University Medical Center in Northport now offers sports medicine care for athletes and active individuals. Drs. Cole Marshall and Ginger Medders began providing sports medicine services at UMC-Northport in February.
UMC in Tuscaloosa has long provided sports medicine care through its Dr. Bill deShazo Sports Medicine Center. UMC Sports Medicine is also the provider of choice for UA’s athletes.
Sports medicine physicians treat acute injuries, including fractures, sprains and strains, and provide care for chronic conditions such as arthritis, bursitis and tendonitis. Sports medicine services provided at both UMC locations also include in-house X-rays, ultrasound-guided joint injections, focused diagnostic ultrasound scans and fracture care, including casting and splinting.
Medders and Marshall are also assistant professors in the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences, which operates UMC. Medders completed her residency at The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program at CCHS and her sports medicine fellowship at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Marshall earned his medical degree from the UAB Heersink School of Medicine in Birmingham, Ala., and completed his residency at Prisma Health Family Medicine Residency in Columbia, S.C.
UMC-Northport, located at 6205 Jemison Lane, accepts patients of all ages and is open Monday-Friday from 8:30AM-4:45PM. To schedule an appointment, call (205) 348-6700.