John Andrew Grant, MD

Dr. Grant is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan whose practice includes sports medicine and shoulder surgery with a focus on complex knee and cartilage/joint preservation surgery. He is the Program Director for the University of Michigan’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery fellowship. He also serves as the Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for Eastern Michigan University Athletics and a Team Physician for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program based in Plymouth, MI.

Dr. Grant completed his PhD in Kinesiology at the University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre. This was followed by medical school and orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Calgary. He then came south across the border to undertake a clinical fellowship in orthopaedic sports medicine and shoulder surgery, as well as a post-doctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan.

Following two years of elective sports medicine practice in Canada with an appointment as an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University, Dr. Grant returned to join the Orthopaedic Surgery faculty at the University of Michigan. In 2013, he was the Canadian Orthopaedic Association’s representative for the North American Travelling Fellowship (NATF).

Dr. Grant’s national and international committee work involves the Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA), the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM).

Dr. Grant’s research interests focus on the management and outcomes associated with both cartilage and multi-ligamentous injury of the knee as well as the optimization of rehabilitation following orthopaedic sports medicine procedures.

ACL and meniscus tears (including meniscus transplant), patellar instability, cartilage transplant and joint restoration, osteochondritis dissecans of the knee, shoulder instability, rotator cuff tears, complex knee injuries including multi-ligamentous knee injuries (knee dislocations), knee realignment/osteotomies for focal arthritis, general sports-related injuries and arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee

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Clinical outcomes of multi-ligamentous knee injuries and cartilage transplant procedures, biologic treatments for degenerative knees, return to play decisions and predictors of successful return to play after knee ligament (ACL) surgery, optimizing the use of donated osteochondral allografts.