Dr. Paul Meirick specializes in caring for patients with acute sports or activity-related injuries as well as chronic medical conditions. He also has extensive training in treating medical sports conditions such as sport-related concussion, stress fracture, heat illness, medical illness, and injury prevention.
Dr. Paul Meirick specializes in caring for patients with acute sports or activity-related injuries as well as chronic medical conditions. He also has extensive training in treating medical sports conditions such as sport-related concussion, stress fracture, heat illness, medical illness, and injury prevention.
Dr. Paul Meirick received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, in Iowa City, Iowa. He then completed his Internal Medicine internship and residency at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California and his Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. After fellowship, Dr. Meirick worked at Vanderbilt as a Clinical Instructor in Sports Medicine and Internal Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (2017) and is a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and the American College of Physicians (ACP).
As a non-operative sports medicine physician, Dr. Meirick treats patients without the use of surgery. He specializes in caring for patients with acute sports or activity-related injuries (sprains, strains, and fractures) as well as chronic medical conditions (joint pain and arthritis). Dr. Meirick also has extensive training in treating medical sports conditions such as sport-related concussion, stress fracture, heat illness, medical illness, and injury prevention. He has a special interest in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound to diagnose injuries and aid in procedures such as injections.
Dr. Meirick has conducted research in nutritional screening for athletes, corticosteroid injections, and cardiac arrhythmias in sport. In Nashville, he served as a team physician for several high schools, Vanderbilt University, and the Nashville Sounds baseball team. Dr. Meirick and his family enjoy being active in the outdoors and watching and participating in sports.
Knowledgeable, very kind. Gave options for treatment.
He is very professional! Great listner and caring. Super friendly and tries to do the very best for you/me.
He is very thorough, and explained everything well to me. And I’m happy with his plan for resolving my pain and overall problem.
very personal and knowledgeable.
He is oneofthe best doctors at St. Cloud orthopedics
Not hurried. Answers all my questions well.
Dr. Merrick was so very kind and compassionate. After diagnosing, he gave me many options for continued care. Very helpful and knowledgeable.
Dr Meirick is very empathic, he listens and then explains his conclusions very succinctly. Highly recommend
Wonderful Dr! Listens to my daughters concerns. Gave her options and talked her through them. Agreed on a new plan and hoping this next step gets us some answers. Never is in a hurry. Really listens to myself and my daughter.
Dr. Meirick is fantastic and friendly!!