Dr. James Raley attended college and medical school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he completed a combined undergraduate and graduate degree through the Rural Medical Scholars Program. It was there that he met his wife, Susanna, who is also a physician. After medical school, they moved to Augusta, Georgia, where Dr. Raley pursued orthopedic training and Susanna pursued obstetrics training. During that time, they were blessed with two children, Walt and Magnolia, and since moving to Huntsville, they have welcomed a two more boys, Ward and Beau.
Dr. Raley completed his training with an emphasis on shoulder, hip, and knee reconstruction at the Advanced Center for Joint Replacement at Northside Hospital. There, he pursued dedicated subspecialty training in primary hip and knee replacement, complex hip and knee replacement, and revision hip and knee replacement.
Dr. Raley is a member of several professional societies, including the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Anterior Hip Foundation, and the Personalized Arthroplasty Society. These organizations emphasize restoring function by reproducing a patient’s pre-arthritic anatomy through joint replacement.
Dr. Raley has a special interest in same-day discharge joint replacement, with a focus on muscle sparing techniques and robotic surgery which allows for a patient specific approach to each joint replacement. Dr. Raley performs the anterior approach as his primary approach for hip replacement and he performs kinematically aligned total knee replacements. This customized approach reproduces each patient’s natural anatomy before the development of arthritis. Avoiding ligament releases during joint replacement gives patients a more natural felling knee after knee replacement.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Raley enjoys the lake and the pool with his family, pickleball, fly fishing, and participating in mission work. He is an active member of Whitesburg Baptist Church and the Huntsville Fly Fishing Club.
“I take great joy in offering my patients an evidence-based approach to minimizing the risks associated with joint replacement, with the goal of restoring function and quality of life for the long haul.”
Specialty Centers: Sports Medicine, Joint Replacement, General Orthopaedics
Patient Education: Shoulder, Knee, Hip
Dr. Franklin graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He received his Medical Degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, AL in 2003. After completing his orthopaedic residency at the Greenville Hospital System in Greenville, SC in 2008, he completed a sports medicine fellowship at the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Dr. Franklin is a native of Huntsville and attended Grissom High School.
He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is on the active staff at Crestwood Hospital and the Surgery Center of Huntsville.
Specialty Centers: Sports Medicine, Joint Replacement, General Orthopaedics
Patient Education: Knee, Hip, Shoulder
Dr. Clayton is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in total joint replacement, with emphasis on complex revisions of failed hip and knee replacements. Dr. Clayton also specializes in minimally invasive direct anterior hip replacement. Dr. Clayton graduated cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College with a degree in Biology/Psychology. He attended the University of Alabama School of Medicine followed by an orthopedic residency at Mount Carmel Health Systems in Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Clayton completed a fellowship in adult reconstruction surgery at Southern Joint Replacement Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Clayton is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. He is clinical faculty for UAB School of Medicine at the Huntsville Regional Medical Campus. He is on the active staff at Crestwood Medical Center and the Surgery Center of Huntsville.
Specialty Centers: Joint Replacement, General Orthopedics
Patient Education: Knee, Shoulder
Zachary A. Mosher, MD is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in complex primary and revision hip and knee replacement, partial knee replacement, minimally invasive hip and knee replacement, prosthetic joint infections, periprosthetic fractures, and fractures around the hip and knee. He is a native of Elkmont, AL, and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University graduating as an honors scholar with Summa Cum Laude recognition. He then attended the University of Alabama School of Medicine and split time between the Huntsville and Birmingham campuses. During his time in medical school, he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha and Arnold P. Gold Humanism medical honor societies and graduated with Magna Cum Laude recognition. He then completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the renowned University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic in Memphis, TN, where he worked with leaders in the field of orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Mosher completed his training with an adult hip and knee reconstruction fellowship in Alexandria, VA at the Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic, learning from pioneers in the management of complex hip and knee replacement.
Specialty Centers: Joint Replacement, General Orthopaedics
