Dr. Samuel P. Franklin

Dr. Samuel P Franklin is board-certified by both the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Franklin graduated with a Masters of Science from the University of Maryland and Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine cum laude from Colorado State University. He then completed a small animal rotating internship at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a four-year combined surgical residency and PhD (focused on biologic canine hip replacement) at the University of Missouri. Prior to founding Kansas City Canine Orthopedics, Dr. Franklin was tenured faculty with the University of Georgia Veterinary Orthopedic Department and a surgeon at Colorado Canine Orthopedics.

Dr. Franklin is a Founding Fellow in Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Surgery, obtained from the American College of Veterinary Surgeons for his contributions and sub-specialization in arthroscopy and minimally invasive orthopedic surgeries; he is one of only 18 surgeons in the world with this sub-specialization certification.

Dr. Franklin serves as a veterinary surgical consultant for Arthrex Vet Systems, and is a national instructor in arthroscopy, minimally invasive orthopedic surgeries and canine orthobiologics. He also collaborates with leading implant manufacturers for the development of many orthopedic implants. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications, fifteen book chapters, and is co-editing the most comprehensive advanced textbook on canine and feline arthroscopy to date. Dr. Franklin is a scientific reviewer for numerous veterinary and human orthopedic surgery journals including the Veterinary Surgery Journal, the Journal of Knee Surgery, and has served as a scientific reviewer for the VOS and ACVS Symposiums. He is very active in the continuing education of veterinarians and has been an invited speaker throughout the United States and Internationally.

Dr. Franklin specializes in sports-related injuries and returning performance and working dogs back to full function. His clinical focus is on arthroscopy, minimally invasive surgery, ACL surgery, meniscal treatment, angular limb deformity correction and total joint replacement. Dr. Franklin performs Kyon, Arthrex, and Biomedtrix Hip Replacements, the TightRope CCL and TPLO procedure for cruciate repairs and joint restoration using osteochondral allografting. Dr. Franklin is skilled in the use of 3D printing technology and virtual surgery planning for complex surgical cases.

Dr. Franklin knows what it is like to have orthopedic injuries that limit the ability to train and compete. Whether it is his own injuries that changed his college and professional soccer careers or recovering his own dogs from CCL/ACL rupture and TPLO (as well as elbow dysplasia, arthroscopy and medial compartment replacement) he has direct experience with the effects of orthopedic injury. Relieving the pain and loss that occurs with such injury, and restoring patients’ ability to do what they love is deeply satisfying.