Charles Su, MD

Charles A. Su, MD, PhD, is an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon who cares for a wide range of active individuals and athletes. He specializes in hip, shoulder, and knee surgery and serves as the team physician for James Madison University athletics and Monticello High School.

When caring for his patients, Dr. Su takes a team approach “by listening and understanding exactly what my patient's symptoms are, how it affects them, and ultimately what their goals are,” he shares. “Although I perform surgery, often an operation is the last option after we have tried numerous non-operative modalities. My job is to partner with my patients to get them back to the activities they enjoy at as high of a level as we can.”

Dr. Su graduated summa cum laude with honors from Case Western Reserve University with a B.S. in biology, B.A. in psychology, and a minor in chemistry. During his undergraduate years, he received a Howard Hughes medical institute research grant for his work in hematology. After college, he was accepted into the combined MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program at Case Western. Here, he completed his PhD thesis in transplantation immunology at the Cleveland Clinic.

He performed cardiac transplants in a mouse model and evaluated methods to prolong graft survival. He was recognized for this work with a Young Investigator Award from the American Transplant Congress. He shares, “While I was initially planning on pursuing transplant surgery, I quickly fell in love with orthopedic surgery during my 3rd-year clinical rotations.”

Dr. Su graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from medical school and joined the residency program at University Hospitals/Case Western. Following residency, Dr. Su completed his orthopedic sports fellowship training at the world-renowned Steadman Clinic/Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado. There he was able to provide care for the United States Olympic Ski and Snowboard team and train with some of the top thought leaders in orthopedic sports.

During his fellowship year, he also won the top Clinical Science Fellow Award for outstanding research as well as the Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award.

His current research interests include clinical outcomes, biologic therapies, and the natural history of hip impingement and development of osteoarthritis.

Gender

Male

Languages

English

Age Groups Seen

Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)

Primary Education

Case Western Reserve University

Residency

Case Western Reserve University

Fellowships

The Steadman Clinic

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery)

Additional Specialties

Orthopedic Sports Medicine

• 2022 Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award
• 2022 Clinical Science Fellow Award for Outstanding Research
• 2015 Alpha Omega Alpha