KOSC will close at noon Friday, Jan. 10, due to potential inclement weather.
Patients will be contacted to reschedule their surgeries.
Patients will be contacted to reschedule their surgeries.
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Robert E. Ivy
MD
Dr. Robert Ivy has retired after 31 years of excellence as a hand surgeon and hand consultant to the University of Tennessee Athletic Department.
Dr. Ivy has made a lasting impact on the Knoxville community, including patients, physician colleagues, and staff.
While Dr. Ivy has retired, he leaves his patients in very capable hands with a team of specialty-trained hand, wrist, and elbow experts.
Education
- B.S., Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1983
- M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 1988
- General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1989
Residency
- Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1993
Fellowship
- Hand and Microvascular Surgery, Indiana Hand Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1994
Certification
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand
Professional Distinctions
- Recipient of the Justin Potter Academic Scholarship to Vanderbilt Medical School
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Hand consultant to University of Tennessee Athletics Department
- Selected by his peers to the “Best Doctors in America”
- Voted by Knoxville’s Cityview Magazine to “Top Docs” list
About
Dr. Robert Ivy has retired after 31 years of excellence as a hand surgeon and hand consultant to the University of Tennessee Athletic Department.
Dr. Ivy has made a lasting impact on the Knoxville community, including patients, physician colleagues, and staff.
While Dr. Ivy has retired, he leaves his patients in very capable hands with a team of specialty-trained hand, wrist, and elbow experts.