Maryland Orthopaedic Specialists
Maryland Orthopaedic Specialists is a sports medicine-focused practice with offices in Bethesda and Germantown. Dr. James Gardiner and Dr. Christopher Raffo founded the practice in 2009.
Dr. Gardiner and Dr. Raffo are both sports medicine fellowship-trained and practice the most-advanced arthroscopic techniques. Dr. Gardiner serves as the Head Team Physician for the Seneca Valley High School football team. Dr. Raffo is the Head Team Physician for Quince Orchard High School and St. Vincent Pallotti High School.
In 2013, Maryland Orthopaedic Specialists welcomed Dr. Matthew Zimmermann as the division’s hand and upper extremity specialist. Dr. Zimmermann treats all disorders of the hand and upper extremity for adult and pediatric patients. He completed a fellowship at the Philadelphia Hand Center in 2013. Dr. Gary Feldman, a podiatrist from The Orthopedic Center in Rockville (CAO division 28), sees patients two half days per week at the Bethesda office. The practice also partners part-time with Dr. Levi Pearson, an interventional pain management specialist.
An incredibly experienced team of physical therapists anchors the division. They have worked with members of DC United, the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National and Olympic Soccer teams, the Canadian Football League, University of Maryland’s football program, and the Jamaican Men’s National Team, but they pride themselves on treating elite athletes and non-athletes with the same high quality care. The division is the official sports medicine provider for Baseball Factory, a national powerhouse in player development and college recruiting for baseball players between the ages of 10-18. The division has partnered with Sports Performance Institutes, founded by several of the division’s therapists, providing sports movement screening, team training sessions for injury prevention, and performance enhancement.
Joining the Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics will hopefully preserve the private practice model and allow the division to adjust to the continually changing landscape in healthcare. It also allows the team at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists to proudly continue its tradition of personalized patient care. They appreciate the feeling of unity among The Centers’ physicians.