Stephen F. Brockmeier MD

Dr. Brockmeier is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Division of Sports Medicine at the University of Virginia. He is Director of the UVA Sports Medicine Fellowship and Team Physician for UVA Athletics, with primary coverage as the Head Team Physician for UVA Football, Men’s Soccer, and Men’s Lacrosse. A long time Hoo, Dr. Brockmeier completed his undergraduate degree here at UVA in 1997. This was followed by medical school and Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Georgetown University. After residency, Dr. Brockmeier spent a year at the renowned Hospital for Special Surgery in New York where he completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstructive Surgery.

Prior to coming back to UVA as a faculty member in 2010, Dr. Brockmeier spent three years in practice in Charlotte, NC, where he was the team physician for the NBA Charlotte Bobcats. His current practice at UVA focuses on sports medicine, knee and shoulder arthroscopy and reconstructive surgery, and the care of athletes and active individuals. He subspecializes in knee ligament, meniscus, and cartilage repair surgery, ACL reconstruction, and has become a regional expert in complex shoulder reconstruction, management of shoulder instability, rotator cuff surgery, as well as total shoulder arthroplasty and reverse shoulder arthroplasty.

Dr. Brockmeier’s current research focuses on management of shoulder instability in the contact athlete, return to play strategies after ACL reconstruction, biologic options for rotator cuff repair, and cutting edge and novel techniques in shoulder replacement surgery. He received the Deans’ Award for Clinical Excellence at UVA, was selected for the prestigious AOSSM Traveling Fellowship to Europe in 2014, and is the current chair of the Education Committee for AOSSM. He was recently appointed as the Editor for the Video Journal of Sports Medicine, a new journal from the AOSSM Medical Publishing Board that launches in 2021.

Dr. Brockmeier is an active member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES), is the current President of the Association of Clinical Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ACESS) group, and was inducted into the Herodicus Society in 2019. He is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), and the MidAtlantic Shoulder and Elbow Society (MASES).