Dr. Thomas O. Clanton, MD
Dr. Thomas O. Clanton is an orthopaedic foot and ankle specialist who served as the Director of Foot and Ankle Sports Medicine at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado until his retirement from clinical practice in December of 2020. He is internationally recognized for his work as an orthopedic surgeon, specializing in sports medicine and orthopaedic problems of the leg, ankle, and foot.
Dr. Clanton received his M.D. degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 1976. He then entered and completed a five-year orthopaedic residency program at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Before Dr. Clanton started his own successful practice, he received additional foot and ankle training in Oakland, CA, under Roger A. Mann, M.D., and later trained in knee surgery in Jackson, WY, under the direction of John Feagin, M.D., Ken Lambert, M.D., and Bill Mott, M.D. In 1984, he was certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons since 1986.
He was a team physician for Rice University for 27 years and still acts as a consultant to them. The Houston Rockets NBA basketball team selected him as their Team Physician in 2005. He was one of the original orthopaedic consultants selected to work with the Houston Texans NFL football team and served in that role from the team’s inception in 2002 until he moved to Vail in 2009. He has treated numerous professional and collegiate athletes including Yao Ming, Eddie George, Liu Xiang, Lindsey Vonn, Lance Berkman, David Freese, Anthony Rendon, and Kendrys Morales.
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