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Josef Karl Eichinger M.D.Professor of Orthopedics
Board-certified Sports Medicine, Shoulder & Elbow Orthopedic SurgeonBoard-certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Specialist in Total Joint Replacement Surgery of Shoulder & Elbow
Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Charleston, South Carolina
Former Chief, Orthopedic Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington
Former Chief, Orthopedic Surgery, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg
Named to the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) Education Committee for a 2 year term starting in 2019.
Expert in Sports Injuries, Shoulder and Elbow Instability
Joe Eichinger MD
Josef K. Eichinger, M.D., is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a subspecialty focus on shoulder and elbow surgery. He is currently an associate professor of orthopedic surgery in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Dr. Eichinger recently gave a lecture to the Bobby Jones Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation .....Read more
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Dr. Eichinger delivered a lecture during a webinar for Arthroscopy Association of North America discussing complex shoulder instability with bone loss on the glenoid. Dr. Eichinger...Read more
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Dr. Eichinger lectured on Arthroscopic and Open Shoulder Stability Surgical Treatment at the AANA (Arthroscopy Association of North America)...Read more
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Dr. Eichinger recently published an article on the high incidence of anterior shoulder pain occuring in the setting of posterior shoulder instability...Read more
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Dr. Eichinger to give Instructional Course Lecture on "Posterior Labral Injuries in the Throwing Shoulder With and Without Biceps Involvement: A Case-based Approach"..Read more
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Dr. Eichinger recently authored a scientific paper from a multi-center study evaluating the failure pattern of clavicle fractures. He found that clavicle fractures occur in a predictable way with tension on the posterior-superior cortex and compression on the anterior-inferior cortex commonly resulting in 1-3 butterfly fragments.
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Dr. Eichinger was awarded a $25,000 grant to study the development of a novel surgical infection prevention device. Dr. Eichinger was awarded the South Carolina
Translational Research (SCTR) Grant along with his co-investigator Dr. Michael Yost, an MUSC chemical engineer and researcher. -
Dr. Eichinger recently published a paper regarding scapular notching which is a phenomenon that is seen in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. This article outlines what scapular notching is and how it is diagnosed and treated.
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Joe Eichinger MD was awarded a $76,000 research grant from Johnson & Johnson Ethicon to study shoulder arthroplasty incision
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