Dr. Chase Smith is a fellowship-trained orthopedic sports medicine surgeon specializing in the care of athletes and active individuals of all ages. His practice focuses on sports medicine, hip preservation, advanced arthroscopic surgery, pediatric sports injuries, and complex shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee conditions. His mission is to help patients return safely to competition, work, and the activities they enjoy while preserving their native joints whenever possible.

A Dothan native, Dr. Smith graduated magna cum laude from Auburn University before earning his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center before pursuing a prestigious Sports Medicine Fellowship at Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham under the mentorship of internationally renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews.

During fellowship, Dr. Smith served as an assistant team physician for Auburn University while caring for athletes at every level, from youth and high school sports to collegiate and elite competition. Before returning home to Dothan in 2017, he served as an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he specialized in sports medicine while helping care for collegiate athletes and training orthopedic residents.

Dr. Smith is one of the few surgeons in the region offering comprehensive hip preservation procedures, including hip arthroscopy, labral repair, and labral reconstruction for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and other non-arthritic hip disorders. He also specializes in minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, elbow, and knee.

Areas of Expertise:

• Hip preservation, hip arthroscopy, and labral reconstruction.
• Advanced arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee.
• Complex knee ligament reconstruction, including ACL, PCL, MCL, MPFL, and multi-ligament injuries.
• Meniscus repair and preservation.
• Shoulder instability, rotator cuff tears, and labral injuries.
• UCL (“Tommy John”) reconstruction and repair.
• Pediatric and adolescent sports injuries.
• Cartilage restoration and joint preservation.
• Fracture care for children and active adults.

Dr. Smith believes every patient deserves the same level of care provided to elite athletes. By combining the latest evidence-based techniques with individualized treatment plans, his goal is to restore function, preserve joints whenever possible, and help patients return to the activities they love.

Although sports medicine and joint preservation are the primary focus of his practice, Dr. Smith also performs direct anterior total hip replacement, total knee replacement, and total shoulder replacement when joint replacement is the most appropriate treatment.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Smith and his wife, Dr. Chelsey Smith, an ENT surgeon, enjoy raising their three children on their cattle ranch outside Dothan. An active member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), Dr. Smith has a special appreciation for the unique injuries sustained by rodeo athletes and others living an active outdoor lifestyle.