Last month, Elite Sports Medicine + Orthopedics welcomed Brian Dierckman, MD, to their practice and opened a new office at Southern Hills. Dierckman, a board certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in hip, knee and shoulder, will primarily see patients at the new location.

Dierckman comes to Elite from the Southern California Orthopedic Institute (SCOI) in Los Angeles. In addition to treating patients, he travels the country training surgeons in the newest technology and techniques of the hip. He received his medical degree Indiana University School of Medicine, followed by an orthopedic surgery residency at Emory University and an orthopedic sports medicine fellowship at SCOI.