HeathCrumplerThorntonMD

Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)

Associate Professor, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine and Dept. of Orthopedics

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Office
Medical Center Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 27157
Phone+1 336-716-4479

Fax+1 336-716-0071

Dr. Heath Thornton is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He practices family medicine and sports medicine in Winston Salem, NC and is affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. He received his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and has been in practice 20 years. He is experienced in concussion, ortho-biologics, preventive medicine, ultrasonography, fracture care, exercise stress testing, and pediatric sports medicine. He also speaks Spanish.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterFellowship, Sports Medicine (Family Medicine), 2003 - 2004
VCU/Riverside Regional Medical CenterResidency, Family Medicine, 2000 - 2003
Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 2000

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Inpatient - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2014
Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2014

PubMed

Diagnosis and management of an asymptomatic intraneural fibular cyst
Sarah L. Stone, Heath C. Thornton, Michael S. Cartwright
Muscle & Nerve. 2014-01-01
Performance and Interpretation of Office Exercise Stress Testing
Heath C. Thornton, Fadi Hanna, Kiran Mullur
Primary Care. 2021-10-08

Journal Articles

Effects of Simulation-Based Training for High School Sports Medicine Personnel on Emergency Response Confidence and Teamwork Behaviors
Rosenbaum DA, Thornton HC, Johnson JE, Saunders I, Fitch MT, Athletic Training and Sports Health Care, 5/1/2012
Heat Cramps: Treatment and Prevention
Poynter DJ, Thornton H, Athletic Training and Sports Health Care, 9/1/2010

Books/Book Chapters

Urgent Care Medicine Secrets
Chapter: When to Image for Sports-Related Concussion?
Page 210 - 213Thornton HC, Smith LA, Higginson CMEditors: Olympia RP, O'Neill RM, Silvis ML.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA2018