Grant G. Garlick, MD

About Dr. Garlick

As an orthopedic surgeon at Florida Orthopedic Institute, Dr. Garlick’s goal is simple: to
keep patients active and doing what they love, using the least invasive approach that will
work. He completed two fellowships, one in sports medicine and one in joint
reconstruction, so he can care for patients across the whole range of joint problems, from
a first sports injury to a full knee replacement. Whenever possible, he focuses on
preserving a patient’s own joint before considering replacing it.

Dr. Garlick has a special interest in orthobiologics, treatments that use the body’s own
cells and other natural healing tools to help repair injured tissue and support recovery and
rehabilitation. For more than 10 years, he has treated a wide variety of orthopedic
conditions with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bone marrow aspirate injections, which
use cells and growth factors drawn from the patient’s own body. He has also been a
member of the International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS)
for over 12 years. The ICRS brings together surgeons and research scientists from
around the world who are experts in cartilage repair, joint preservation, and
orthobiologics. He also closely follows emerging research in peptides and exosomes, two
promising areas that may expand how we help the body heal. Dr. Garlick offers
orthobiologic treatments for all joints, including the shoulder, hip, elbow, ankle, and knee.

Surgically, Dr. Garlick’s focus is the knee. He treats everything from ligament injuries to
cartilage damage to joint reconstruction, using minimally invasive techniques. For
younger, active patients with cartilage problems, he uses orthobiologics or
joint-preserving surgery to help protect the knee for the long term. When a knee
replacement is the right choice, he performs robotic kinematic knee replacement, a
personalized technique that matches the implant to each patient’s natural anatomy and
spares the ligaments, which can help the knee feel more natural. All of his surgeries are
done in an outpatient setting, meaning patients go home the same day. He has performed
outpatient joint replacements for nearly 14 years and was the first surgeon at Florida
Orthopedic Institute to do so.