Baldwin Bone & Joint Welcomes Physician

Baldwin Bone & Joint recently announced the addition of Dr. Allison Hunter who will join the practice in August. A fellowship-trained orthopedic hand and upper extremity surgeon, Hunter specializes in the treatment of injuries and conditions from the shoulder to the fingertips. She is the sole hand and upper extremity surgeon whose practice is exclusively in Baldwin County. A native of eastern Kentucky, Hunter received her medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 2015. She completed her orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and fellowship training at the Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Pennsylvania. Throughout her training, Hunter has worked with patients of all ages, from children to the aging adult, injured athletes and workers. She has treated everything from arthritis, tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome to neuropathies; hand, wrist and elbow fractures; and tendon reconstructions.