The University of Alabama, 2014

Med School: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2018

Residency: UT-Campbell Clinic, 2023

Fellowship:
Andrew Sports Medicine Surgical Fellowship, 2024

Dr. Austin Hardaway is a fellowship-trained sports medicine orthopedic surgeon. He was born and raised in the Memphis area and graduated from Arlington High School. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Campbell Clinic during which time he helped take care of multiple high schools in the area and The Memphis Redbirds. He then completed his Sports Medicine Fellowship at Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Clinic in Birmingham. During fellowship he served as one of the team physicians for The University of Alabama athletics including the football, basketball, and baseball teams. He gained experience taking care of athletes at all stages ranging from middle school to the professional level. He currently helps in taking care of multiple teams in Memphis including Memphis Redbirds Baseball, Rhodes College athletics, Bartlett High School, St. Mary’s Episcopal School, and Hutchison School.

He specializes in taking care of injuries to the shoulder, elbow, hip and knee. He has a special interest in treating shoulder and elbow injuries in throwing athletes including elbow UCL tears. Although well trained in sports injuries, he is experienced in treating chronic, non-athletic related conditions in all age groups such as rotator cuff tears, shoulder impingement, and degenerative knee meniscus tears.

Consultant Reviewer:

• American Journal of Sports Medicine

Professional Societies:

• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Clinical Interests:

• Shoulder arthroscopy
• Rotator cuff repairs
• Shoulder instability including arthroscopic labral repairs and open bone block procedures (Latarjet)
• Shoulder SLAP tear repairs
• Biceps tendonitis and shoulder impingement
• AC joint injuries
• Clavicle fractures
• Shoulder and elbow injuries in the throwing athlete
• Elbow UCL repair and reconstruction (Tommy John Surgery)
• Ruptured triceps and biceps tendon repairs
• Surgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
• Elbow arthroscopy
• Hip arthroscopy including surgical treatment of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI/hip impingement) and labral repairs
• Endoscopic hip gluteus medius (abductors) repairs and trochanteric bursectomy
• Endoscopic and open hamstring repairs
• Knee arthroscopy
• ACL reconstruction including revision ACL reconstruction
• Multi-ligament knee injuries including PCL, LCL, and MCL injuries
• Meniscal tears including meniscal repair
• Knee cartilage injuries
• Patellar stabilization surgery for patellar dislocations
• Patellar and quadricep tendon repairs
• Fracture fixation