RickWayneWrightMD
Orthopaedic Surgery • Nashville, TNOrthopedic Sports Medicine
Dan Spengler, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Office
Medical Center East, South Tower, Suite 4200
Nashville, TN 37232Phone(615) 936-0311- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Minneapolis Sports Medical CenterSports Medicine, 1993 - 1994
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1988 - 1993
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 2019 - 2022
FL State Medical License 2000 - 2023
IL State Medical License 1999 - 2023
MO State Medical License 1994 - 2023
MN State Medical License 1993 - 1995- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
- Osteochondritis Dissecans of Knee Prospective Cohort Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01James L Carey, MD
- Study of Two Surgical Drilling Techniques to Treat Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01Benton Heyworth, M.D.
- MOON Shoulder Instability-Cohort of Patients Undergoing Operative Treatment. Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01Brian Wolf, MD, MS;Carolyn M Hettrich, MD, MPH
- Multicenter ACL Revision Study (MARS) Start of enrollment: 2007 Feb 01Kurt P. Spindler, M.D.;Rick W. Wright, M.D.
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Beach Chair Versus Lateral Decubitus Position: Differences in Suture Anchor Position and Number During Arthroscopic Anterior Shoulder Stabilization.Jacqueline E Baron, Kyle R. Duchman, Carolyn M. Hettrich, Natalie A. Glass, Shannon F. Ortiz, Keith M. Baumgarten, Julie Y. Bishop, Matthew Bollier, Jonathan T. Bravma...> ;American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2021 May 21
- Identification of a novel genetic marker for risk of degenerative rotator cuff disease surgery in the UK BiobankElizabeth L. Yanik, Jay D. Keener, Shiow J Lin, Graham A. Colditz, Rick W. Wright, Bradley A. Evanoff, Nitin B. Jain, Nancy L. Saccone> ;Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume. 2021 May 12
- 2 citationsAssociation Between Baseline "Meniscal symptoms" and Outcomes of Operative and Non-Operative Treatment of Meniscal Tear in Patients with OsteoarthritisLindsey A MacFarlane, Heidi Yang, Jamie E. Collins, Robert H. Brophy, Brian J. Cole, Kurt P. Spindler, Ali Guermazi, Morgan H. Jones, Lisa A. Mandl, Scot T. Martin, Ro...> ;Arthritis Care and Research. 2021 Mar 1
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Press Mentions
Wearing a Knee Brace Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery Has No Effect on RecoveryOctober 9th, 2012
Hospital Affiliations
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Tennessee
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