Introduction to DISC Sports & Spine Center
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement Specialist
I’ve been in the practice of Orthopaedic Surgery for 34 years, the last 24 years specializing in Joint Replacement Surgery. My entire career has been in one practice, Grossmont Orthopaedic Medical Group, practicing in the hospital that my father helped establish in La Mesa.
DISC Carlsbad
6260 El Camino Real Ste 201
Carlsbad, CA 92009
Introduction to DISC Sports & Spine Center
Undergraduate school
BA, Occidental College
Medical school
MD, UC Irvine
Residency / Fellowship
Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center
Fellowship in Joint Replacement Surgery, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
Board Certified in orthopaedic Surgery. Licensed to practice in California.
Past Chief of Staff, Chief of Orthopaedics, and Governing Board Member as well as Chairman of the Board of Sharp HealthCare and Grossmont Hospital.
Medical Director of Orthopaedics, Sharp HealthCare.
Longest active experience in San Diego with robotic knee surgery and anterior hip replacements.
Principal Investigator of over 40 studies in non-operative arthritis treatments.
Hip and knee Total Joint replacement surgery
Non-operative treatment and clinical research related to orthopaedic injuries in arthritis with autologous, cultured stem cells.
