Paul J Dougherty, M.D.
Professor; Chair, Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery And Rehabilitation; Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Department:
Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation – Jacksonville
Business Phone:
(904) 244-3968
Business Email:
paul.dougherty@jax.ufl.edu
About Paul J Dougherty
Paul Dougherty, M.D., is a University of Florida professor of orthopaedic surgery and a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon at UF Health Jacksonville. He also serves as chair of the UF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation in Jacksonville, as well as program director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency. Dr. Dougherty received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He did his medical residency in orthopaedic surgery at Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco and Naval Regional Medical Center in Oakland, California. He also completed fellowship training in orthopaedic trauma at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
Additional Positions:
Program Director
2019 – Current
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Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Professor
2016 – Current
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University of Florida
Chair
2016 – Current
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Board Certifications
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Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Subspecialties
- Orthopaedic Trauma
Areas of Interest
- Traumatic Injury
Publications
Academic Articles
2025
CORR Insights®: Do Fellowship-educated Military Orthopaedic Oncologists Who Practice in Military Settings Treat a Sufficient Volume of Patients to Maintain Their Oncologic Expertise?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
483(4):746-747
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000003390.
[PMID] 39915272.
2025
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Thinking the Unthinkable: How Should We Train for Future Combat Casualty Care?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
483(1):22-24
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000003317.
[PMID] 39746132.
2024
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Artificial Intelligence and Surgical Assessment.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
482(10):1760-1762
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000003235.
[PMID] 39235284.
2024
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: How to Handle a Bad ACGME Survey.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
482(3):434-435
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002988.
[PMID] 38265258.
2024
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: The Current Dilemma of the Unmatched Medical Student.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
482(6):931-932
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000003081.
[PMID] 38809670.
2023
CORR ® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: So You Want to Be a Program Director?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
481(9):1676-1678
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002807.
[PMID] 37506048.
2023
CORR ® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: What Does Institutional Oversight Mean, Anyway?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
481(3):445-447
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002560.
[PMID] 36651832.
2023
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Whither the Military Residency?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
481(6):1075-1077
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002676.
[PMID] 37098212.
2022
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Changes in Resident Selection Lead to More Questions Than Answers.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
480(8):1450-1451
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002261.
[PMID] 35608406.
2022
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Milestones 2.0 is Just More of the Same.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
480(3):456-458
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002125.
[PMID] 35072663.
2022
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Resident Unionization.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
480(12):2313-2315
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002477.
[PMID] 36374583.
2022
Reply to Letter to the Editor: CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Changing USMLE Step 1 Scores to Pass/Fail Removes an Objective Measure of Medical Knowledge.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
480(1)
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002013.
[PMID] 34623334.
2022
Reply to the Letter to the Editor: CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Changing USMLE Step 1 Scores to Pass/Fail Removes an Objective Measure of Medical Knowledge.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
480(1)
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002035.
[PMID] 34673659.
2021
CORR Insights®: More Than One-third of Orthopaedic Applicants Are in the Top 10%: The Standardized Letter of Recommendation and Evaluation of Orthopaedic Resident Applicants.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
479(8):1709-1711
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001754.
[PMID] 33835087.
2021
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Changing USMLE Step 1 Scores to Pass/Fail Removes an Objective Measure of Medical Knowledge.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
479(6):1194-1196
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001765.
[PMID] 33944805.
2021
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: How Can We Bridge the Chasm Between Podiatrists and Orthopaedic Surgeons?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
479(10):2142-2144
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001954.
[PMID] 34448731.
2021
Reply to the Letters to the Editor: CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: What’s Best for Medical Students in the COVID-19 Era? Just Ask Them.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
479(2):422-423
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001630.
[PMID] 33405417.
2020
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Teaching the Intricacies of the Surgeon-Industry Relationship.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
478(2)
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001100.
[PMID] 32022763.
2020
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: What Should Constitute Resident Scholarly Activity?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
478(7):1423-1426
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001267.
[PMID] 32332237.
2020
CORR® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: What’s Best for Medical Students in the COVID-19 Era? Just Ask Them.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
478(10):2228-2230
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001476.
[PMID] 32898041.
2020
Infections Associated with Temporary External Fixation.
Journal of surgical orthopaedic advances.
29(2):73-76
[PMID] 32584218.
2019
CORR Insights®: Intrawound Antibiotic Powder Decreases Frequency of Deep Infection and Severity of Heterotopic Ossification in Combat Lower Extremity Amputations.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
477(4):811-812
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000237.
