Charles T. Carnel, MD has joined Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center.

Carnel is a non-surgical spine physician who is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation. He is fellowship-trained in interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine.

Carnel helps patients improve their quality of life through minimally-invasive procedures including X-ray guided spinal injections, nerve ablations, treatment of spinal fractures with kyphoplasty, as well as in-office musculoskeletal injections, which aim to increase function and reduce pain.

A native of Cookeville, Tennessee, Carnel earned his bachelor's degree in biology from East Tennessee State University, and then achieved his medical degree from the James H. Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, Tennessee.

In 2006, Carnel moved to Birmingham for his residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, after which he completed an interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine fellowship.

Carnel treats patients at Andrews Sports Medicine's clinic locations at St. Vincent's Birmingham and at St. Vincent's One Nineteen.