Overview
Grant Garcia, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with advanced accredited fellowship training in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. Dr. Garcia’s primary focus for his practice is sports medicine, having a great interest in returning athletes safely to their sport after shoulder, knee and elbow injuries and surgeries.
During residency and fellowship, Dr. Garcia trained in numerous advanced sports procedures and techniques. These include cartilage regeneration, meniscus transplantation, multi-ligamentous knee reconstruction and complex limb realignment procedures. In addition, many minimally invasive shoulder procedures, including stemless arthroplasty, stabilization procedures, and rotator cuff revision surgery are part of his expertise. He has special elbow training in ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction and repair procedures. Dr. Garcia is also fellowship-trained in orthobiologic treatments, including stem cell transplantation and PRP, to assist in these surgical procedures, as well as non-operative treatments.
Dr. Garcia has authored over 50 publications found in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He has presented more than 60 academic sports papers worldwide, in addition to authoring book chapters on advanced techniques in sports medicine. He has also published over a dozen papers on sports medicine that have been featured in ESPN.com, Orthopedics Today and AAOS Now.
Dr. Garcia was an assistant team physician for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. During residency, he cared for players on the New York Giants, New York Mets, US Tennis Team, New York Rangers, New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, as well as many collegiate athletes.
Dr. Garcia’s outside interests include spending time with his family, wake-boarding, high intensity interval training and travel. He is excited to return to the Seattle area with his wife and their two daughters.
Dr. Garcia is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. His top areas of expertise are Osteochondritis Dissecans, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Tendinitis, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 82 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 16 articles in the study of Arthritis.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Garcia has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Bradley Christ is an Orthopedics provider in Olympia, Washington. Dr. Christ is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. His top areas of expertise are Arthritis, Tendinitis, Bursitis, Frozen Shoulder, and Hip Replacement.
Bradley Watters is an Orthopedics provider in Silverdale, Washington. Dr. Watters is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. His top areas of expertise are Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, Osteoarthritis, Acute Pain, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement. Dr. Watters is currently accepting new patients.
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Jason Hsu is an Orthopedics provider in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Hsu is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. His top areas of expertise are Tendinitis, Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), Osteoarthritis, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal. Dr. Hsu is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- OsteotomyDr. Garcia isDistinguished. Learn about Osteotomy.
- Advanced
- EndoscopyDr. Garcia isAdvanced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Hypermobile JointsDr. Garcia isAdvanced. Learn about Hypermobile Joints.
- Osgood-Schlatter DiseaseDr. Garcia isAdvanced. Learn about Osgood-Schlatter Disease.
- OsteoarthritisDr. Garcia isAdvanced. Learn about Osteoarthritis.
- Osteochondritis DissecansDr. Garcia isAdvanced. Learn about Osteochondritis Dissecans.
- TendinitisDr. Garcia isAdvanced. Learn about Tendinitis.
- Experienced
- Acute PainDr. Garcia isExperienced. Learn about Acute Pain.
- ArthritisDr. Garcia isExperienced. Learn about Arthritis.
- Bone GraftDr. Garcia isExperienced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- BowlegsDr. Garcia isExperienced. Learn about Bowlegs.
- BursitisDr. Garcia isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Frozen ShoulderDr. Garcia isExperienced. Learn about Frozen Shoulder.