Our World-Class Physicians
9 specialists, 3 locations + now physical therapy
all devoted to your 206 bones.
Carolina Musculoskeletal Institute (CMI) is a multi-disciplined medical practice and imaging center dedicated to providing the best comprehensive musculoskeletal care to our patients through the efforts of our highly trained physicians, nurses and staff. Patients can expect to receive the most advanced procedures available for joint replacements, sports injuries, spine and disc surgery, hand and foot surgery and treatment of rheumatology conditions.
Our world-class physicians are renowned in their fields, offering full treatment services in orthopaedic (bones & joints), sports medicine (athletes & athletic conditions), neurology (headaches, nerve issues, nerve disease), arthritis (painful joints), podiatry (diseases and surgery of feet), imaging (x-rays, CT scans), and pain management.

Ty Carter, MD
Mercer University School of Medicine
Spine Surgery, Leatherman Spine Institute

Douglas Holford, MD
Fracture Treatment, Sports Medicine, Total Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery, Arthroscopic Surgery
Loma Linda University Medical School, Loma Linda, California
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Spine Surgery, Tuoro Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
Spine Surgery, Sports Medicine Special

Vaughan Massie, MD
Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Fracture Treatment, General Orthopaedics, Joint Replacements
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Orthopaedics, Campbell Clinic
Sports Medicine, Hughston Clinic

Timothy Shannon, MD
Sports Medicine, Fracture Treatment. Arthroscopic Surgery, Total Joint Replacement, Upper/Lower Extremity Disorders, Spinal Disorders
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Residency
Orthopaedics, Northwestern University

Edwin Martinez De Andino, MD
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus Osteoporosis, Vasculitis, Gout. Osteoarthritis, Bone Densitometry
Universidad Central del Caribe Medical School
Internal Medicine, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Rheumatology, New York Medical College in Rheumatology

Michelle Lyon, MD
EMG/nerve conduction studies, Headache, Peripheral Neuropathy, Dementia
Medical College of Georgia
Neurology at Medical College of Georgia.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and American Academy of Neurology

Phillip T. Suwan, MD
Nerve Blocks, Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA), Epidurals, Implantable Therapies and Kyphoplasty
Augusta University, Pain Medicine; Medical College of Georgia, Anesthesiology; Southern Illinois University, Otolaryngology; M.D., University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN

Angela Molnar, DPM
Diabetic Foot Care and Wound Care
The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center/The Foot and Leg Healthcare Specialists