Dr. Roy Carls, M.D., joined Navy and earned an MD degree at USUHS Bethesda, MD. After his Portsmouth Naval Hospital surgical internship, he became a Naval flight surgeon and was stationed with the Marines at Cherry Point, NC. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and his foot and ankle fellowship at Union Memorial Hospital. After fellowship, he was an attending orthopedic surgeon at NNMC teaching hospital in Bethesda.
Dr. Roy Carls, M.D., joined Navy and earned an MD degree at USUHS Bethesda, MD. After his Portsmouth Naval Hospital surgical internship, he became a Naval flight surgeon and was stationed with the Marines at Cherry Point, NC. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and his foot and ankle fellowship at Union Memorial Hospital. After fellowship, he was an attending orthopedic surgeon at NNMC teaching hospital in Bethesda.
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Very professional, easy going and easy to talk to.
Jul-2025
Very friendly and personable. He came across as caring. Understanding the patient's pain. Before going straight to surgery Dr. Carls - is trying other methods.
Jul-2025
He is always willing to listen to your, then provide what is needed to fix what is wrong.
Jun-2025
Very personable
Jun-2025
Very understanding and very knowledgeable. Very good doctor.
Jun-2025
Wonderful bedside manner.
May-2025
DR. Carls is a professional among pros, exemplary patient care.
May-2025
Great bedside manners. Very informative.
Apr-2025
He seem to knowledge and a nice person
Apr-2025
Haven’t felt this good in years! He was very friendly and made me feel at home and relaxed immediately! Thank you for taking the time to care. Superb visit.
Apr-2025
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220 Solomons Island Road N, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Dr. Roy Carls, M.D., trained at UCLA as a scholarship track and field decathlete, going on to earn a BS in kinesiology pre-med. He serves as Precision’s Chief of Orthopedics.
Dr. Carls joined Navy and earned an MD degree at USUHS Bethesda, MD. After his Portsmouth Naval Hospital surgical internship, he became a Naval flight surgeon and was stationed with the Marines at Cherry Point, NC. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and his foot and ankle fellowship at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD with Drs. Mark Myerson and Lew Schon.
After fellowship, he was an attending orthopedic surgeon at NNMC teaching hospital in Bethesda, and then his last duty station in the Navy was as a team orthopedic surgeon, stationed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
After his Naval career, he was in private practice in Westminster, MD, and Cumberland, MD, from 2004-2019. He joined Precision Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in June 2019. He specializes in arthroscopic reconstruction of the shoulder, knee, foot and ankle, total knee and shoulder replacements, and complex reconstruction of the foot and ankle.
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Very professional, easy going and easy to talk to.
Very friendly and personable. He came across as caring. Understanding the patient's pain. Before going straight to surgery Dr. Carls - is trying other methods.
He is always willing to listen to your, then provide what is needed to fix what is wrong.
Very personable
Very understanding and very knowledgeable. Very good doctor.
Wonderful bedside manner.
DR. Carls is a professional among pros, exemplary patient care.
Great bedside manners. Very informative.
He seem to knowledge and a nice person
Haven’t felt this good in years! He was very friendly and made me feel at home and relaxed immediately! Thank you for taking the time to care. Superb visit.