Erik James Hansen, MD

Dr. Winton earned her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine where she played lacrosse and golf, serving as captain in both sports in her senior year. She then graduated from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and then joined the faculty at MUSC after completing fellowship in primary care sports medicine at the Greenville Health System Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas. During her fellowship, she served as a team physician for the North Greenville University and Converse College athletic programs, the Greenville Drive minor league baseball team, USA Karate, and Travelers Rest High School, in addition to covering multiple endurance events. Dr. Winton splits her clinical time between the emergency department, sports medicine clinic, event coverage, and serving as a team physician for the College of Charleston athletics. She enjoys treating athletes and performers of all levels. She has specific interests in emergent orthopedic/sports medicine conditions and injuries, ultrasound applications in sports medicine, and medical education. Dr. Winton frequently performs the following procedures: joint injections, ultrasound-guided joint injections, soft tissue/bursal injections, trigger point injections, regenerative medicine injections (PRP platelet-rich plasma), diagnostic ultrasound, and exercise counseling and program design. Dr. Winton also enjoys giving back to the community in other days, including volunteering with her husband at One80 Place and Habitat for Humanity and supporting Charleston Youth Development Center. She lives in the Charleston area with her husband and daughter.

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Josef K. Eichinger, M.D. is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with a subspecialty focus in shoulder and elbow surgery. He is a professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was formerly the chief of orthopaedic surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, and at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He is a retired Colonel from the US Army Medical Corps and previously deployed to Afghanistan with the 541st Forward Surgical Team. Dr. Eichinger received his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his M.D. degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Madigan Army Medical Center and the Harvard shoulder and elbow surgery fellowship in Boston. Dr. Eichinger is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Arthroscopy and Related Research and for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery for CME and is a reviewer for the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Orthopedics, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. Eichinger has presented research and lectured at numerous national meetings. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters in such journals as the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Journal of Arthroscopy and Related Research, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and Military Medicine. Dr. Eichinger's special areas of interests include total joint replacement surgery of the shoulder and elbow; surgical and non-surgical treatment of all shoulder and elbow disorders; sports medicine for overhead and throwing athletes, including baseball, tennis, and golf; and arthroscopic surgery. He also has expertise in the treatment of failed prior shoulder and elbow surgery as well as complex clavicle (collarbone), shoulder (proximal humerus), and elbow fractures. Dr. Eichinger has completed countless areas of research including, but not limited to, Orthopaedic Application of Cryotherapy, Muscle Tendon Transfers Around the Shoulder, Scapular Fractures After Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty, and more.