News & Press
For the fourth consecutive time, Dr. Spero Karas was featured in Atlanta Magazine’s Top Doctors edition (July 2011). The list is compiled by asking hundreds of Atlanta metro-area doctors whom they would name among their own colleagues as being the best in their respective fields. Prior to the current year, Dr. Karas has been recognized …
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Who Watches Out for the Falcons? As the Falcons’ head team physician, Dr. Spero Karas oversees orthopedic and medical care for every Falcons player. Helena Oliviero of the AJC interviews the doctor on what its like to watch from the sidelines of the game and how to prevent injuries. Read more here.
Emory Sports Medicine Presents Dr. Spero Karas Emory Healthcare’s MEET THE DOC series presents Dr. Spero Karas
Dr. Karas Continues Longtime Affiliation with Georgia Tech University In addition to his duties as Head Team Physician for the Atlanta Falcons, Dr. Karas continues to serve Georgia Tech baseball as its team physician and orthopedic surgeon. He has maintained that affiliation since 2006. He has been involved with Georgia Tech Athletics in the role …
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June 16th, 2011 Dr. Karas has been named the Head Team Physician for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. He will serve as the team’s orthopedic surgeon, overseeing the orthopedic and medical care for the Falcons’ athletes and coaches. Dr. Karas began his duties February 24-27, at the NFL Invitational Combine in the Indianapolis Colts’ Lucas Oil …
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Dr. Karas was interviewed by local Atlanta station Fox 4 News for their “4 In Your Corner” medical report, about double row arthroscopic repair (rotator cuff repair).
Dr. Karas was featured recently on CNN’s “Health Minute” about awareness and prevention of chronic neck and shoulder pain associated with women wearing heavy handbags (15 to 20 lbs)…as well as “wallet sciatica,” a condition men sometimes suffer from (which Karas likens to sitting on a 3lb rock all day).
For the second consecutive time, Atlanta Magazine has named Spero Karas M.D. as one of “the city’s most trusted physicians” in its just released biennial Atlanta’s Top Doctor’s exclusive. Asked whom they would call when a member of their family needed medical attention, local doctors once more cited Dr. Karas among the handful of Orthopedic …
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December 5th, 2008 Dr. Karas made Men’s Health’s “first annual list of those physician’s who have the knowledge, the experience, and the tools to maintain and repair the 21st century man.” Dr. Karas was recognized as one of America’s “Top Sports Medicine Specialists” one of only six such doctors in the south (and the only one in Georgia). …
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Dr. Spero Karas was recently recognized by Women’s Health Magazine. In a November 2008 feature entitled America’s Top Doctors for Women, Dr. Karas made the list for orthopaedics/sports medicine (south region). According to the article, important criterion to keep in mind when getting a physician recommendation from a friend or coworker should be: does he or she let you …
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