Thomas Durbin, MD is a board certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with special expertise in shoulder and knee surgery and sports medicine. He is from Columbus, Ohio and joined TPMG Orthopedic, Spine and Sports Medicine in the Fall of 2012. After completing his residency training in orthopaedic surgery, and prior to moving to the area, Dr. Durbin completed an orthopaedic surgery fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Kentucky. While at Kentucky, he trained under some of the country’s top orthopaedic sports medicine surgeons and learned innovative operative and non-operative techniques to return elite and recreational athletes back to the field.

Dr. Durbin brings his passion for helping athletes to the area. He covers numerous high schools in the area, and is an orthopaedic team physician for the College of William and Mary. Dr. Durbin is also an affiliate physician for the LPGA.

Although he performs a multitude of procedures, he has special interest in anatomic ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, labral repairs, tendon repairs, meniscal repairs, cartilage restoration and a variety of other arthroscopic procedures. Dr. Durbin also performs general orthopaedics and fracture care.

Dr. Durbin enjoys spending time with his family, working out, golfing and following Boston College and Ohio State athletics. He remains active in continuing education and is currently a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM).

Research Article:

Dr. Durbin recently had a research article published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. The article is a case series of Multifocal Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee. Please click on the link below to read Dr. Durbin’s article:

http://journals.lww.com/pedorthopaedics/Abstract/publishahead/Multifocal_Juvenile_Osteochondritis_Dissecans_of.99888.aspx