Dr. Payne is currently the president of Tidewater Ortho. Having been with the company since 1995, Dr. Payne focuses his orthopaedic care on treatment of the shoulder and knee. Dr. Payne attended undergraduate school at Duke University and medical school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. While at Duke University, Dr. Payne played one semester for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team under Coach K and continues to be an avid follower of Duke basketball. Dr. Payne then completed his residency and internship at Yale University before completing his fellowship training in shoulder surgery and sports medicine at The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, New York. While completing his fellowship training, Dr. Payne had the opportunity to work with the New York Mets professional baseball team.Dr. Payne, his wife and three kids (son and twin daughters) reside in Williamsburg. In his spare time, Dr. Payne enjoys golfing and spending quality time with his family which includes a Spring Break trip every year.
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Dr. Kingston, originally from Long Island New York, has been with Tidewater Ortho since 2003. A proud former member of the United States Air Force, Dr. Kingston was a flight surgeon and orthopaedic surgeon during operation Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. During his years in the military, Dr. Kingston attended medical school at the Uniformed ServicesUniversity of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD and residency at the Uniformed Services Health Consortium in San Antonio, TX. Prior to joining the military, Dr. Kingston earned his undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Albany. While in medical school and in the USAF, Dr. Kingston played rugby and was selected for Top Knife Surgeon Schools I and II.Dr. Kingston, his wife and two kids reside in Yorktown. In Dr. Kingston’s spare time, he enjoys involvement with his children’s extracurricular activities and interest in all sports particularly wrestling, golf, rugby, football, kayaking, and scuba diving. Dr. Kingston also continues to enjoy mentoring young high school and college students who have an interest in pursuing a career in medicine.
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Dr. Campolattaro has been with Tidewater Ortho since September 2004. Dr. Campolattaro began his career attending the College of William & Mary for undergraduate school and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey for medical school. Afterward, Dr. Campolattaro completed his residency at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry before completing his fellowship training in hand surgery at Wake Forest University.Dr. Campolattaro resides in Williamsburg and in his spare time he continues to develop his interest as a wine connoisseur.
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Dr. Higgins joined Tidewater Ortho in 2006 and is a fellowship trained Hip and Knee replacement specialist.  He was born and raised in Buffalo, New York.  He did his undergraduate studies at the State University of New York at Geneseo and went on to medical school at Upstate Medical University at Syracuse.  Dr. Higgins did his orthopaedic residency at the University of Buffalo and did an additional year of specialty training focused on complex hip and knee replacement at the Roanoke Orthopaedic Center.

Dr. Higgins lives in North Suffolk with his wife and two sons.  He is a self-described “gear head” and loves all things related to cars.  He enjoys spending time with his family, following professional football, fantasy football, water/snow skiing, golfing (poorly), and perfecting the art of barbequing.
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Dr. Smerlis was born in Maryland and grew up in the small town of Damascus where his father was a local dentist.  As a child, he would help his dad on various projects as the “go for.”  These experiences tinkering with tools evolved into a passion working with his hands.  Growing up in a small town, he appreciated the relationships his father developed with patients and wanted to pursue a similar career.  He felt surgery would challenge him to push the foundation set by his father.  During medical school, he worked with an established hand surgeon and loved the anatomy and technical demands of hand surgery.  As well, the camaraderie of orthopaedics drove him to this specialty.  Upon completion of fellowship training, he moved his family to Hampton Roads to join Tidewater Ortho to build a subspecialty practice in hand surgery.

In his free time, Dr. Smerlis enjoys spending time with his wife of fourteen years, Maureen, and their two children, Nicholas and Alexis.  Although he has yet to find his “go for,” he still enjoys doing various projects around the house.  Since an early age, he has loved snow skiing and even worked one year at Vail loading chairs and skiing 100 days that season.  Aside from the neighborhood bike rides and chasing the kids around the house, Dr. Smerlis enjoys taking his son to swim team and his daughter to soccer.  Everyone looks forward to the summertime RV adventure.
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Dr. McCarthy is a familiar face to the peninsula having been an orthopaedic surgeon in the area for over twenty years before joining Tidewater Ortho in 2007. Dr. McCarthy began his career earning an undergraduate degree from College of Holy Cross in Worchester, Massachusetts followed by his medical degree from Georgetown University. Dr. McCarthy then went on to complete his internship at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh followed by his residency at the University of Pittsburgh. Afterward, Dr. McCarthy completed a hand surgery fellowship with the Hand Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. McCarthy had the opportunity to become one of the treating physicians for the Pittsburgh Penguins the year they won the Stanley Cup.Dr. McCarthy, his wife and three kids reside in Williamsburg. In Dr. McCarthy’s spare time, he has become an avid sports fan of all Pittsburgh professional sports.
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Dr. Sara Bouraee was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and was influenced most in her life by her father who is a vascular surgeon. She attended New York College of Podiatric Medicine in New York and then relocated to Philadelphia to complete her surgical residency. She joined Tidewater Ortho in 2009 as their foot and ankle specialist.Dr. Bouraee continues to enjoy living and working in the Hampton Roads area because of the small town feel, great weather, and being surrounded by water. In her free time she enjoys hiking, boating and time on the beach.
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Dr. Nick Sablan joined Tidewater Ortho in the fall of 2011 having completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Connecticut, and a fellowship in orthopaedic sports medicine in the Kerlan Jobe clinic in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, Dr. Sablan served as assistant team physician to the Lakers, LA Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Dodgers and PGA Tour as well as college and high school sports teams. He joined Tidewater Ortho because he shares their same commitment to providing excellent subspecialty care.Dr. Sablan brings his young family, his wife and 3 children, from California to a quieter area that has young families and good weather. His interests include plenty of family time, basketball and tennis.
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Dr. Melissa Erickson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs.  She earned her undergraduate degree from Trinity International University and her medical degree from Rush University in Chicago. Dr. Erickson completed her Orthopaedic surgery residency at Duke University and went on to pursue an additional year of spine surgery training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.  Dr. Erickson is interested in Women’s Health issues as they relate to the spine, in particular Osteoporosis and Compression fractures. While in college she played competitive soccer and has continued to play recreational soccer since then.  Dr Erickson, her husband, daughter, two sons and two dogs live in Yorktown.  In her spare time, Dr Erickson enjoys spending time with her family, jogging, playing soccer and eating good food.

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