James William Barber, MD
Douglas, GA

James W. Barber, M.D.

Employment Southeastern Orthopaedics 1998-present Douglas, Georgia Orthopaedic Surgeon Education

Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery 1993-1998 Georgia Baptist Medical Center Atlanta, Georgia

Medical School: M.D., Medical College of Georgia 1989-1993 Augusta, Georgia

Undergraduate: B.S. Computer Science, Cum Laude 1984-1989 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia

High School: Dunwoody High School 1979-1984 Dunwoody, Georgia

Professional Associations

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Fellow 2003-present Leadership Fellow 2009

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board certified 2001-present

Georgia Orthopedic Society Member-At-Large 2006 Chairman, Public Relations 2007-present

Coffee Regional Medical Center Secretary 2006 President-Elect 2007 President 2008

South Georgia Physicians Association Board of Directors 2007-present Vice President 2008-present

Medical Association of Georgia Vice Chairman, Trauma Task Force 2009 GA Physicians Leadership Academy 2009

Areas of specialty

Active lifestyle

• Active lifestyle
• Boomeritis
• Weekend warrior

Bone health/fractures

• Bone density

Coding reimbursement

• Coding reimbursement

Complementary and alternative medicine

• Exercise

Diseases

• Arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Viscosupplementation treatment for arthritis

Health policy

• Children's access to health care
• Insurance - malpractice
• Legislation
• Universal health care

Injury prevention

• Backpack safety
• Boating safety
• Driving safety
• Fireworks safety
• Ladder safety
• Lawn mower safety and injuries
• Performing arts
• Slips and falls
• Snow shoveling and snow blower injuries
• Travel and luggage lifting

Miscellaneous

• Making a surgical decision
• Medical tourism and surgery overseas

Patient safety

• Patient safety

Sports: injury prevention

• All-terrain vehicles

Volunteerism

• Volunteerism

Workplace injuries

• Back
• Neck
• Tendonitis

Wrong site surgery

• Wrong site surgery

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