
He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and completed a hand and microsurgery fellowship at the Raymond Curtis Hand Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Payne is Board certified in orthopaedic surgery and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery at Emory University. Dr. Payne is an official team physician for the Atlanta Thrashers.