Dr. Eric Wagner was born in San Francisco, California, but moved to multiple cities (in California, Colorado and Texas) prior to college. He completed his undergraduate education at University of California, Davis, where he lettered for 3 years in basketball and majored in biochemistry and molecular biology. He then completed medical school at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine.
Following medical school, he completed his orthopaedic surgery residency training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (Ranked #2 in by US News and World Report). After residency, Dr. Wagner was selected to train in the top ranked Hand and Microvascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Following this year, Dr. Wagner was selected to the train in the prestigious Harvard’s International Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship at Massachusetts General, and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts. As part of the international component of the Harvard fellowship, Dr. Wagner trained with world leaders in shoulder arthroplasty and arthroscopy in Nice, France, and in Annecy, France.
He has published over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, delivered over 250 presentations national and international meetings, and has authored over 10 book chapters. He has received several national and international awards for his ground-breaking research investigating a variety of topics in shoulder, elbow, and hand surgery. His main clinical research interests currently involve investigations into rotator cuff and shoulder arthritis treatments, as well as wrist and thumb arthritis. He also has a strong translational science research interest in cartilage and tendon-bone interface regeneration using stem cells, growth factors, surgical and biomechanical therapies.
Dr. Wagner is well known throughout the nation and the world, traveling to give over 250 national international presentations and lectures throughout his young career. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Hand Surgery GO as well as multiple committees at the American Society of Surgery for the Hand (ASSH) and a member of American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES), American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS), and the European Shoulder and Elbow Society (SECEC).
In his free time, Dr. Wagner enjoys fly fishing, tango and swing dancing, skiing, playing and watching basketball, traveling and reading.
Dr. Tim McCarthy, who is currently in his fifth year of our five year training program, was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY, where he was a 4-year starter for the men’s soccer team. It was his soccer career that initially drew Dr. McCarthy to pursue orthopaedics as a specialty. He went on to attend Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska where he was part of the initial class to complete their clinical rotations at Creighton’s Regional Campus in Phoenix, Arizona. While at Creighton, he was commissioned into the US Air Force as a part of the Health Professions Scholarship Program. His family ties to the Air Force, as well as the opportunity to take care of Wounded Warriors at home and abroad, fueled his desire to become an orthopaedic surgeon.
He obtained a civilian residency assignment for orthopaedics through the military match process and matched at Emory for his residency. Upon completion of residency this year, Dr. McCarthy will return to extended active duty as a Captain in the USAF. His first assignment will be at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and Ramstein Air Force Base in Landstuhl, Germany. Dr. McCarthy feels extremely grateful for the preparation that Emory has provided for his future orthopaedic practice treating service men and women at the busy military hospital in Landstuhl. As a newlywed, he also plans to spend time traveling Europe with his beautiful wife Laura. Following his service commitment, he hopes to pursue a Sports Medicine Fellowship with an interest in joint preservation and cartilage restoration. The faculty and staff of the Department of Orthopaedics wish to thank Dr. McCarthy for his hard work over the last five years and for his continued service to his country.