Visiting Surgeon Program
Surgeon Profile
Michael T. Freehill, M.D.
Medical School
- Tulane University, 2005
Residency
- Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Chief Resident, 2010
Fellowship
- Stanford University, 2011
- Harvard Shoulder, MGH 2012
Dr. Freehill grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of San Diego. He was a member of the baseball team while in college and graduated Magna Cum Laude. After his senior season he was drafted by and signed with the California Angels as a pitcher. He played at every level of the minor leagues except rookie ball. He reached the major league 40 man roster for two years with the Angels before requiring shoulder surgery. Following release from the Angels organization, he signed with the Texas Rangers and again reached the Triple A level prior to retiring.
Dr. Freehill received his medical doctorate from Tulane University in New Orleans and performed his orthopaedic residency at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. Throughout residency and to date he has been involved in both coverage and research with the Baltimore Orioles organization and continues to study the overhead athlete as a passion. As a Chief resident, Dr. Freehill received the Johns Hopkins University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Researcher Award. Secondary to his interest in the shoulder, he decided to pursue both a sports and shoulder fellowship. His sports medicine fellowship was completed at Stanford University under Dr. Marc Safran, followed by a shoulder fellowship at Harvard University with Dr. JP Warner and Dr. Laurence Higgins. His shoulder fellowship also included time in France with two of the world’s top shoulder surgeons; Dr. Gilles Walch and Dr. Laurent Lafosse.
Dr. Freehill spent 4 1/2 years as an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was named Director of Sports Medicine for Wake Forest University Athletics and head team physician, team physician for the minor league Winston-Salem Dash, and Winston-Salem State University athletics. He is the second author on the Neer Award winning paper published in 2014 and has been an AOSSM Traveling Fellow. Additionally, he is involved as a committee member for AOSSM, AAOS, AANA, and ISOKAS.
