Stephanie S. Martin MD

Stephanie S. Martin, M.D. is a board-certified specialist in sports medicine and pediatric orthopaedics. Dr. Martin developed her love for athletics at a very early age and has always aspired to work with young athletes. Being the daughter of a head basketball coach and athletic director at a college in northeastern Ohio fostered her development as an athlete and enriched her experience taking care of all athletes.

Dr. Martin attended college at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio where she played varsity volleyball on her way to graduating as valedictorian and majoring in both biology and chemistry. She continued her education at Vanderbilt University Medical School, earning honors and graduating at the top of her class. While at Vanderbilt she cared for athletes in many sports; she served as one of the team physicians for the football team and traveled with the women’s soccer team.

Dr. Martin completed her five-year residency in orthopaedic surgery at Vanderbilt, after which she pursued dual fellowships in pediatric orthopaedics and sports medicine. She is one of only a few orthopaedic surgeons in the world who are dually fellowship trained in both pediatric orthopaedics and sports medicine, and she is the only fellowship-trained pediatric sports medicine orthopedist in Georgia. In addition, only 2% of all board-certified orthopaedic surgeons are women, making Dr. Martin’s experience even rarer. As one of only a few orthopedic surgeons capable of handling complex pediatric conditions, her skills were featured on a Discovery Channel documentary.