Dr. Dean is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.  He completed his residency training in orthopaedic surgery  at Parkland Memorial Hospital & the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.   Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in shoulder/knee surgery and sports medicine at the prestigious Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado.  He is a diplomat of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and has served as a board member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Fellowship Exam Committee. He is board-certified in orthopaedic Surgery has been practicing in the Beaufort & Hilton Head area since 1997.