Dr. Paul L. Burroughs was raised in Raleigh, NC. He joined The Bone and Joint Surgery Clinic in 1999. His interest in medicine began early during his sophomore year of college when he began research on ligament and bone healing in the UNC Division of Orthopaedic Surgery. During medical school, he was awarded a grant from the NIH to pursue additional year of orthopaedic research. He is published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine and the Journal of Arthroplasty.