Bio
- Director of shoulder reconstruction at JIS Orthopedics
- Developer of outpatient total shoulder protocols
- Team physician for the US Women’s Ski Team from 2008-2015
Dr. Jason Hurst
Joined JIS in 2009
Jason M. Hurst, M.D., leads the Shoulder Reconstruction division at JIS Orthopedics.
Dr. Hurst has a particular interest in product development and he is one of 5 international design surgeons for patient-specific instrumentation for shoulder arthroplasty and one of 12 surgeons in the US selected to participate in FDA trials of novel less-invasive total shoulder implants.
Education
- B.S., Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
- M.D. Georgetown University, Washington DC
Residency
- Orthopedic Residency, Duke University, Durham, NC
Fellowship
- Joint Preservation, SportsMed, Arthroscopy & Shoulder Reconstruction Steadman-Hawkins Clinic, Vail, CO
- Adult Reconstruction Joint Implant Surgeons, New Albany, OH
Honors
- Team Physician for the US Women’s Ski Team from 2008-2015
- Performed the first patient-specific total shoulder replacement in the US
- One of twelve US shoulder surgeons selected to trial a less-invasive stemless total shoulder replacement
Affiliations
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
- The Piedmont Orthopedic Society
Read more about Dr. Hurst
He received his bachelor’s degree from Washington & Lee University and his medical degree from Georgetown University where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.
He completed his orthopaedic residency training at Duke University where he also worked in sports medicine research.
Dr. Hurst has also completed two different fellowship programs: a fellowship in joint preservation, sports medicine, shoulder, knee, and hip arthroscopy, and shoulder reconstruction at the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado and an adult reconstruction fellowship focused on total and partial knee arthroplasty at Joint Implant Surgeons.
Dr. Hurst is a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and the Piedmont Orthopedic Society, and he is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Dr. Hurst’s training was in the evaluation and treatment of sports related injuries of the shoulder, hip, and knee, in addition to the management of severe arthritis of the knee and shoulder. As his practice has evolved since 2009, his main clinical focus has become the management of shoulder and knee arthritic disease. His current clinical interests include anatomic and reverse shoulder arthroplasty and minimally invasive total and partial knee replacement.
He is also eagerly involved in the development of rapid recovery pathways for outpatient total joint arthroplasty.
Dr. Hurst lives in New Albany with his wife and two young children. He is an avid golfer and skier.
- Dual trained in both adult knee reconstruction and sports medicine which includes complex knee and shoulder replacement.
- One of twelve US shoulder surgeons selected to trial a less-invasive stemless total shoulder replacement.
- Performed the first patient-specific total shoulder replacement in the US.
