Advanced Orthopedic Care

ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

Dr. Jerry Lorio was born and raised in Louisiana, “The Sportsman Paradise,” where he developed a love for the great outdoors. He graduated from Holy Savior Menard High School in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1985. He then attended Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and received his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in 1993. Orthopedic residency training was earned from UAMS, finishing in 1998 under the leadership of Dr. Carl Nelson as the Orthopedic Surgery Chairman. In 2002 he received the “Selakovich Award”, a UAMS faculty award for teaching his total joint replacement surgery techniques to UAMS orthopedic residents.

Dr. Lorio splits his time between Arkansas Surgical Hospital and Saline Memorial Hospital. He has a balanced practice in joint reconstructive surgery and general orthopedic surgery, and has passed his Board Certification in both of these areas of interest.

His professional passion is in the field of patient specific knee replacement. He has designed a series of techniques and instrumentation to optimize balancing, alignment and rotation using conventional implants. He believes every knee has a unique design, and a knee replacement should model that design. Each patient is provided with a custom knee replacement based on their size, rotation, alignment and deformity, since implementing this system in 2008, he has seen improved outcomes in motion, stability, return to function, and patient satisfaction. He has received a US patent for his “knee balancing instrument”. Some of his techniques and instruments have been acquired by a major medical device maker. He also is now performing anterior (ASI) hip replacement surgery which allows the patient to begin walking with all their weight on the day of surgery. Dr. Lorio is also performing anatomic total shoulder replacement and reverse total shoulder replacement surgery.

He treats patients in a way he would want a member of his family treated and recognizes that it is a team effort among patient, physician, and the hospital: with open lines of communication to achieve the optimal result. He does not participate in the Little Rock Medical Exchange and therefore invites his Arkansas Surgical Hospital postoperative patients to call him directly. He is married to Allison Lorio, a part-time anesthesiologist. They enjoy the challenge of raising their four children. They are members of Fellowship Bible Church. His hobbies are hunting, fishing, golfing and running.

ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

Mark S. “BJ” Bailey, Jr., MD was born in Harrison, Arkansas. He attended Harrison high school, where he played multiple sports. He was involved in coaching and officiating both soccer and baseball throughout his time in high school and college. He attended Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas where he played football and he received a Bachelors degree in chemistry. He attended medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and went on to complete his orthopaedic surgery residency at UAMS in 2011. Dr. Bailey then completed an orthopaedic sports medicine and arthroscopy fellowship at the Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Clinic in Jackson, Mississippi.

As a sport medicine surgeon, Dr. Bailey has served in may capacities ranging from trainer, to sideline physician, to operating surgeon, as well as educating UAMS residents on how to evaluate sports injuries, and preform the most current arthroscopic procedures and joint replacement techniques. He has worked with the Harding Academy High School and Harding University Bison football and basketball teams. He has been a sideline physician for the Arkansas Razorback football team, courtside physician for Arkansas Razorback basketball team, and both the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans men’s and women’s basketball team. During the 2012 football season, he had daily involvement and served as the primary team physician for the Division I Jackson State Tigers.

Dr. Bailey has received numerous awards and scholarships in high school and college. He was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical school honor Society while at UAMS. He was also the winner of the 26th Annual Arkansas Orthopaedic Forum research presentations and received the UAMS Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Teaching Award in 2011. He is currently an active member in the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), and the American Association of sports medicine (AAOSM). From 2011-2013, he served as an assistant professor of orthopedics and sports medicine at both UAMS and the Central Arkansas VA healthcare system in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Bailey is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Jasmin Lease PA-C joined Jerry Lorio, M.D. in 2008 as an extension healthcare provider. Jasmin is involved with all aspects of the practice. She sees patients in the office, hospital, as well as assists in the operating room.

Jasmin was raised in Van Buren, AR. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training from Arkansas State University in 2005. She then earned her Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies from Harding University in 2008. Jasmin is currently board certified through National Commission of Certification of Physicians Assistants (NCCPA) and licensed through the Arkansas State Medical Board.

Jasmin is married to her husband Zach. They have 2 children, Taylor and Mason. In her free time she enjoys all things sports and spending time at the lake with family and friends.

PHSYICIAN ASSISTANT

Dia grew up in Jonesboro, AR where she first grew to love athletics during high school. She then attended Harding University in Searcy, AR for her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science. Throughout her four years there, she was a member of the track and field team and competed in the high jump. She graduated in 2011 and started the physician assistant program that fall. She graduated in 2013 and began working in gastroenterology for four years. She has performed guest lectures at the PA State CME Convention and at the UAMS PA Program. Because of her love for athletics and background in Exercise Science, she is excited to join Dr. Bailey in his orthopedic practice as his physician assistant.

Currently, she is coaching cheerleading at Central Arkansas Christian where her husband teaches and serves as a football and track and field coach. They have four children and are doing their best to keep up with their kids and their athletes. They are members of the Levy church of Christ in North Little Rock and enjoy helping with community outreach and the youth group.