Dr. Edward Jernigan, M.D., is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in conditions affecting the hand, wrist, and elbow. His clinical interests include hand, forearm, and elbow fractures and soft tissue trauma, including tendon and neurovascular injuries, inflammatory and osteoarthritis, compression neuropathies, wrist disorders, elbow instability, elbow arthroplasty, and management of post-amputation neuromas.
Dr. Edward Jernigan, M.D., is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in conditions affecting the hand, wrist, and elbow. His clinical interests include hand, forearm, and elbow fractures and soft tissue trauma, including tendon and neurovascular injuries, inflammatory and osteoarthritis, compression neuropathies, wrist disorders, elbow instability, elbow arthroplasty, and management of post-amputation neuromas.
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Very good at explaining and professional with a nice personality.
(4 days ago)
Nov-2025
Very nice and knowledgeable.
(5 days ago)
Nov-2025
Dr. Edward Jernigan was wonderful and understood what was going on with my thumb area. Highly recommend him.
(6 days ago)
Nov-2025
Caring and good listener
(1 week ago)
Nov-2025
Had to leave because no one called me back and I had to get home. The receptionist told me she would try to call his team and never did / never cared to let me know why there was such a delay.
(1 week ago)
Nov-2025
Dr. Jernigan is one ifthe most caring doctors I have ever met. He treats me wuth kindness assesses my situation each time I visit. He explains what he is going to do so there are no surprises.
(1 week ago)
Nov-2025
I knew Dr. Jernigan when he was a star basketball player in high school and am honored to now be his patient for a hand injury. He continues to be the nicest guy on the team, and is a terrific addition to this practice.
(1 week ago)
Nov-2025
Dr. Jernigan explains everything clearly and takes time to answer any questions. He involves the patient in health decisions. Really great doctor.
(1 week ago)
Nov-2025
great doctor
(1 week ago)
Nov-2025
Dr Jernigan explained everything thoroughly and was great!!
Dr. Edward Jernigan, M.D., is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in conditions affecting the hand, wrist, and elbow. His clinical interests include hand, forearm, and elbow fractures and soft tissue trauma, including tendon and neurovascular injuries, inflammatory and osteoarthritis, compression neuropathies, wrist disorders, elbow instability, elbow arthroplasty, and management of post-amputation neuromas.
Dr. Jernigan began his academic career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest distinction and received the Department of Chemistry Merck Index Award. He continued at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to receive his medical degree, and during this time he was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Jernigan also completed his surgical internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After residency, Dr. Jernigan completed a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, ranked by US News and World Report as the #1 orthopaedic hospital.
Dr. Jernigan has authored over 20 peer-reviewed research abstracts, articles, and book chapters on hand, wrist, and elbow pathology in some of the top journals in orthopaedic surgery, including the Journal of Hand Surgery and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. He has presented numerous scientific studies at various national orthopaedic conferences. In medical school, he was selected into the Howard Holderness Distinguished Medical Scholars Program, a two-year program which included a dedicated basic science research year in an NIH-funded lab. He served as a coordinating council member of the Student Health Action Coalition, a student-led organization at UNC providing interdisciplinary service opportunities, including medical care at a local, free health clinic. During residency, Dr. Jernigan was awarded the Resident Research Presentation Award by the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association Hand Breakout Session. He has participated in multiple medical mission trips.
Medical School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Internship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (General Surgery)
Residency University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Fellowship Hospital for Special Surgery (Hand & Upper Extremity) in New York City, NY
Very good at explaining and professional with a nice personality.
Very nice and knowledgeable.
Dr. Edward Jernigan was wonderful and understood what was going on with my thumb area. Highly recommend him.
Caring and good listener
Had to leave because no one called me back and I had to get home. The receptionist told me she would try to call his team and never did / never cared to let me know why there was such a delay.
Dr. Jernigan is one ifthe most caring doctors I have ever met. He treats me wuth kindness assesses my situation each time I visit. He explains what he is going to do so there are no surprises.
I knew Dr. Jernigan when he was a star basketball player in high school and am honored to now be his patient for a hand injury. He continues to be the nicest guy on the team, and is a terrific addition to this practice.
Dr. Jernigan explains everything clearly and takes time to answer any questions. He involves the patient in health decisions. Really great doctor.
great doctor
Dr Jernigan explained everything thoroughly and was great!!