Elbow Care
Elbow pain can keep you from doing the activities you love. Whether your symptoms are caused by a sports injury, arthritis or overuse, our orthopedic specialists will create a personalized treatment plan to get you back in the game.
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Conditions We Treat
The OrthoKansas team diagnoses and treats a wide range of elbow conditions and injuries, including:
- Arthritis
- Broken or dislocated elbow
- Bursitis
- Golfer’s elbow
- Overuse and repetitive motion injuries
- Sports injuries
- Tendonitis
- Tennis elbow
- UCL injuries
Diagnosis and Treatment
After a thorough evaluation, our specialists will recommend a personalized treatment plan to help you find relief. We offer a variety of non-surgical options including braces, casts and splints, medication, injections and physical therapy.
If surgery is the best option, our elbow experts provide advanced procedures including arthroscopy, elbow replacement, and Tommy John surgery.
Meet Our Care Team
Douglass E. Stull, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Douglass Stull knew from the time he was in sixth grade that being a physician was his calling.
“I had a science class and the teacher had to go on emergency leave. The substitute really only new anatomy & physiology, so we were taught some basics and I completely fell in love. I knew right then that I wanted to be a physician.”
Dr. Stull earned his medical degree from the University of Texas School of Medicine and completed his fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with special interests in all aspects of shoulder and elbow care, including sports injuries, trauma, joint replacement and joint reconstruction.
Dr. Stull was also on the U.S. national team in Modern Pentathlon, competing at the Olympic level, and continues to be involved with the pentathlon by serving on their international medical committee. He also provides collegiate sports medicine coverage to Division I athletes as a team physician for the University of Kansas.
What advice does he have for his patients?
“Get out there and move. Think about what you can do, not what you can’t when you face an injury or disability.”
Leighton Miller, FNP-BC, MSN
Orthopedics
“I grew up as a farm kid, so caring for things has always been a passion of mine. It was easy to transition that into caring for individuals.”
Leighton Miller has an extensive history in medicine. He spent five years as the Director of Nursing Services for Meade District Hospital and is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. He has provided care to patients from pediatrics to geriatrics and received his nursing degree from the University of Kansas School of Nursing. Leighton has served as a nurse in different family practice, ER, labor/delivery and acute care departments throughout his career.
“I thought about becoming a physician at first but I got to know a lot of nurses and that drove my passion into that field,” he said. “I got to know some nurse practitioners. That was a logical stepping stone and I haven’t regretted a single day.”
What would Leighton like his patients to know about him?
“I’m not a serious guy but I’m serious about healthcare. When it’s time to have fun, I have fun. When it’s time to get down to business, we take care of business. Doing so and enjoying life along the way is what’s important.”
