Sports Medicine Center  

Kenneth M. Caldwell, M.D.

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Dr. Kenneth M. Caldwell earned his MD degree at the Medical University of South Carolina.  He completed his internship and residency at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine and North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, North Carolina.  He received further specialized training during a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Hughston Orthopaedic Clinic in Columbus, Georgia. He is a 1979 graduate of the Citadel which he attended on a full athletic scholarship and where he has served as a team physician for all sports since1989.  He also has been elected to the Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame.

Over the past decade, Dr. Caldwell’s orthopaedic training and experience have continued in the latest concepts in elbow and knee surgery, risk management, medical ethics, and various aspects of Sports Medicine.  He has published articles on the repair of pelvic, knee, and tibial injuries and has given presentations on knee and ankle injuries in athletes, knee bracing, and head injury to the athlete, among other topics.  He gained wartime medical experience during Operation Desert Storm where he served as a battlefield orthopaedic surgeon during the conflict with Iraq in 1991.

Before, during, and after his medical training, Dr. Caldwell has been active in youth ministries and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).  Dr. Caldwell continues with FCA as a Huddle sponsor at the Citadel.  He presently serves on the Lowcountry Board of the FCA and has also served at the State Board level.