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STOCKBRIDGE Success is sweet just ask the physicians and staff at OrthoAtlanta in Stockbridge who recently broke their own company fundraising record with contributions to the annual Arthritis Foundation of Georgia Walk to Cure Arthritis. Their efforts raised awareness and funds for arthritis, the No. 1 cause of disability in the United States. Add in a few pies, and success was even sweeter.

The annual Atlanta Walk to Cure Arthritis is a top charitable event for OrthoAtlanta, the second largest orthopedic and sports medicine practice in Atlanta. With 13 offices across the metropolitan area, including Stockbridge, Newnan, Fayetteville, and new Peachtree City, each OrthoAtlanta office raises funds at the local level, combined into a group donation to the Arthritis Foundation of Georgia.

In spirited competition extending into the community including Clayton State University Athletics, the OrthoAtlanta Stockbridge office donated nearly $6,000 to the 2017 Atlanta Walk to Cure Arthritis, achieving bragging rights as the second-highest fundraiser for the entire Atlanta metropolitan area. Company-wide, the combined OrthoAtlanta donation of nearly $15,700 more than doubled its 2016 contribution and secured OrthoAtlanta recognition as the third-highest group donation and top company donation for the 2017 Walk, the signature event of the Arthritis Foundation.

The most popular fundraising effort initiated by the Stockbridge team, an infamous Pie in the Face promotion, clearly caught the attention of the community. Participants included Todd A. Schmidt, MD, known in the Stockbridge area for his sports medicine, joint preservation and reconstruction skills, and Timothy Ghattas, MD, orthopedic surgeon at OrthoAtlanta Stockbridge. Ghattas also serves as the team physician for Clayton State University Athletics, prompting four members of Clayton State Athletics, including Director of Athletics Tim Duncan, and the university president, Dr. Thomas Tim Hynes Jr., to also take part in the pie-in-the-face fundraiser

Asked about facing a pie in the face, Schmidt explained it simply. OrthoAtlanta physicians and staff treat thousands of patients each year who are suffering from some form of painful arthritis. Treatments range from non-surgical to surgical, including joint repair and joint replacement, known as arthroplasty. We are pleased that this years pie event brought awareness of this dreaded disease and to the excellent work done by the Arthritis Foundation as they seek to conquer arthritis with research, training, advocacy and more.

The 2017 Atlanta Walk to Cure Arthritis raised $300,000 from teams across the metropolitan area.

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