John Dunklin Henry, Jr., MD

With over twenty years of clinical experience, Dr. John Henry is a leader in state-of-the-art total hip and total knee replacement surgery and the management of arthritis of the hip and knee. He is a native Atlantan who joined Peachtree Orthopedics in 1998. Dr. Henry has been featured nationally on WebMD. He is the director of the Northside Hospital-Atlanta Joint Replacement Center. Under his leadership, Northside Hospital has achieved and maintained designation as a Center of Excellence for total hip and total knee replacement by the Joint Commission. Special Interests: Total hip replacement surgery, Total knee replacement surgery, Management of arthritis of the hip and knee. Dr. Henry earned his B.S. from Emory University in Atlanta in 1982, and his M.D. from Emory University School of Medicine in 1986. He completed his orthopedic residency in 1991 where he served as administrative chief resident. He then completed a prestigious adult reconstruction/total joint replacement fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital in 1992. After extensive fellowship training he was recruited by his residency training program department chairman and practiced orthopedic surgery/total joint replacement surgery at the Emory Clinic from 1992-1998. He served as clinical assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Henry scored in the top 6% on his specialty specific (total joint replacement surgery) board recertification exam. He has served as clinical instructor in the department of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and was chief of orthopedic surgery at the Atlanta Veteran's Administration Medical Center. Dr. Henry has served as medical director for the Georgia Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and has served as a question writer for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.