, Mississippi, April 15, 1991; “The Results of In-Situ Screw Fixation for Severe Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses”
• M. Beckett Howorth Award, Third Honors, University of Mississippi Medical Center Residents’ Day Scientific Session - Jackson, Mississippi, April 15, 1991; “Arthroscopic Suture Repair of Superior Labral Detachment Lesions of the Shoulder”

Society Memberships

• Arthroscopy Association of North America – AANA, President 2019-2020
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Association – AOA
• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons – AAOS
• American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons — ASES
• American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine – AOSSM
• American Orthopedic Association – AOA
• International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine –ISAKOS
• Southern Orthopedic Association – SOA
• Mississippi Orthopedic Society, MOS President 2009 – 2010
• Mississippi State Medical Association – MSMA