Co-captain of the 1975 Army football team, Scott Gillogly ranks 13th in school history in passing yards per completion (14.9) after completing 40 passes for 595 yards in his career at West Point. He also ran for 641 yards on 208 carries for 12 touchdowns. Compiling a 3.63 GPA as a pre-med student, Gillogly was named to the Dean’s List five semesters.
During the summer of 1975, he served as Cadet Company Commander in the new Cadet training program. Gillogly received his M.D. in 1980 from Duke University School of Medicine and completed his surgical internship and orthopedic residency program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Gillogly is sub-specialty trained in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery, with an emphasis in the treatment and surgery of the knee, shoulder, elbow and ankle, having completed a Fellowship under the direction of James R. Andrews, M.D. at the Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center in 1988. While Chief of Sports Medicine and Director of Orthopedic Research at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver from 1988-92, he authored numerous lectures, exhibits and publications on a wide range of sports medicine topics to include aspects of knee ligament reconstructive surgery, shoulder and elbow arthroscopy, and overuse syndromes in athletes.
Gillogly completed a distinguished military career in the Army Medical Corps with the rank of lieutenant colonel and received awards to include Meritorious Service Commendations, Southwest Asia Service and Kuwait Liberation Medals for outstanding service as Chief of Orthopedics at an Evacuation Hospital during Operations Desert Shield/Storm. After founding the Atlanta Knee and Shoulder Clinic in 1992, he formed a sub-specialty group, the Atlanta Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, LLC.
Gillogly served as the Team Physician for the Atlanta Thrashers from 1999-2011 and the Atlanta Falcons from 2004-11, and he consults with numerous professional athletes, Atlanta area high schools, national and local athletic events. He is the Past Medical Director of the Women’s United Soccer Association and is currently the Director of Sports Medicine Training for the Atlanta Medical Center Orthopedic Residency Program.
Following training in Sweden with Dr. Lars Peterson, Gillogly became one of the early pioneers in autologous chondrocyte implantation, a procedure designed to grow healthy joint surfaces following injury and thus preventing the onset of arthritis. He is the Medical Director of the Cartilage Repair Centers of America and specializes in cartilage restoration, complex knee disorders, biologic knee reconstruction as well as sports and shoulder injuries.
Gillogly is a Board-Certified orthopedic surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine. He was the chairman of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Committee on Sports Medicine Evaluation and the past-president of the American Sports Medicine Fellowship Society. Gillogly was also a member of the Georgia and Atlanta Orthopedic Societies, the Southern Medical Association, Southern Orthopedic Association and the Herodicus Society.
He now serves as the chief medical officer in Charlotte, North Carolina.
