Dr. Brody Alan Flanagin M.D.

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Get to know Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Brody Flanagin, who serves the population of Dallas, Texas. Brody Flanagin, MD, is an Orthopedic Surgeon at Orthopedic Associates of Dallas, and is affiliated with Baylor University Medical Center. Dr. Brody Flanagin has been in practice for more than ten years, and has established a reputation as one of the leading orthopedic surgeons in Dallas. His career in medicine started in 2007, when he graduated from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. After an internship and residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, he completed a fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, with whom he is still associated. Dr. Flanagin is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and he provides both surgical and non-surgical treatments for a wide range of conditions, and for patients of all ages. Expert procedures undertaken by him include arthroscopy, fracture care, dislocation treatment, joint drainage, rotator cuff repair, and knee replacement. He is particularly renowned, however, as a specialist shoulder surgeon. Dr. Flanagin keeps up to date with the latest advances in orthopedic surgery with his membership of professional organizations including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the Texas Medical Association. Orthopaedic surgeons are devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles. Some orthopaedists are generalists, while others specialize in certain areas of the body, others specialty focuses include shoulder and elbow, hand, and spine. Orthopaedic surgeons treat broken bones, and replace painful joints, and also treat patients for sports injuries, back pain, ruptured discs and spinal stenosis, bone tumors, carpal tunnel, hand arthritis and hand injuries, club foot, bow legs and hip dysplasia, orthopaedic trauma, limb lengthening, achilles tendon injuries, bunions and foot and ankle injuries, osteoporosis, and arthritis.

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