[PMID] 29470241.
2019
CORR® Curriculum – Orthopaedic Education: Can Adopting Entrustable Professional Activities Improve How We Assess Our Residents?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
477(10):2209-2211
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000936.
[PMID] 31453888.
2019
CORR® Curriculum – Orthopaedic Education: Generational Opportunities for Teaching in the Operating Room.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
477(3):506-508
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000650.
[PMID] 30762682.
2019
CORR® Curriculum – Orthopaedic Education: Turning the Overlooked Rotation-specific Objective Document into a Valued Agreement Between Faculty and Residents.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
477(6):1288-1290
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000795.
[PMID] 31094836.
2018
ACGME Self Study: Strategic Program Review.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
476(2):208-210
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000116.
[PMID] 29389788.
2018
CORR Insights®: Is the Lesser Trochanter Profile a Reliable Means of Restoring Anatomic Rotation After Femur Fracture Fixation?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
476(6):1262-1263
[DOI] 10.1097/01.blo.0000534690.66772.c8.
[PMID] 29771854.
2018
CORR® Curriculum – Orthopaedic Education: Do We Need General Orthopaedic Surgeons?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
476(6):1159-1161
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000333.
[PMID] 29698297.
2018
CORR® Curriculum – Orthopaedic Education: Reconsidering the ACGME Orthopaedic Milestones.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
476(11):2142-2145
[DOI] 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000478.
[PMID] 30188348.
2018
Progressive Autonomy in the Era of Increased Supervision: AOA Critical Issues.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
100(18)
[DOI] 10.2106/JBJS.17.01515.
[PMID] 30234630.
2017
CORR Insights®: Racial Disparities in Above-knee Amputations after TKA: A National Database Study.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
475(7):1816-1818
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-017-5233-9.
[PMID] 28074439.
2017
CORR ® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: Competency-based Medical Education-How Do We Get There?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
475(6):1557-1560
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-017-5313-x.
[PMID] 28281137.
2017
CORR ® Curriculum-Orthopaedic Education: The ACGME Annual Program Evaluation: Program Improvement or Unnecessary Burden?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
475(10):2373-2375
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-017-5468-5.
[PMID] 28795323.
2017
CORR® Curriculum – Orthopaedic Education: Orthopaedic Surgery Education in China.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
475(1):35-38
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-016-5162-z.
[PMID] 27844402.
2016
CORR (®) Curriculum – Orthopaedic Education: Quality Improvement in Resident Education.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
474(9):1939-42
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-016-4952-7.
[PMID] 27351884.
2016
CORR Insights(®): Addition of a Medial Locking Plate to an In Situ Lateral Locking Plate Results in Healing of Distal Femoral Nonunions.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
474(6):1506-7
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-016-4745-z.
[PMID] 27020424.
2016
CORR Insights(®): Transsacral Osseous Corridor Anatomy Is More Amenable To Screw Insertion In Males: A Biomorphometric Analysis of 280 Pelves.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
474(10):2312-4
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-016-5017-7.
[PMID] 27519577.
2016
Erratum to: CORR (®) Curriculum–Orthopaedic Education: Developing Safe, Independent Practitioners.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
474(2)
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-015-4655-5.
[PMID] 26642784.
2016
One Step Forward, But a Need for Caution: Commentary on an article by Munjed Al Muderis, MB ChB, FRACS, FAOrthA, et al.: “Safety of Osseointegrated Implants for Transfemoral Amputees. A Two-Center Prospective Cohort Study”.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
98(11)
[DOI] 10.2106/JBJS.16.00044.
[PMID] 27252445.
2016
Optimizing the post-graduate institutional program evaluation process.
BMC medical education.
16
[DOI] 10.1186/s12909-016-0586-4.
[PMID] 26887758.
2015
CORR ® curriculum–orthopaedic education: operative assessment and the ACGME milestones: time for change.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
473(3):775-8
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-014-4131-7.
[PMID] 25577260.
2015
CORR® curriculum — orthopaedic education: developing safe, independent practitioners.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
473(12):3710-13
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-015-4582-5.
[PMID] 26463570.
2015
CORR® Curriculum–Orthopaedic Education: The Evolution of Orthopaedic Surgery Education in Germany.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
473(8):2464-8
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-015-4377-8.
[PMID] 26043714.
2015
The frequency and reliability of cortical activity using a novel strategy to present pressure pain stimulus over the lumbar spine.
