Personal Background and Information

Medical Director
Total Joint Reconstruction
Dorr Arthritis Institute
Good Samaritan Hospital.

Lawrence D. Dorr, M.D., Founder and Medical Director of The Arthritis Institute, he has performed more than 3,500 hip and knee replacements in the past decade.

Dr. Dorr has the honor of being President of the Hip Society this year. The Hip Society is the most prestigious organization for hip surgeons and researchers and has 100 members. Dr. Dorr also has been President of the Knee Society, the sister Society of the Hip Society which has membership of 100 of the leading knee replacement surgeons and researchers; and of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons which has a membership of 1000 hip and knee replacement surgeons in the United States. He was a founder of both the Knee Society and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. He is the only surgeon to be a member of all three organizations.