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Robert E. Ivy

MD
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Weisgarber
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Appointments: 865-558-4444

Admin Line: 865-558-4412

Medical Line: 865-410-7889

Dr. Robert Ivy earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University in 1983. He was awarded the prestigious Justin Potter Academic Scholarship to Vanderbilt Medical School and graduated in 1988. Dr. Ivy was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

He completed a one-year general surgical internship and four-year residency program in orthopaedic surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Ivy finished his training with a one-year fellowship in hand and microvascular surgery at the nationally renowned Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis.

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About

Dr. Robert Ivy earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University in 1983. He was awarded the prestigious Justin Potter Academic Scholarship to Vanderbilt Medical School and graduated in 1988. Dr. Ivy was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

He completed a one-year general surgical internship and four-year residency program in orthopaedic surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Ivy finished his training with a one-year fellowship in hand and microvascular surgery at the nationally renowned Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis.

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Credentials
Education
  • B.S., Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1983
  • M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 1988
  • General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1989

Residency
  • Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1993

Fellowship
  • Hand and Microvascular Surgery, Indiana Hand Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1994

Board Certification
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Certificate of Added Qualification in surgery of the hand
Professional Distinctions
  • Recipient of the Justin Potter Academic Scholarship to Vanderbilt Medical School
  • Elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  • Selected by his peers to the “Best Doctors in America”
  • Voted by Knoxville’s Cityview Magazine to “Top Docs” list

Orthopaedic Specialty
  • Treatment of hand and elbow disorders