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James L. Carey, MD is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Director of the Penn Center for Advanced Cartilage Repair and Osteochondritis Dissecans Treatment. Dr. Carey majored in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Duke University. He attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and then completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he completed a Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He graduated from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a Master of Public Health. During his five years as a faculty member at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Carey served as a Team Physician for Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, the Nashville Sounds (Minor League Baseball Class AAA), and the Nashville Predators (National Hockey League). Now, he serves as a Team Physician for the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Carey serves as Associate Editor for Epidemiology and Statistics for the American Journal of Sports Medicine. In this role, he works collaboratively with the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board. He has primary responsibility for epidemiological manuscripts assigned by the Editor-in-Chief, including the management, review, selection, and editing of articles subject to the approval of the Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor. Dr. Carey’s clinical expertise includes the evaluation and treatment of all sports medicine injuries. He especially focuses on arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery. His primary research interests include anterior cruciate ligament injuries and cartilage repair.