Why Patients Travel Across the Country to Dr. Amanda Marshall-Rodriguez

When you need a knee replacement, the surgeon matters. Here is why patients from across the nation, and from across Texas and Colorado, choose Dr. Amanda Marshall-Rodriguez.

Experience

Dr. Marshall-Rodriguez has performed more than 7,500 knee replacements and over 1,000 hip replacements in 19.5 years of practice. Joint replacement is not one part of her work; it is the center of it.

Training

Medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, with Alpha Omega Alpha honors.

Ross C. Sterling Award, the highest honor given to a graduating senior medical student.

Orthopaedic surgery residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Adult reconstruction fellowship at Rush University in Chicago, a world leader in minimally invasive joint replacement.

Board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

Recognition

Top Orthopaedic Surgeon in Texas, 2022.

Patient Preferred Orthopedic Surgeon representing Texas, 2022.

San Antonio Business Journal Healthcare Hero: Rising Star Award, 2014.

Baptist Health System WB Russ Humanitarian Award, 2013.

Heart

Through Operation Walk and Women Orthopaedists Global Outreach (WOGO), Dr. Marshall-Rodriguez has helped provide more than 400 free joint replacements to people around the world. She also mentors young women entering orthopaedics through the Perry Initiative.

In a Patient's Words

Lynn Ann Smith traveled from Texas to Colorado with her son and granddaughter for her knee replacement in June 2022, then returned three months later to have her other knee done. In her words: "It is a blessing to no longer have knee pain and to be able to live life again. Dr. Amanda Marshall-Rodriguez and her outstanding staff truly are the best of the best."

Meet Her

See Dr. Marshall-Rodriguez at TruOrtho in San Antonio, or ask about Destination Surgery in Colorado. Call 210-878-4116.