Alaska Orthopedic Specialists
Getting You Back to Your Alaskan Lifestyle
Small Practice, Personalized Orthopedic Care
Cutting Edge Orthopedics With a Refreshingly Human Approach
Alaska Orthopedic Specialists was founded in 2021 as a merger combining the expertise of Alaska Hand-Elbow-Shoulder (AKHES) and Rhyneer Caylor Clinic. Our focus continues to be personalized, orthopedic care for you and your family, but now we have even more experienced providers to attend to all your needs.
Our friendly staff welcomes patients of all ages — from infants to elderly adults. We offer comprehensive services, including orthopedic diagnoses and treatment for both lower and upper extremities, fractures, joint replacement, joint revision surgery, and sports medicine. Our providers offer a combined specialty to give you the best care in Alaska so you can get back to the active lifestyle you know and love.
Our Comprehensive Orthopedic Specialties
From head to toe, we’re here for you.
Our Providers
Dr. Mark T. Caylor, MD
Dr. Caylor was born and raised in Florida. After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Florida, he finalized his medical training and subsequently his orthopedic residency in 2002 at the University of South Alabama Medical Center, a busy Level 1 Trauma Center. Dr. Caylor went into private practice for five years in Pensacola and had a thriving practice that became known for its excellence in sports medicine, trauma, and the latest in minimally invasive surgery.
Dr. Jason R. Gray, MD
Dr. Jason R. Gray is a Board Certified orthopedic surgeon who completed his undergraduate studies at the Louisiana State University. His specialized training includes trauma, sports medicine, arthroscopic procedures of the wrist, elbow, and shoulder, and arthroplasty of the shoulder, elbow, and small joints of the hand. Additionally, Dr. Gray has interests in lower extremity fracture management, and Hip and Knee arthroplasty.
Dr. Tyler W. Smith, MD
Dr. Tyler W. Smith is a Board Certified orthopedic trauma surgeon who completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Missouri. He specializes in treating fractures of the pelvis, upper extremity, and lower extremity. His clinical practice also includes caring for fractures in the multiply injured patient and management of post-traumatic problems including nonunions, malunions, and osteomyelitis (infections).
Jonathan A. Metzger, PA-C, Physician Assistant
Jonathan began his medical career as an infantry medic in 2000. In 2003, he served on a spearhead team with the first division into Iraq and gained invaluable orthopedic training while treating battlefield injuries. Jonathan began his professional orthopedic career in Delaware with a primary focus on sports medicine and joint replacement. He joined the Rhyneer Caylor Clinic in 2012. He is well versed in common and complex orthopedic problems.
Eric L. Page, PA-C, Physician Assistant
Eric found his joy for medicine first as an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician in the Northern Rockies in 1999. Over the next 20 years he worked up to the level of Training Captain on his local fire department, Lead Instructor as a professional ski patroller, and wilderness expedition medicine provider and instructor. With wide-ranging pre-hospital experience in orthopedic medicine, injuries, and traumas, Eric found a passion for this important specialty.
Dr. George D. Rhyneer, MD – Traveling Provider
Raised in Alaska, Dr. Rhyneer returned to Anchorage after completing his college and medical school degrees in the Northwest. He became a specialist in repair of traumatic injury, including ligament reconstruction, cartilage and meniscus transplantation, shoulder and knee arthroscopy and joint replacement. He started Rhyneer Clinic in 2007 and now serves as a traveling provider for Alaska Orthopedic Specialists.
Dr. Erik Woelber, MD
Dr. Woelber completed a fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, regarded as one of the top joint replacement training programs in the country. He performs a muscle sparing direct anterior approach to the hip to minimize pain and improve early postoperative function. He also offers unicompartmental (partial) knee arthroplasty, robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty, and complex revision hip and knee arthroplasty. He performed over 500 joint replacements during his fellowship year.
Dr. Matthew Dow, DO
Dr. Dow specializes in sports medicine, concussion management and non-surgical orthopedics. He has taken care of sports teams at the high school, college and professional levels. Dr. Dow is passionate about treating athletes of all ages as well as treating musculoskeletal injuries and ailments. He also loves working with his patients to help them live the most active and healthy lives possible.
Dr. Dow was born in Texas and spent part of his childhood growing up in Alaska. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of North Texas, where he played goalie for their ice hockey team. He then earned his medical degree in Fort Worth, Texas at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
He completed his Family Medicine residency at Methodist Charlton in Dallas, Texas where he was a chief resident. Dr. Dow went on to complete a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Advocate Lutheran in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Dow is board certified in both Sports Medicine and Family Medicine.
Dr. Dow enjoys playing ice hockey, fishing, skiing and spending time outdoors with his wife and two dogs.
Our Values
We strive to care for each of our patients like family. We make it our mission to not just fix injuries and get patients out the door but to heal people. You’ll have the chance to meet with your doctor from the first visit and always be treated with respect. We know you are more than the boxes checked on a form. Don’t be boxed in.
We pride ourselves on our values:
• You are not just a patient but a part of our family.
• You are more than an injury; you are a unique and complex individual.
• You are not just a number.
• You can see the doctor on your very first visit.
• We will assess your concerns.
• We will listen and answer your questions.
• We will alleviate your fears.
• We will help you feel at ease and comfortable in our office.
• We will give you the best orthopedic care without the corporate feel.
• We will offer unique solutions.
I wish there was a better way to thank you and your entire staff: front, middle, and back, for all you have done for us. Your office has set the bar incredibly high for any and all future medical professionals I will deal with in the future. Each and every member of your staff has been kind and patient, courteous and helpful in every interaction we had, for two years. Thank you all very much!
Dan, Shoulder Patient
