Orthopedic Sports Medicine Surgeon
Orthopedic Sports Medicine Surgeon Mark D. Scholl, M.D., is an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Surgeon who performs advanced techniques of repair and reconstruction primarily of the knee and shoulder. He has a special interest in cartilage preservation and maintenance of the biological surfaces of the knee and shoulder, as well as restoration of joint stability and ligaments. Dr. Scholl primarily performs surgery arthroscopically or with other minimally invasive techniques, and enjoys developing advances in improving repair options, and pioneering new procedures.
Dr. Scholl has trained at Northwestern University Medical School and the Emory University Department of Orthopedics for his orthopedic specialist training. He completed a Fellowship in Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Utah. He has been in practice taking care of complex joint injuries for over 15 years. Beyond the arthroscopic surgeries, Dr. Scholl greatly enjoys working closely with athletes of all levels. He has served as Team Physician for a significant number of leagues and teams including the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA, Atlanta Falcons of the NFL, Real Salt Lake of MLS, The Utah Blaze of the AFL, Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL, and many other teams including local high schools and colleges. He has traveled around the world with US Ski Team, and USA Rugby including places such as Italy, New Zealand, Slovenia, Dubai, and from the East coast to the West coast for matches here in the USA. He has also cared for many individual professional athletes from skiers to climbers, runners, cyclists, MMA fighters, and the occasional supercross rider, among various other sports.
Personally, Mark enjoys time in the mountains and challenges of endurance. He is an all-mountain skier and a trail runner / Ultramarathoner having completed dozens of races from trail marathons to 50 and 100-mile ultra runs. He has more recently taken up hockey and plays in a Men’s League to enjoy some competition with a scoreboard. For recreation, he likes to travel or to go camping in the desert or in the mountains with his wife and children. Occasionally, he will go off-roading in the vast open lands of Utah with some slightly rowdy friends. No surprise for an orthopedic surgeon, he likes to build things at home, whether Jeep modifications, basement renovations, or building a treehouse fifteen feet in the air with a sliding glass door out to the balcony, he is always looking for the next project.
In his practice, Dr. Scholl puts a high priority on explaining the injuries, and treatment options – whether surgical or not – to patients, and educating them about the many steps they will travel together on the journey to recovery. He lists the goal for every patient as: “becoming comfortable and functional in the simplest way possible.” Every patient has their own goals for what that function means, whether it is putting away the dishes without pain or returning to professional sports at the highest level, and Dr. Scholl looks forward to helping anyone with an injury achieve that goal.
Education, Residency, and Affiliations
Medical Degree from McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Residency, Orthopedic Surgery at Emory University Department of Orthopedics
Fellowship in Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Utah
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