Shannon Carpenter, MD Let's Collaborate

Orthopedic surgeon.
Founder. Partner.

I help practices, health systems, and health-tech companies navigate value-based care, clinical AI, and the business of modern medicine, with solutions born of deep clinical experience and the hardships of practicing medicine firsthand.

2026 BHOF Gagel Leadership Award Board-certified, fellowship-trained surgeon Clinic & program founder Speaker & media
Shannon R. Carpenter, MD, orthopedic surgeon and founder of The Bone Health Clinic
SC

Sound strategy is only the beginning. You also need the systems that drive results. I can help with that.

I am a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon who built a nationally leading, value-based bone health clinic, work recognized with the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation’s 2026 Robert F. Gagel, M.D. Community Leadership Award. Active in the AAOS and ASES, I have also created an AI literacy curriculum for surgeons and serve as a medical-legal expert. When I work with you, I am not theorizing. I have created the playbook, billed the codes, and stood at both the operating table and the conference table.

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A surgeon's lens

Trained in the operating room, I see the clinical reality behind the strategy, not just the slide.

02

A builder, not just an advisor

I have built clinics, programs, and products. I recommend only what I have run myself.

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Evidence-first

Grounded in the guidelines and the data, and built to withstand scrutiny.

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A translator

At home in the boardroom, the operating room, and the exam room, and fluent moving between them.

Founder
A nationally leading bone health clinic
National
BHOF Robert F. Gagel, M.D. Community Leadership Award, 2026
AAOS · ASES
Active member and faculty
TV · Radio · Print
Extensive media experience
Stage & Press

Speaking & Media

Keynotes, panels, and expert commentary for medical societies, health systems, and the press, with extensive experience across written media, radio, television, and podcasts. A few of my signature topics:

Bonespan™: Owning Your Bone Health for Life

Why bone health is a lifespan story, and how we stop fractures before they start.

Menopause & Musculoskeletal Health

The MSK side of menopause that medicine keeps missing, and what to do about it.

Demand the Scan®

Why a fragility fracture should never be missed, and the case for finding bone loss before the next break.

Patient Advocacy

Standing up for patients on access, coverage, and the prevention our system keeps overlooking.

Value-Based Care & Surgical Optimization

TEAM, CJR-X, and what episode accountability really means for surgeons and systems.

Buy-and-Bill & In-Office Care

The access and economics case for treating patients in the office, from osteoporosis infusions to injectables.

AI for the Modern Physician

A practical, no-hype look at how clinicians actually use AI to buy back time.

Women in Medicine & Leadership

Building authority, a voice, and a seat at the table in a field that was not built for us.

Mentorship in Surgery

What real mentorship looks like, and why the next generation depends on it.

The Physician Entrepreneur

Building clinics, brands, and products beyond the operating room, without burning out.

Surgeon. Founder. Mother.

The both-and of an ambitious surgical career and a full life at home, told without apology.
As featured in
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How I Help

Where I Partner

Engagements scale from a single strategy session to a built-and-implemented program.

Value-Based Care

CMS Model & Episode Strategy

Helping hospitals and surgeons win under mandatory value-based care, from understanding the model to capturing the savings.

  • TEAM, CJR-X, and bundled-payment readiness
  • Surgical optimization and 30-day episode design
  • Gainsharing and surgeon-hospital alignment
  • Board-ready education and implementation playbooks
Industry & Product

Device, Product & Industry Advising

Helping orthopedic device, bone health, and digital health companies build products clinicians actually adopt.

  • Clinical insight and product development guidance
  • Advisory boards and surgeon voice-of-customer
  • Bone health and musculoskeletal market strategy
  • Evidence, positioning, and KOL engagement
Clinical AI

AI Fluency for Clinicians

Practical, physician-to-physician AI literacy and governance, built as a real curriculum, not a hype deck.

  • AI literacy training for practices and physician groups
  • Safe, compliant adoption and governance guardrails
  • Workflow and time-back use cases that actually stick
  • CME-caliber education and faculty support
Medical-Legal

Independent Medical Evaluation & Expert Review

Rigorous, defensible orthopedic IME and expert consulting for attorneys, carriers, and employers.

  • Independent medical evaluations and record review
  • Causation, impairment, and return-to-work opinions
  • Clear, well-supported written reports
  • Expert consultation on orthopedic and shoulder matters
Teams & Culture

Building Teams That Work

Developing high-functioning teams that communicate, trust, and perform, inside the operating room and well beyond it.

  • High-performing surgical and clinical team culture
  • Communication, trust, and conflict under pressure
  • A comprehensive, curriculum-based program
  • Leadership for the whole team, not just the chief
Advising & Mentorship

Mentorship & Founder Advising

Coming alongside the people building the next thing, in the OR, in the boardroom, and at home.

  • Women in medicine and surgical leadership
  • Early-career surgeons and residents
  • Physician entrepreneurs building beyond the OR
  • Navigating a surgical career and a family, honestly
Value-Based Care

CMS Model & Episode Strategy

Helping hospitals and surgeons win under mandatory value-based care, from understanding the model to capturing the savings.

  • TEAM, CJR-X, and bundled-payment readiness
  • Surgical optimization and 30-day episode design
  • Gainsharing and surgeon-hospital alignment
  • Board-ready education and implementation playbooks
Let's Talk

Tell me what you are building.

Solutions for your value-based care initiatives. A message that reaches your audience. A clinician’s eye on your product, or a medical-legal opinion that holds up. Bring me the hard part. That is where I do my best work.

Let's Collaborate