ORTHOGO - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• American Board - Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
• General Orthopedist

Dr. Lucas Richie is an American Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, originally from Dayton, Ohio. He graduated cum laude from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He then went onto complete his medical education at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Upon completing his graduate degree, he completed a five-year orthopedic surgery residency training program with Michigan State University/Western Michigan University and spent the last year as Chief Resident. He was then fortunate to return home and complete an orthopedic sports medicine fellowship with Beacon Orthopedics where he was able to pursue his passion for orthopedic sports medicine. This specialty training gave Dr. Richie the ability to work with athletes of all ages and activity levels ranging from a state champion high school football team to the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball. Dr. Richie works as a general orthopedist with multiple locations around the Nashville area in order to best serve his patients. He takes great pride in helping patients return to the activities they love. He sees and treats all orthopedic conditions from traumatic injuries and fractures to back pain, hand conditions, foot and ankle, and sports medicine, and even including MAKO robotic assisted joint replacements. He has a special interest in minimally invasive arthroscopic surgical procedures of the shoulder and knee with cartilage and joint preservation/restoration. Dr. Richie also serves as the official team physician for Mount Juliet High School and enjoys being a part of the community and the excellent athletic programs. In his life outside the clinic and the OR, he enjoys being with his wife Kristina and 2-year old son, Parker and they are currently expecting another child. The Richie's enjoy traveling and being outdoors, hiking, boating and sporting events.

A native of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Jeff Norton spent of his childhood and teenage years on the tennis courts hitting tennis balls and playing in junior league tennis tournaments. Jeff Norton PA-C attended college at the University of South Alabama and received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science and a minor in Chemistry. In 2002, he completed a master's in physician assistant studies, and began practicing in a primary care setting in downtown Nashville. He then turned to emergent care, and began working at Vanderbilt and Skyline Medical Center, treating acute cases in the emergency room. In 2008, Jeff decided that orthopedics was his true passion, and started his own orthopedics practice in Dickson, TN. Working closely with some of the most well-known orthopedic surgeons in the Nashville area, he then decided to open a second office in Clarksville, TN in 2016. In Jeff's free time he enjoys tennis, running, playing classical guitar, and spending time with his family. Jeff also enjoys reading and is very focused on his continued education. His wife Allison is a Pediatric Allergist & Immunologist at Vanderbilt, and they have four children together. Jeff is very involved in the sports communities in the area and has sponsored several athletic teams and racing events in the Nashville & Clarksville area.

As a board-certified Physician Assistant with extensive orthopedic experience, Lacie Baker joined the OrthoGo practice in 2014.