Hand and Upper Extremities Center  

James L. Price, Jr., M.D.

Specializing in: 

Dr. James L. Price, Jr. has served on the staffs of Roper and St. Francis Hospitals.  He has also been Chief of Staff of East Cooper Regional Medical Center and serves as a member of the Board. A cum laude graduate of Wofford College, Dr. Price earned his M.D. at the Medical University of South Carolina after being selected for the honor Fraternity of Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Price completed his internship and residency at Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC as well as a Hand Surgery Fellowship under the direction of Dr. James M. Hunter at the Hand Rehabilitation Center of Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson Medical Center.

He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and a founding member and past president of the Charleston Orthopaedic Society.  Dr. Price is a board member of the International Children’s Advocacy Network (ICAN) and has traveled to Romania several times as a visiting surgeon.  He has also volunteered with Physicians for Peace to the Middle East.

Dr. Price specializes in diseases and trauma of the upper extremities; arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, elbow and wrist; and joint replacement in the upper limb.  He has a special interest in rotator cuff reconstruction and rehabilitation.  Carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis and arthritis of the hand are commonly seen in his practice.