Global Orthopedics is an orthopedic practice serving patients in Atlanta, Georgia and the surrounding areas. Dr. Eric Furie, a board certified orthopedic surgeon, offers personalized care and treatment for upper and lower extremity maladies, including injuries of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle. His fellowship training is in Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy and Joint Reconstruction and he now specializes in arthroscopy of the shoulder and knee, and joint replacement of the hip, knee and shoulder. Treatments are performed either through the conservative use of oral medications, injections, bracing or therapy. When conservative treatment has been exhausted, or is not an option, the least invasive surgical options are pursued. As an athlete himself, Dr. Furie has sustained and overcome many injuries and has a special interest in getting his patients of all ages back to participating in everyday life at full capacity.
Global Orthopedic’s highly trained team welcomes you to our state-of-the-art facility with a warm and inviting environment. Here, you are treated as a unique individual where treatment plans are devised with your specific needs in mind. Our goal at Global Orthopedics is to get you, the patient, back on the field, back to the office, or just back home, without pain, and without stress.
Meet Our Team
Eric Furie, M.D.
Dr. Eric Furie is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon whose expertise includes sports medicine, joint replacement and trauma surgery. Dr. Furie focuses on getting athletes of all ages and skill levels back to the playing field. He is an athlete and former college rugby and lacrosse player who has acquired a special empathy for his patients through multiple surgeries of his own. In 1991, Dr. Furie earned his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also studied at Harvard, Columbia, Bard College, and The City College of New York. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital, and underwent intense fellowship training in sports medicine and arthroscopy at the Cincinnati Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center.
At The Mount Sinai Hospital of New York, he conducted extensive research in bone healing and currently instructs and mentors orthopaedic surgical residents at Atlanta Medical Center. Dr Furie is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is affiliated with Piedmont Hospital, Northside Hospital, Atlanta Outpatient Surgery Center, and Atlanta Medical Center, where he was Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery from 2007-2009 and 2017-2019.
Krishna Gumidyala, M.D.
Dr. Gumidyala is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon whose expertise includes surgical and non-surgical care of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine including complex spinal deformity surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, injection therapy, and kyphoplasty. He previously practiced in Savannah and has been treating patients in the Atlanta Metro area since 2014.
Dr. Gumidyala received his bachelor of science degree from Duke University, and received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.
He completed a prestigious residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Tennessee/Campbell Clinic and then completed an orthopedic spine surgery fellowship at the University of California – San Francisco. Dr. Gumidyala has received many academic awards including being inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in medical school, an honor reserved for the top 4% of medical students. He also received the Hugh Smith Research Award for studying “Mesenchymal stem cells seeded onto a hydroxyapatite scaffold in an osteochondral knee defect model” and has published a chapter on degenerative scoliosis in the book, “Best evidence for spine surgery: 20 cardinal cases”.
Dr. Gumidyala also gives back to the orthopedic community. Like Dr. Furie, he enjoys teaching and mentoring young physicians in the orthopedic surgery residency program at Atlanta Medical Center. On the national level he serves on the Spine Committee for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). He has been asked on many occasions to serve as a moderator for educational sessions and review research papers for AAOS meetings. Due to his commitment to teaching, research and his patients, Dr. Gumidyala stays abreast of the very latest in orthopedic research and surgical techniques.
Dr. Gumidyala’s practice approach is centered on patient goals. He believes in a conservative approach that gets results with the lowest risk to the patient, whether it be with physical therapy, medications, injections, or surgery. He understands that patients are concerned about spine surgery and will have a frank conversation about non-surgical and surgical options before sharing decision making responsibilities with the patient.
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