Dr. Teran joined the Department of Family Medicine in 2024. He is a board-certified family physician seeing patients at the Family Medicine Clinic – Island East. Dr. Teran earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology from The University of Texas at Austin and his Doctor of Medicine from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Teran completed his residency training at the University of Texas Tyler Health Science Center’s Rural Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Teran completed a Sports Medicine Fellowship from Louisiana State University Health in Shreveport Louisiana.

Dr. Teran is a board certified family physician and is certified in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

Dr. Teran's clinical interest are in taking care of chronic conditions that afflict the greater Houston/Galveston population, serving Latino and underserved communities, and ultrasound guided procedures for various musculoskeletal conditions.

Dr. Barimani is a sub-specialized fellowship trained joints surgeon, with a special interest in hip and knee replacements. Personalized care is his approach to each patient, ensuring all treatment options are outlined to the patient, with importance on a shared decision making approach to your care. Dr. Barimani is experienced with pathology of the hip and knee, providing robotic assisted surgical options spanning from uni-compartmental knee replacements to both primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty. Dr. Barimani is trilingual and fluent in English, Persian and Danish.

Dr. Barimani completed his medical school at Imperial College London (United Kingdom) and orthopaedic surgery training at McGill University (Canada). He then completed a sub-specialty fellowship in hip and knee arthroplasty at the University of Toronto (Canada).

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Dr. Carmichael was born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan. He completed his undergraduate training at Grand Valley State Colleges (now Grand Valley State University) in Allendale, MI on a wrestling and later an academic scholarship. Upon completion of his BS at Grand Valley he stayed an additional year to obtain a secondary teaching certificate.  He then moved to Raymondville, TX where he taught high school biology, chemistry and physics for 5 years. He also was the science curriculum director for the Raymondville school district and was nominated for Texas Teacher of the Year during his last year of teaching.  While teaching he attended graduate classes at Pan American University (now The University of Texas at Pan American) in Edinburg, TX. He obtained a MS degree in Botany and Marine Biology.

In 1990 Dr. Carmichael left teaching to attend medical school at The University of Texas Medical Branch. Upon graduation from medical school he stayed on at UTMB to complete a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery. He finished residency in 1999 and stayed an additional year of fellowship at UTMB in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery. He has remained at UTMB since then and specializes in Pediatric and General Adult Orthopaedics. He is and has been active in several committees including graduate medical education and operative and other invasive procedures committees where he was the chair and subcommittee chair.

Dr. Carmichael is an avid runner and outdoor enthusiast. He is also a board member of the non-profit organization Operation Rainbow which is a non-profit organization that provides free orthopaedic care to the people of developing countries.  He has been on about 25 mission trips where he also takes residents.  He has authored or co-authored 35 peer reviewed publications and 7 reviews/book chapters.

Dr. Propst is a fellowship trained physician in Primary Care Sports Medicine. His clinical interests include many sports injuries, aches and pains including concussions, sprains, strains, simple fractures. Additionally, his training allows him to investigate nutritional and lifestyle factors that may predispose athletes to repetitive injuries or decrease their performance regardless of their sport.

Dr. Lindeman joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation in 2019 as an Assistant Professor in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, and was awarded his Doctor of Medicine from The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX. He completed his residency training in orthopaedic surgery at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX, followed by a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Jackson, MS.

He is a member of the Texas Orthopaedic Association, the Galveston County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, and the Bexar County Medical Association. He is licensed to practice medicine in Texas.

Dr. Jie (Jay) Chen grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He went to Duke University for undergraduate studies and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his medical education. In medical school, Dr. Chen decided to pursue a career in orthopaedic surgery because of the tremendous satisfaction associated with returning patients back to their baseline functionality. He also obtained a Master of Public Health degree to better understand disease at the population level and also to further develop his research abilities. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas where he fell in love with the culture and people of Texas. While in residency, he won numerous awards including the departmental nominations for intern and overall outstanding resident of the year, a resident teaching award, and several research awards.

Following residency graduation, Dr. Chen returned to Duke University where he completed a fellowship in orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery. He trained under the guidance of Dr. Mark Easley, Dr. James Nunley II, Dr. James DeOrio, Dr. Samuel Adams, Dr. Selene Parekh, Dr. Annunziato Amendola, and Dr. Karl Schweitzer. He has advanced training in total ankle replacement, complex mid and hindfoot reconstruction, bunion correction including minimally invasive techniques, ankle arthroscopy, and ligament and tendon tears. At Duke University, he became well-versed in 3D-printed solutions for complex salvage situations and also performed around 100 total ankle replacement procedures. He also was involved in over a dozen research projects and book chapters. During fellowship training, he found himself desiring to return to Texas and so decided to join the University of Texas medical Branch as an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery specializing in Foot and Ankle Surgery.

