Dr. Kirkland graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences. He attended Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and graduated with honors, finishing in the top ten percent of his medical school class. He completed a five year residency in orthopedic surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. After residency, he completed his training with a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Kirkland is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Dr. Kirkland joined EmergeOrtho in 1997 and has over 22 years of clinical experience. This includes providing care for patients with broken bones, sprains, work-related conditions, children’s injuries, disorders of the wrist, shoulder and knee, arm and leg pain, joint and arthritis related pain, arm and hand numbness, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Dr. Kirkland strives to treat his patients without surgery when possible.

Dr. Kirkland and his wife have been married for over 25 years and have three grown children.