Ep #159 | Aired 9/18/2019

C. Lowry Barnes, M.D. is one of Arkansas’ and the region’s foremost joint replacement experts. He was named chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in August, 2014 and holds the Carl L. Nelson, M.D. Chair in Orthopedic Surgery.

Barnes graduated with honors from the UAMS College of Medicine in 1986. He went on to complete his internship and residency in orthopedic surgery at UAMS. Barnes completed a fellowship in Adult Reconstruction Surgery and Arthritis Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Barnes is a member of the Knee Society and Hip Society, the only Arkansas member of either. He is past president of the Arkansas Orthopedic Society, the Southern Orthopedic Association, Mid-America Orthopedic Association, and the Society for Arthritic Joint Surgery. He serves as First Vice-President of The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and has been named the Distinguished Southern Orthopedist by the Southern Orthopedic Association.

Barnes lectures nationally and internationally on total joint replacement surgery and has been active in research focusing on the hip and knee. He established HipKnee Arkansas Foundation, a non-profit research foundation and motion detection laboratory to further study patients with arthritis. He has published extensively and is on the editorial board for a number of journals. He holds numerous patents for orthopedic surgery devices that he developed, and he has designed numerous hip and knee implants. Barnes is also known nationally for his expertise in health care quality, efficiency and new payment structures that were ushered in with health system reform. He has participated in Operation Walk trips with chapters from Los Angeles, Boston, Maryland and Little Rock and considers this involvement as one of the most rewarding aspects of his career.