Dr. Chen's philosophy is to develop a thorough understanding of a patient's goals and individual situation so that together, a shared treatment plan can be developed and executed. Dr. Chen believes in minimizing harm while maximizing the chances of success and thus, surgery is just one of several possible treatments that can be utilized. He is well versed in all conditions of the foot and ankle and also in the repair of broken bones throughout the body. He is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Association Emerging Leaders Program, and the Texas Orthopaedic Association. He has over 50 publications, book chapters, and presentations given at local, regional, and national conferences.

Dr. Dicpinigaitis (Dr. “D”) received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Yale University, graduating summa cum laude. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internship at the New York University Medical Center, and his residency at the New York University – Hospital for Joint Disease. He completed his fellowship training in adult reconstruction (total hip and knee replacement surgery) at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute in Tampa, Florida.

He served on active duty in the United States Air Force for 8 years including serving as Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. He then transitioned into private practice. Prior to joining the University of Texas Medical Branch, he spent the past 11 years in Long Island, New York. He oversaw the development of a same day total joint replacement program at the ProHealth Ambulatory Surgery Center in Lake Success, New York. He has performed robotic assisted total hip and knee replacement surgery at renowned hospitals such as the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York and NYU – Long Island (Winthrop) Hospital in Mineola, New York. He held an academic appointment of assistant professor in orthopedics at the Hofstra University Zucker School of Medicine in Hempstead, New York.

He has been a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon since 2004 and is licensed to practice medicine in New York, Florida and Texas. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. His areas of clinical interest include robotic assisted total hip and knee replacement surgery, partial (unicompartmental) knee replacement surgery, and revision total hip and knee replacement surgery. He also has clinical expertise in treating periprosthetic total hip and knee fractures, as well as periprosthetic hip and knee joint infections.

Dr. Hagedorn joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation in 2017 as an Assistant Professor in Trauma Surgery, Medical Director of Orthopaedic Trauma, and Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Doctor of Medicine from the West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, where he also completed an internship and residency training in orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Hagedorn received further training in orthopaedic trauma during a fellowship in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston and an international fellowship in the Department of Trauma, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, A O Trauma, American Orthopaedic Association, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Texas Orthopaedic Association, and Mid-America Orthopaedic Association.

Dr. Hagedorn is certified as a Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Advanced Trauma Life Support instructor by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is licensed to practice medicine in Texas.

Dr. Smith is a Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Knee and Shoulder Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from John Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1991. After completing his residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, he completed a one-year subspecialty fellowship in 1998 in Sports Medicine at the Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation, Inc. in Columbus, Georgia. Dr. Smith was recruited to UTMB in 1998 and currently is the Associate Professor, Chief of the Division of Sports Medicine Knee and Shoulder Surgery and Medical Director in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (DOSR) Clinic and Surgery, Jennie Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas and Victory Lakes Specialty Care Center, League City, Texas. He has been Board Certified with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) since 2000. He received a Certificate in Healthcare Management from Rice University in 2011.

Dr. Smith serves on numerous committees' at UTMB such as: the Planning Committee and Co-Director, Friendswood Independent School District Sports Physicals, the Musculoskeletal Service Line Committee, the Epic Surgical Orders Management (SOM) Project, the Director of the Saturday Sports Clinic at Victory Lakes, Elective Surgery Process Optimization, Physician Leadership Academy, Jennie Sealy Hospital Second Construction Build Out Design and Construction Committee, the Operating Room Committees for John Sealy Hospital, Jennie Sealy Hospital and Victory Lakes Specialty Clinic and Surgery Center, the MSRDP-Medical Service Research & Development Plan, and the Ad-hoc Committee Medical Liability Case Review.

As an Associate Professor at UTMB, School of Medicine, Dr. Smith's teaching responsibilities include, Orthopaedic Residency Clinical and Surgical Education and Training, Medical Student Orthopaedic Service Education, Conferences and Lectures and Journal Club for Orthopaedic Residents, Shoulder and Sports Medicine Weekly Orthopaedic Service Conferences and Clinical Conferences, as well as wet and dry labs.

Dr. Smith has given numerous regional, national and international presentations, lecturers and exhibits. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. In addition to his publications, he has a number of ongoing research projects.

Dr. Smith is a member in the following scientific societies; Jack Hughston Sports Medicine Society, University of Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Alumni Society, Southern Orthopaedic Association, and Texas Orthopaedic Association.