Dr. Victor Ortiz is the chief of hip services at Kayal Orthopaedic Center. He earned his medical degree at the Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. He perfected his skills in minimally invasive hip preservation procedures, including the direct anterior approach and hip arthroscopy, during his orthopaedic surgery hip preservation fellowship at the American Hip Institute in Westmont, IL. He also completed a fellowship in orthopaedic surgery sports medicine at the University of Illinois in Chicago, IL. Dr. Ortiz is specially trained to perform Mako robotic-assisted hip surgery. He is the author of numerous publications in the medical literature in the field of hip preservation surgery. He has given numerous lectures and presentations to fellow orthopaedic surgeons throughout the world.
SPECIALTY:
Hip Preservation and Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico, 2005
Bachelor in General Sciences
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, 2009
Orthopaedic Surgery Hip Preservation Fellowship, 2016-2017
American Hip Institute, Westmont, IL 60559
Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship, 2015-2016
University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Athletic Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, 2010-2015
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
General Surgery Residency, Preliminary Year, 2009-2010
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
Part I of American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Professional Societies
Alpha Omega Alpha
International Society of Hip Arthroscopy
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Sociedad Puertorriquena de Ortopedia y Traumatologia
