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Victor Ortiz, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

SPECIALTY● Hip Preservation and Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS● American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ABOS)
- Board Certification in Orthopaedic Surgery

Victor Ortiz, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr. Victor Ortiz is the chief of hip services at Kayal Orthopaedic Center. He is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who 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.

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

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

● Hackensack Meridian Health at Pascack Valley Campus, Westwood, NJ● The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ● Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ● Hudson Regional Hospital, Secaucus, NJ● Patient Care Associates, LLC, Englewood, NJ

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

● Professional Societies- Alpha Omega Alpha- International Society of Hip Arthroscopy- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons- Sociedad Puertorriquena de Ortopedia y Traumatologia- American Medical Association
● Medical School Awards- AOA Member 2009- Cum Laude

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