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Office info
KOC:
865-558-4400
Appointments:
865-558-4444
Office Locations
Weisgarber Road
Extensions
Administrative Assistant: 425
Gregory M. Mathien, M.D.
Sports Medicine, Knee Surgery and Athletic Injuries Specialist
Dr. Gregory Mathien was born in Buffalo, New York and attended the State University of New York in Syracuse for both of his undergraduate and medical degrees, as well as his surgical internship and orthopedic residency.
In 1991, Dr. Mathien came to Knoxville for the Sports Medicine Fellowship under the direction of Dr. William T. Youmans. During his fellowship, KOC recruited him to remain as a KOC surgeon and help expand the KOC sports medicine program, enhancing the care of injured athletes, and to assist in the training of future sports medicine surgeons. Dr. Mathien currently serves as the Team Orthopedic Surgeon for the University of Tennessee athletic programs, which involves caring for both the U.T. Men’s and U.T. Women’s athletes in all sports. He also serves as consultant for the Tennessee Smokies professional baseball team and consultant to Lincoln Memorial University.
Dr. Mathien has acted as team physician to the Knoxville Cherokees, Knoxville Speed, and now is an orthopedic consultant to the Knoxville Ice Bears. He has obtained an adjunct assistant professorship at the University of Tennessee Department of Human Performance and Sports Studies. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a member of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine.
He and his wife, Clara, live here in Knoxville with their two children, Zachary and Rebecca along with their dogs, both Labrador retrievers. They are very active in their church as well as their children's school and community activities, while continuing a personal interest in physical fitness.
