Dr. Thor Robert Rhodin, M.D.

Orthopaedic Solutions
Fuqua-Varina, NC 2014 – 2015
Orthopaedic Surgeon (Sports Medicine Fellowship Trained)
Employee

Robert Rhodin M.D.
Hardeeville, South Carolina 2011 – 2014
Orthopaedic Surgeon (Sports Medicine Fellowship Trained)
Sole practitioner

Lowcountry Medical Group of Beaufort County, LLC
Beaufort, South Carolina 1997 – 2009
Orthopaedic Surgeon (Sports Medicine Fellowship Trained)
Partner

Coastal Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
Beaufort, South Carolina 1994 – 1997
Orthopaedic Surgeon (Sports Medicine Fellowship Trained)

Medical Care Affiliates
Boston, Massachusetts 1984 – 1987
Director of Risk Management Program (which involved initiating and managing a work-related injury management and prevention program for 15 local hotels and related industries.

Salem Hospital
Salem, Massachusetts Emergency Medicine Physician
1986 – 1987

Emergency Medical Associates/Spectrum Emergency Care
Boston, Massachusetts – 1981 to 1986
Emergency Medicine Physician, Medical Director, Member of the Board of Directors of a group in charge of running 15 emergency departments and walk-in centers.

Albany Medical College
Albany, New York
Doctor of Medicine Degree 1974 – 1978

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Master of Science, Biochemistry 1972 – 1974

Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey Bachelor of Arts, English 1968 – 1972

Postgraduate

Hughston Sports Medicine Center
Columbus, Georgia – 2010 to 2011
Preceptorship, Orthopaedic Surgery and Joint Replacement

Hughston Sports Medicine Center
Columbus, Georgia
Fellowship, Sports Medicine, Soft Tissue Surgery (Extremities – shoulder and knees) 1993 – 1994

Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Orthopaedic Surgical Residency Program 1988 – 1993

University Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
First Year Resident, General Surgery 1987 – 1988

University Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine 1978 – 1981

Sports Medicine Committee
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina – Review of training
procedures for Marine recruits (1995 – 1996)

Team Physician
Beaufort County Preparticipation Sports Physicals-Organizer (1994 – 2007)
Battery Creek High School Football Team (1994 – 2007)
Beaufort High School Football Team (1994 – 2005)
Beaufort Storm – Semi-professional Football Team (1995)
Fort Valley State College Football Team (Fort Valley, Georgia, 1994)
Tri-Country High School Football Team (Americus, Georgia, 1994)
Thomas Jefferson High School Football Team (Richmond, Virginia, 1990 – 1993)

Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina
Director, Total Joint Replacement Services ( 2004 – 5)
Member, Medical Value Analysis Committee ( 2004 – 5)
Chairman, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (1995 -1998)
Chairman, On-line Research Committee (1995)

Staff Attending Physician Positions
WakeMed Cary, Cary, NC (2014 – 2015)
Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, SC (2005 – 2008, 2011 – 2015)
Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC (1994 – 2008)
Hampton Hospital, Varnville, SC (1998 – 2006)
S. Naval Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina (1994 – 2002)
University Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (1984 – 1987)
Salem Hospital, Salem, Massachusetts (1986 – 1987)
Marlboro Hospital, Marlboro, Massachusetts (1981 – 1986)
Tobey Hospital, Wareham, Massachusetts (1981 – 1986)

Assistant Teachingships
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (1980 – 1981)
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1972 – 1974)

• The Ageless Athlete Series Beaufort/ Bluffton, South Carolina, 1994 – 2013
• Ligamentous Examination of the Shoulder. Orthopaedic Study Group, Beaufort, South Carolina, February 1996
• Ligamentus Examination of the Knee. Orthopaedic Study Group, Beaufort, South Carolina, October 1995
• All About Shoulders. Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina, October 1995
• Sports Medicine and Health Lecture Series. Beaufort Memorial Hospital/YMCA, Beaufort, South Carolina, February – March 1995
• Lecturer and Organizer Training and Fitness Clinic for Coaches. Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina, March 1995, Lecturer and Organizer  Arthoscopic Repair of Middle Glenohumeral Ligament Injuries of the Shoulder. Hughston Society, Columbus, Georgia, June 1994. Presentation of a Research Project.
• Work Injuries. Ninth Annual Rural Health Conference, Fort Valley, Georgia, March 1994
• Endoscopic ACL Reconstruction. Instructional Course Lecture done in conjunction with Glenn C. Terry, MD and Robert Laprade, MD; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1994
• Anatomy of the Shoulder and Shoulder Instability in the Throwing Athlete. Done in conjunction with Glenn C. Terry, MD, Maryland Sports Medicine Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, October 1993
• The Use of Laser in Arthroscopy. Done in conjunction with Glenn C. Terry, MD, Redmond Regional Medical Center, Rome, Georgia, September 1993. Presentation of a research project.
• Scapulothoracic Movement in Normal and Paraplegic Individuals. Done in conjunction with Richard Caspari, MD and Ted Hofstedt, MD, Resident’s Day, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, June 1993
• A Shoulder Evaluation of Baseball Players: A Clinical and Isokinetic Study. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference, San Francisco, California, February 1993. Presentation of a research project.
• A Shoulder Evaluation of Baseball Players: a Protocol for Isokinetic Evaluation and Correlation with Clinical Results. The Hibbs Society, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 1992. Presentation of a research project.
• A Shoulder Evaluation of Baseball Players: a Correlation of Isokinetic Studies. Flexibility and Symptoms. Resident’s Day, Medical College of Virginia, June 1992. Presentation of a research project.
• A Shoulder Evaluation of Baseball Players: a Clinical and Isokinetic Study ­Preliminary Results. Resident’s Day, Medical College of Virginia, June 1991. Presentation of a research project.
• An Isokinetic Evaluation of the Shoulder: Establishment of a Protocol. Resident’s Day, Medical College of Virginia, June 1990. Presentation of a research project.

Research

• Evaluation of a Shoulder Assessment System for the Shoulder. 1994. Work in conjunction with G Terry, M.D.
• N.Y.S. Department of Health Sponsored Research Project: Autoimmune Renal Tubular Kidney Disease in Guinea Pigs: The Effect of Thymectomy, Splenectomy and Irradiation on the Disease. 1976. Supervised by Ulrich Rudofsky, PhD, Kidney Disease Institute.
• Cancer Fellowship Sponsored Research Project: Delayed Hypersensitivity Reactions to Concanavalin A Binding Tumor Membrane Components. 1975. Supervised by Thomas Cunningham, MD, Albany Medical College.

• Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Hughston Society
• South Carolina Medical Association
• American Medical Association
• National Association of Disability Evaluating Physicians
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society

Assistant Teachingships

• Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (1980 – 1981)
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1972 – 1974)