Joshua Lawson, MD

• Adult hip replacement
• Adult knee replacement
• Complex revision surgery
• Partial knee replacement
• Quad-sparing total knee replacement
• Minimally traumatic total knee replacement
• Robotic-assisted knee replacement
• Specialized direct anterior approach to hip replacement
• Total joint replacement

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Lawson is board-certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and is also certified in the Stryker Mako Robotic System.

Undergraduate Education
Lee University
Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry

Dr. Lawson attended Lee University on a golf scholarship while pursuing his undergraduate degree. He is a Chattanooga native and graduated from Hixson High School in 2005.

Medical School
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Memphis, Tennessee
Doctor of Medicine, 2013

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Five-year orthopaedic surgery residency

Fellowship
Complex & Revision Hip and Knee Replacement
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

Dr. Lawson completed advanced fellowship training in complex and revision hip and knee replacement under the direction of Dr. Arthur Malkani at the University of Louisville. During his fellowship, he authored several nationally published presentations and papers focused on joint replacement surgery.