David Cearley
                                        Elwyn A. Sanders M.D. Professor in Orthopedics
                                        Associate Professor
                                        Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Bio
Grew up in Texas and attended Texas Christian University as an undergraduate attaining a BA in English. Attended Texas A&M for medical school and then came to Georgia for Orthopaedic residency. Completed pediatric and oncologic orthopaedic fellowships at the University of Utah and after briefly starting my career at Texas A&M/ Scott & White hospital I returned to Augusta University where I have been practicing for the past 12 years.
                                     
                                 
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                        -  DCEARLEY@augusta.edu
-  (706) 721-4209
-  BP 2109A
 
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                                                                    Education
                                    
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 BA, English Language and Literature
Texas Christian University, 2014
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 MD, Medicine
Texas A&M University System He, 1999
Certifications
                                    
                                                                        Awards & Honors
                                    
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 Medical College of Georgia Exemplary Teaching Award
MCG, 2025
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 Medical College of Georgia Exemplary Teaching award 2019
MCG, 2019
 
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                                                             Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
                                        
                                        
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 SURG 5000Basic Clkshp in SURG: Basic Surgery Clerkship
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 RSUR 5003Orthopedics
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 SURG 5275Orthopedics Externship: Extern 2wks, Orthopedic Surg
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 SURG 5007Surgery Sub-I: Surgery Sub I, Orthopedics
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 RPED 5002Pediatrics General
 Teaching Interests 
                                        Pediatric orthopedics- general
                                        
                                    
                                 
                             
                            
                            
                            
                                                                     Scholarship 
                                    Selected Recent Publications
                                                                    
                                    - Management of Pediatric Type 3 Supracondylar Humerus Fracture in the United States: Results of a National Survey of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2013
 Other
- Index of Suspicion, 2012
 
- Stringent Patient Selection in Bulk Allografts, 2010
 Other
Research Interests
                                    Guided growth, Clubfoot, trauma
                                                                 
                            
                            
                            
                                
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