Journal of neuroscience methods.
239:108-13
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.10.010.
[PMID] 25455339.
2014
Bilateral transfemoral/transtibial amputations due to battle injuries: a comparison of Vietnam veterans with Iraq and Afghanistan servicemembers.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
472(10):3010-6
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-014-3534-9.
[PMID] 24585323.
2014
CORR curriculum – orthopaedic education: Faculty development begins at home.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
472(12):3637-43
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-014-3986-y.
[PMID] 25298280.
2014
CORR® curriculum–osteopathic and allopathic residency education: Why not the same standards?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
472(9):2595-9
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-014-3798-0.
[PMID] 25048280.
2014
Major General Norman T. Kirk and amputee care during World War II.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
472(10):3107-13
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-014-3679-6.
[PMID] 24903820.
2014
Orthopaedic education in the United Kingdom.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
472(6):1697-702
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-014-3573-2.
[PMID] 24668072.
2014
Orthopaedic surgery education in India.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
472(2):410-4
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-013-3391-y.
[PMID] 24297105.
2014
Reply to the Letter to the editor: Orthopaedic education in the United kingdom.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
472(10):3237-8
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-014-3831-3.
[PMID] 25091225.
2013
ACGME and ABOS changes for the orthopaedic surgery PGY-1 (intern) year.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
471(11):3412-6
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-013-3227-9.
[PMID] 23934034.
2013
CORR Insights™: Intramedullary nails result in more reoperations than sliding hip screws in two-part intertrochanteric fractures.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
471(4):1387-8
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-013-2791-3.
[PMID] 23334706.
2013
Retrograde versus antegrade intramedullary nailing of gunshot diaphyseal femur fractures.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
471(12):3974-80
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-013-3058-8.
[PMID] 23690149.
2013
The musculoskeletal effects of cigarette smoking.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
95(9):850-9
[DOI] 10.2106/JBJS.L.00375.
[PMID] 23636193.
2013
What the ACGME’s next accreditation system means to you.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
471(9):2746-50
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-013-3117-1.
[PMID] 23817752.
2012
Combat-incurred bilateral transfemoral limb loss: a comparison of the Vietnam War to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.
73(6):1590-5
[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0b013e318265fe64.
[PMID] 23032809.
2011
Ballistic fractures: indirect fracture to bone.
The Journal of trauma.
71(5):1381-4
[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182117ed9.
[PMID] 21926649.
2011
Do higher hospital-wide nurse staffing levels reduce in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures: a pilot study.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
469(10):2932-40
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-011-1917-8.
[PMID] 21590484.
2010
Do scores of the USMLE Step 1 and OITE correlate with the ABOS Part I certifying examination?: a multicenter study.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
468(10):2797-802
[DOI] 10.1007/s11999-010-1327-3.
[PMID] 20352386.
2010
Multiple traumatic limb loss: a comparison of Vietnam veterans to OIF/OEF servicemembers.
Journal of rehabilitation research and development.
47(4):333-48
[PMID] 20803402.
2009
Joint and long-bone gunshot injuries.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
91(4):980-97
[PMID] 19339586.
2009
Lead toxicity associated with a gunshot-induced femoral fracture. A case report.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
91(8):2002-8
[DOI] 10.2106/JBJS.H.01077.
[PMID] 19651960.
2006
Conversion from temporary external fixation to definitive fixation: shaft fractures.
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
14(10 Spec No.):S124-7
[PMID] 17003183.
2004
Orthopaedic surgery advances resulting from World War II.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
86(1):176-81
[PMID] 14711963.
2003
A comparison of two military temporary femoral external fixators.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
(412):176-83
[PMID] 12838069.
2003
Endogenous cortisol production in response to knee arthroscopy and total knee arthroplasty.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
85(11):2163-7
[PMID] 14630847.
2001
Transtibial amputees from the Vietnam War. Twenty-eight-year follow-up.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
83(3):383-9
[PMID] 11263642.
1999
Long-term follow-up study of bilateral above-the-knee amputees from the Vietnam War.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
81(10):1384-90
[PMID] 10535588.
Education
Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship
1997
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University of Louisville
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
1993
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Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
1991
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Letterman Army Medical Center
Surgery Internship
1989
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William Beaumont Hospital
Doctor of Medicine
1987
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (904) 244-3968
Emails:
- Business:
- paul.dougherty@jax.ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
-
655 W 8TH ST
JACKSONVILLE FL 32209