Dr. Lyman Smith joined Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic in 1991 after being fellowship-trained in sports medicine. Dr. Smith's interest in sports medicine started while playing four years of varsity football at Duke University. For two years, between college and medical school, he played professional football with the Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings. He is a team physician with the North Carolina State University basketball team and the team physician for the Garner High School football team. He regularly sees student athletes at the North Carolina State University training room and at Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic. He is also the team physician for the Carolina Ballet. He has been a member of the North Carolina Medical Society Sports Medicine Committee for fifteen years.

 

Board Certified:

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

 

Education:

Undergraduate School - Duke University

Medical School - Duke Medical School

Internship  - University of Virginia 

Residency - University of Virginia

Fellowship Training - American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham (Sports Medicine)

 

Professional Organizations:

Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Professional Football Player (NFL) 1978-79

Team Orthopaedist, North Carolina State Univesity

Clinical Instructor of Surgery (Orthopaedics), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Member, Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health

Member, Wake County Council on Physical Fitness and Health

Team Physician, Carolina Hurricanes (1997-1998)

Team Orthopaedist, East Wake High School

Head Physician, Carolina Ballet

Team Physician, Carolina Cobras (1999)

Joined Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic in 1991