Dr. Michael A. TrainorBoard Certified/Fellowship Trained Orthopedic Spine SurgeonFellow American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Dr. Michael A. Trainor earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1992. He went on to complete medical school and orthopedic surgery residency training at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following residency, Dr. Trainor completed his spine and neurosurgical training at the Kenton D. Leatherman Spine Fellowship Program, through the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Trainor has been in private practice in Prescott, Arizona since 2004. Dr. Trainor specializes is minimally invasive cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal surgery - including, minimally invasive fusions and microdiscectomy, as well as fracture care. Dr. Trainor is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a member of the North American Spine Society, Society of Lateral Access Surgeons, American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and American Osteopathic Association. Dr. Trainor has given lectures and taught other surgeons minimally invasive spine surgical techniques at several national spine meetings. Dr. Trainor holds active licenses in Arizona and Nevada.Education•Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN•Medical: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove, ILTraining •Orthopedic Surgery Residency: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove, IL•Spine Fellowship: Kenton D. Leatherman Spine Fellowship Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KYProfessional Affiliations•Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons•North American Spine Society•Society of Lateral Access Surgeons•American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons•American Osteopathic Association. Dr. Trainor is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Bursitis, Cervical Spondylosis, Tenosynovitis, Hip Replacement, and Microdiscectomy.

Mark Hubert is an Orthopedics provider in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Hubert is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top area of expertise is Hip Replacement.

Dr. Wallis is a fellowship-trained Orthopaedic Surgeon serving Henderson and the greater Las Vegas areas. His special interests include primary and complex joint replacements, minimally invasive anterior hip replacement, partial knee replacement, revision hip and knee replacement, outpatient joint replacements, knee and shoulder arthroscopy, and fracture care. He is dedicated to exploring all treatment options with his patients, surgical and non-surgical, and utilizes advanced recovery pathways and multi-modal pain protocols to help patients recover faster with less pain. Make an appointment today!. Dr. Wallis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Tendinitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.

Marc Goldman is an Orthopedics provider in Carson City, Nevada. Dr. Goldman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Tendinitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement. Dr. Goldman is currently accepting new patients.

Chad Watts is an Orthopedics provider in Reno, Nevada. Dr. Watts is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Tenosynovitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement. Dr. Watts is currently accepting new patients.

I feel that being available to my patients is crucial to their recovery and healing.  I have always gone out of my way to communicate with patients and provide care whenever it was needed.  Often a delay in treatment can cause irreparable damage.  I always strive to first understand my patient's concerns and problems and pride myself in making the correct diagnosis and explaining the patient's medical condition.  I provide an array of state of the art options both surgical and non-surgical and present the patient with the benefits of each option.  I love to see my patients recover from injuries and enjoy seeing my patients obtain relief from the pains they have been experiencing.  I feel that being available, knowledgeable, precise, and providing the best quality care enables my patients to have excellent outcomes. Dr. Hoer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Tenosynovitis, Tendinitis, and Hip Replacement.

Kevin R. Sharif, M.D., joined Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center in 2016. He is board eligible in the field of spinal surgery and received his Doctor of Medicine from the UKevin R. Sharif, M.D., joined Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center in 2016. He is board eligible in the field of spinal surgery and received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine as a dean’s list student in 2010.Dr. Sharif completed his orthopedic surgical residency at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine where he was elected Chief Resident consistently scoring among the highest in-training exam scores in the nation.Following residency he completed a combined fellowship in Orthopedic / Neurosurgical adult and pediatric spine surgery at the prestigious Norton Leatherman Spine Center under the direction of Drs. John Dimar, Rolando Puno and Steven Glassman, past-president of the Scoliosis Research Society.Dr. Sharif, a Henderson resident, enjoys physical fitness, outdoor activities, auto mechanics and spending time with his wife and three children. Dr. Sharif is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Spondylolisthesis, Hip Replacement, and Laminectomy.

Concierge care for all. Dr. Yu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Tendinitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.

My philosophy is to treat all of my patients as I would want my own family to be treated. My goal at Desert Orthopaedic Center is to provide my patients with the best orthopaedic care available, to help my patients live pain free, and to get my patients back to a full and active lifestyle. I pride myself on open and honest communication and I actively involve my patients in every step of the diagnosis and treatment process. Dr. Fontes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.

In addition to being a surgeon, I've also been a patient.  I will carefully guide you through the recovery process to help you back to full activity and enjoyment. Surgery is the last resort, not the first.  We will employ the least invasive way to resolve your problems and help you get active again. Dr. Grondel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Synovitis, Tenosynovitis, Tendinitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.

My patients come to me because they are in pain, and my goal and passion is to help relief their pain.  I ask myself daily how am I doing?I love my patients and I strive daily to make sure I'm helping them. Dr. Tait is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Tenosynovitis, Knee Replacement, and Hip Replacement.

