Methodist Physicians

When he was just a boy, around seven or eight years old, Orthopaedic Surgeon Bob Girling was attending board meetings for a successful home health family business and fully expected to follow his grandmotheran entrepreneur and family matriarch into the business world. But at age 15, Dr. Girling ruptured his spleen during a snowboarding accident and... was airlifted from the top of a mountain to a hospital where his career path veered in another direction. As an undergraduate, when a family frienda plastic surgeoninvited him to observe and later assist in the operating rooms he owned, Dr. Girling knew he was hooked. The time I spent with him proved I was meant to be in the OR, says Dr. Girling. Dr. Girling, who is deeply rooted in the San Antonio community, completed his medical degreewhere he was honored with the Charles A. Rockwood, Jr. Student Award for Excellence in Orthopaedicsorthopaedic surgery residency and fellowship in adult reconstruction surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Specializing in adult reconstructive surgerynotably full and partial knee and hip replacement and revision surgery, Dr. Girling is a strong proponent of shared decision-makingand even co-developed an interactive tool to help patients fully understand their treatment options as well as pre-operative and post-operative care requirements. Dr. Girling joined Methodist Physicians in August 2016 where he is see patients at Methodist Texsan Hospital, a campus of Methodist Hospital and at the Alamo Height Physician Group in the Quarry.Read More