USA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty

Academic Faculty

Dr. James Slauterbeck

Professor and Chair

Dr. Slauterbeck is the professor and chair of orthopaedic surgery at the USA College of Medicine. Dr. Slauterbeck earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Arizona State University in Tempe, and his medical degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson. After completing his residency at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, he completed a sports medicine fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Slauterbeck's community outreach and sports medicine research have identified risk factors for and prevention of athletic injuries especially pertaining to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. His greatest contribution to orthopaedics has been identifying that risk factors for and the outcomes after ACL injury are different between females and males.

Dr. Jeffrey Brewer

Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor
Trauma

Dr. Brewer received his Bachelor of Science from Kansas State University. He attended the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City. He completed a residency at Stony Brook University Hospital and an Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship at the University of Texas-Houston Memorial Hermann Hospital. His specialty is orthopaedic traumatology. His primary interest includes pelvic/acetabular injuries, periarticular fractures, nonunions, malunions, and infections. He joined the Orthopaedic Surgery faculty in 2015.

Dr. Jared L. Burkett

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Hand and Upper Extremity

Dr. Burkett received his Bachelor of Science from Auburn University at Montgomery. He graduated from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Dr. Burkett completed a hand fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. His specialty is hand and upper extremity. Dr. Burkett joined the department in 2014.

Dr. Brad Clay

Assistant Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor
Sports Medicine

Dr. Clay received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University and his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville and his sports medicine/arthroscopy fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. His clinical interests are the open and arthroscopic management of athletic injuries to the shoulder, elbow, knee and hip. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids, traveling, watching sports and remaining active.

R. Drew Madison

Dr. R. Drew Madison

Assistant Professor
Trauma

Dr. Madison received his Bachelor of Science from Kansas State University. He attended the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City. He completed a residency at Stony Brook University Hospital and an Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. His specialty is orthopaedic traumatology. His primary interest includes pelvic/acetabular injuries, periarticular fractures, nonunions, malunions, and infections. He joined the Orthopaedic Surgery faculty in 2019.

Dr. Tyler McDonald

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Dr. McDonald received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He completed his fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE. Dr. McDonald specializes in spine treatment. He joined the faculty in 2021.

Dr. Jess Mullens

Assistant Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor
Foot and Ankle

Dr. Mullens received his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in Birmingham. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the USA Health in Mobile. He completed a foot and ankle fellowship at The Steadman Clinic at Vail Health Hospital in Colorado. He joined the faculty in 2021.

Dr. Prasit Nimityongskul

Professor
Pediatrics

Dr. Nimit is USA's longest tenured orthopaedist. He joined the faculty in 1983 and is well published. Dr. Nimit received both his undergraduate and medical degree from Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. He completed his residency at USA and then a Pediatric Fellowship at the A.I. Dupont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware, and at Children's Hospital at Louisiana State University. Within pediatric orthopaedics, his primary interests include scoliosis, clubfoot, and hip dislocation (DDH).