After over 4 years of large group practice, I began a solo medical practice in an effort to provide more personalized and complete care of foot and ankle disorders. My orthopedic residency was completed at the Ohio State University, and my foot and ankle fellowship training completed at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, one of the most prestigious orthopedic hospitals in the country.I am committed to excellence by pledging to provide the highest quality of orthopedic care possible, working one on one with my patients to restore their quality of life. I provide a full range of services, both surgical and non surgical, for treatment of all conditions involving the foot, ankle, and leg. Dr. Sibel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Contracture Deformity, Tendinitis, Plantar Fasciitis, Osteoarthritis, and Hip Replacement.

Dr. Steven Nishiyama is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in hip and knee replacements as well as revision surgery. Although Dr. Nishiyama was born in Hawaii and raised in California, he has called Las Vegas home for over 10 years. He completed both his medical education and surgical training in Las Vegas and takes great pride in serving the Las Vegas community. Dr. Nishiyama brings extensive experience in minimally invasive techniques, including direct anterior approach hip replacement and partial knee replacement. He is well-versed in using patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) and computer- and robotic-assisted joint replacement surgeries. Dr. Nishiyama is also trained in rapid recovery techniques and strives to apply these principles in all surgeries he performs. Dr. Nishiyama received an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He went on to receive a master’s degree from UCSD, and subsequently, he went on to achieve a Ph.D. in physiology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. In that time, he published more than 25 research articles and presented his research at various national and international meetings. After deciding to pursue a greater calling to serve others, Dr. Nishiyama attended medical school at Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine in Henderson, Nevada, graduating in the top 10 percent of his class. Dr. Nishiyama was also selected for the Sigma Sigma Phi Honorary Osteopathic Honor Society. He went on to complete his orthopaedic surgery residency at Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, where he was elected chief resident during his senior year. Dr. Nishiyama completed a fellowship year of subspecialty training in adult hip and knee reconstructive surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, receiving experience in both primary and complex revision hip and knee surgeries. Dr. Nishiyama takes great pride in caring for his patients. One of his greatest joys is seeing the quality of life resurrected in his patients from his surgeries. He values shared decision-making with his patients and cherishes the physician-patient relationship. He and his wife have two wonderful daughters, and they love everything about Las Vegas. He is a former collegiate athlete as a swimmer at UCSD and loves keeping an active lifestyle. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, surfing, running, road cycling, cooking, and spending time with his family. Dr. Nishiyama is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Knock Knees, Bursitis, Knee Replacement, and Hip Replacement.

As an orthopedic surgeon, I believe it is important to help get my patients back to their active lifestyle as quickly and as pain free as possible. I make it a point to provide open and honest communication with my patients, and give them every option, from conservative treatments such as physical therapy to surgical options, in order to find the right treatment for them. As a prior professional baseball player, I understand the importance of being active and doing activities that you enjoy. Dr. Huff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Tendinitis, Progressive Osseous Heteroplasia, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, Tennis Elbow, and Hip Replacement.

John J. Kastrup, M.D., has been a member of Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center since 2009. He specializes in minimally invasive hip and knee replacements including a new, pJohn J. Kastrup, M.D., has been a member of Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center since 2009. He specializes in minimally invasive hip and knee replacements including a new, partial-knee replacement procedure.Dr. Kastrup was one of the first surgeons in America to provide minimally invasive hip replacements. Dr. Kastrup practices with the most current techniques in joint replacement, utilizes the rapid recovery protocol and uses cutting-edge pain management techniques that allow patients to recover from surgery without using intravenous narcotics. He supports the Arthritis Foundation and is dedicated in his practice to finding a cure for the disease.Dr. Kastrup received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Cincinnati, during which time he contributed to pioneering research on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions of the knee.Dr. Kastrup received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1988. During medical school, Dr. Kastrup’s research efforts focused on mallet finger injuries and his outcomes are referenced in multiple orthopedic textbooks.Following medical school, Dr. Kastrup completed his orthopedic internship and residency at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, PA. He completed an additional year of subspecialty fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic in adult reconstructive surgery where his fellowship involved the treatment of arthritis and joint replacement for the shoulder, hip and knee.Dr. Kastrup was raised in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Kastrup is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Bursitis, Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis, and Hip Replacement.

Since taking a keen interest in dealing with hip and knee arthritis, I concluded there must be a more efficient, successful, and less burdensome technique than the usual hospital approach. After years of development, I have been able to create an outpatient system with hotel-like amenities and food and with improved patient outcomes. Thus was born the Recovery Suites where gold star service and results are the norm, not the exception. To this day, we continue to innovate and improve the level of excellence achievable in joint replacement surgery. Dr. Crovetti is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.

Witold Iglikowski is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Henderson, Nevada. Dr. Iglikowski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Klippel-Feil Syndrome, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Sacral Nerve Stimulation, and Cervical Disc Surgery. Dr. Iglikowski is currently accepting new patients.

Sandeep Pandit is an Orthopedics provider in Henderson, Nevada. Dr. Pandit is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Tendinitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement. Dr. Pandit is currently accepting new patients.

Stefan Chock is a General Surgeon in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Chock is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Gastrostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Behrooz Shamloo is an Oncologist in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Shamloo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hip Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Thrombocytopenia, Anemia, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Shamloo is currently accepting new patients.