Dr. Ferrell was raised in Tullahoma and attended Webb School, where he was a National Merit Scholar. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and Tulane Medical School as a member of the AOA honor medical society. He did a two year surgical residency at Ochsner Clinic in NOLA and his Orthopedic Residency at the Campbell Clinic. He is board certified in Orthopedic Surgery and a member of the American Orthopedic Sports Medicine Society.

Dr. Ferrell founded the Bone and Joint Clinic in 1979. He soon began a long career in sports medicine serving as team physician for several area high schools, professional soccer, and the United States Swimming team. He received the Athletes Appreciation Award and became Chairman of the US Swimming Medical Committee, serving as team physician for the US Olympic Swimming Team in 1996.

Dr. Ferrell has served as team physician for the US Olympic equestrian team since 1996. He and his wife are also involved in horse sports recreationally, she as a hunter jumper enthusiast and he as an aspiring polo player. Dr. Ferrell is currently international Chairman of the FEI medical committee which oversees Olympic Equestrian sports, as well as serving as the US team physician.

Locally, Dr. Ferrell has been president of the Nashville Orthopedic Society, Chairman of the TMA sportsmedicine committee, and he currently a member of the board of Williamson Medical Center. He is an avid supporter and Chairman of the board of BrightStone, a work, education and future residence center for adults with disabilities in Williamson County.

Medical School
Tulane University – New Orleans, Louisiana

Residency
Ochsner Foundation Hospital – New Orleans, Louisiana
Campbell Clinic – Memphis, Tennessee; Orthopaedic Surgery

Fellow
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine

Clinical Instructor in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Board Certified
Orthopaedic Surgery

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Craig Ferrell - by Sharon H. Fitzgerald
When the Olympic Games returned in 2004 to the ancient city of their birth, Athens, Greece, Dr. Craig Ferrell of Franklin was there. Yet for the orthopaedist and sports medicine expert, serving as an Olympic physician is just like another day at the office. That's because he's been involved in the Olympics for nearly two decades and with United States amateur athletics longer than that. Click here to read more.

Joel Ferrell Outstanding Performance Memorial Award
Each year at the AAU Junior Olympic Games, a representative of each sport contested is awarded the Joel Ferrell Outstanding Performance Memorial Award. The AAU, along with the assistance and guidance of the Joel Ferrell family, established the Joel Ferrell Award to recognize the athletic ability and sportsmanship of an athlete representing each official sport at the AAU Junior Olympic Games. In addition to the award presented at the Games, each recipient's name is engraved on a special plaque at the AAU National Headquarters in Orlando, Florida.

Joel Ferrell, a former aerospace engineer, made numerous contributions to the AAU. Well known in the swimming community, he was inducted to the Swimming Hall of Fame and has a pool in Tullahoma, Tennessee named after him. He held several positions with the AAU, including the presidency from 1976-78, and was Vice President of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). In December 1988, he passed away in his hometown of Tullahoma, Tennessee.