Dr. Goble has been pioneering knee surgeon for the past 30-plus years and is perhaps best known in orthopedics as one of the top surgeons in ACL reconstruction and meniscal allograft transplants. He performed what may be the first minimally invasive knee replacement procedure.
He currently practices at Salt River Orthopedics in Afton, Wyo., serves as the director of the Utah State University medical device testing laboratory in the department of animal science and is an adjunct professor in the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Utah. Dr. Goble holds more than 70 patents.
His previous work included founding several companies, including:
- MedicineLodge, an orthopedic technology development firm;
- Facet Solutions, a facet arthroplasty device company;
- Western Surgery Center (Alpine Orthopaedic Specialists); and
- Frontier Biomedical, a leader in comparative medicine
Dr. Goble has also had several other notable achievements including serving as a lead surgeon for Zimmer on the prosthetic ACL development and as Utah State University team physician.
Dr. Goble has been described as the following:
▪ “I speak from the point of view of a long-term friend and deep admirer of Dr. Marlowe Goble — he has been a beacon of inspiration for sports medicine surgeons throughout his brilliant medical career,” said Stephen J. Snyder, MD. “More than any other knee surgeon I know, Marlowe has the knack to take the ‘state-of-the-art’ for a surgical procedure and revise and improve it, making it easier and more reliable for others to perform. He has an unusually creative talent that affords him the ability to transcend the current surgical status and create new and better tools to accomplish a difficult surgical task.”
▪ “Dr. E. Marlowe Goble is a pioneer in the research and development of soft tissue fixation devices for use in several minimally invasive arthroscopic procedures,” according to the Video Journal of Orthopedics.
▪ “As far as having a total knee replacement, one couldn’t do better than Dr. Marlowe Goble and Dr. Brian Tallerico,” wrote the Star Valley Independent. “The duo are the surgeons at Salt River Orthopedics, part of Star Valley Medical Center, (and) have turned SVMC into not just a surgical option, but even a destination.”
Note: Learn about nine other top knee surgeons in the January issue of Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Practice Review.
