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Orthopedic surgeon Andrew Bulczynski got hooked on car racing when he was only 8. His father pulled off to the side of the road in their native Poland to show Bulczynski and his brother a car race they’d happened upon on an airstrip. “I found it really exciting. The noise, the speed, the smell, the sound,” remembered Bulczynski, now 46, who works at DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey. But it took several decades before he got on a race track himself. In 2007, he finally had the time and money to find and buy his dream car: a diamond blue metallic 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera. After joining the Porsche Club of America, Bulczynski honed his driving skills and started racing autocross. At the events, often held in a parking lot or on a decommissioned airstrip, drivers circle a track laid out with cones, doing time trials at speeds upwards of 100 miles an hour. Bulczynski will head up to Buttonwillow raceway near Bakersfield in a few months for his first race in more than a year.“I find this incredible sense of calm,” he said of speeding down the track and breaking just enough to still hug the tight corners. “It takes a lot of concentration.”
This Story Was Originally Featured in the October 26, 2015 Edition of the Los Angeles Business Journal. [/box]
Dr. Bulczynski practices the full scope of general orthopedic surgery, including sports medicine, arthroscopy, joint replacement and fracture care, with specific interest in shoulder and knee injuries. Board certified, he is committed to bringing his patients back to a pain-free, optimal level of function by taking a conservative approach to treatment, incorporating modalities such as medication and injections. If surgery is required, Dr. Bulczynski prefers minimally invasive and arthroscopic techniques.