Brandon Barnes, MD

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Get to know Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Brandon Barnes, who serves patients in Lexington, Kentucky. 

Dr. Barnes is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with a focus on sports medicine. He  specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of injuries, disorders, and diseases of the body’s musculoskeletal system.

Maintaining membership status with a number of professional organizations, he is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the American Orthopedic Association, and the Virginia Orthopedic Society.

Before embarking on his professional journey, Dr. Barnes graduated with his medical degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in 2014. He then went on to complete his residency at the same educational venue through the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. In 2020, he completed his fellowship in sports medicine at the Kentucky Sports Medicine Clinic in Lexington, Kentucky. 

Orthopedic surgery is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and non-surgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.

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