Sports Medicine.
Undergraduate: University of Virginia
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: William Beaumont Army Medical Center
and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX
Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center
Board Certification: Orthopaedic Surgery
Special Procedures: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, Arthroscopic and open shoulder stabilization / labral repair, shoulder replacement, elbow arthroscopy, Multiligamentous knee reconstruction, knee cartilage restoration, patellar stabilization, meniscal transplantation, knee osteotomy, pediatric and adolescent sports medicine.
Research interests: Complex rotator cuff tears,
Management of shoulder instability, shoulder and
elbow injuries in overhead athletes, surgical outcomes
after shoulder replacement, clinical outcomes with
tendon repair, orthobiologics, cartilage restoration,
management of patellofemoral instability, meniscal
allograft transplantation, chronic exertional
compartment syndrome
Dr. Brian Waterman is a board-certified, former military orthopedic surgeon specializing
in sports medicine, cartilage restoration, and shoulder and elbow care. He earned his
undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and graduated with his medical
doctorate from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Waterman
subsequently performed his internship and residency in orthopedic surgery through the
U.S. Army at the combined program of William Beaumont Army Medical Center and
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Texas. Dr. Waterman
performed his fellowship training with the renowned Sports Medicine program at Rush
University Medical Center in Chicago. He has served as a team physician for the
Chicago Bulls (NBA), Chicago White Sox (MLB), Chicago Fire (MLS), and Chicago
Steel (USHL). He previously received additional training in complex knee, shoulder, and
elbow reconstruction at the Mayo Clinic, and he been selected for the prestigious
American Orthopaedic Association North American Traveling Fellowship and
Arthroscopy Association of North America’s (AANA) Advanced Arthroscopy Traveling
Fellowship.
A 13-year military veteran, Dr. Waterman has served his country with distinction,
earning multiple honors including the Meritorious Service Medal and Army
Commendation Medal. He previously completed a combat deployment with the 28th
Combat Support Hospital to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of the 8 th Marine
Regiment from Camp Lejeune, NC and a multinational force from Jordan and
Afghanistan. Dr. Waterman is committed to graduate medical education and clinical and
translational research. He has previously served as Director of Orthopaedic Research in
Texas, and he holds faculty appointments at WBAMC, Texas Tech University, and the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD.
Dr. Waterman is currently an Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Wake Forest
Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has published over 100
peer-reviewed research manuscripts, 20 book chapters, and received the institutional
award at WBAMC for Researcher of the Year on three separate occasions. He is on the
editorial board of the Arthroscopy Journal and American Journal of Orthopaedics. He
serves on multiple committees through American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
(AAOS), Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS), and AANA, in addition to
being a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and
American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES).
Dr. Waterman truly enjoys quality time traveling and hiking with his wife, Sarah, a
historical fiction author, and their dog, Gilbert. As a former intercollegiate soccer athlete
at Elon University, Dr. Waterman is enthusiastic about all things sports and fitness-
related. He looks forward to caring for Atlantic Coast Conference athletes as a member
of the Wake Forest Sports Medicine group.
