Dr. Aldridge obtained his undergraduate degree from Duke University. He is a graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and completed his orthopedic surgery training at Duke University Medical Center. He then completed an additional year of subspecialty fellowship training in hand, upper extremity, and microsurgery at Duke University Medical Center. He served as assistant professor on the Duke Orthopedic staff for four years, during which time he served as chief of orthopedics at the Durham VAMC, and devoted countless hours towards research and teaching fellows, residents, and medical students.