Mark Getelman, MD is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist proudly serving the greater Van Nuys, Thousand Oaks and Los Angeles, California communities. Dr. Getelman specializes in disorders of the shoulder and knee joints, as well as cartilage reconstruction and minimally invasive surgery. His treatment focuses include rotator cuff repair, arthroscopic glenoid augmentation, LATARJET reconstruction, pectoralis major repair, knee ligament reconstruction, failed ACL surgery and articular cartilage defects surgery. Dr. Getelman is proud to serve as co-director of the Southern California Orthopedic Institute Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, and has participated in the training of over 50 orthopedic fellows. He is actively involved in orthopedic and sports medicine research and has published numerous articles on shoulder, knee and ankle topics and has written several textbook chapters. Board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Mark Getelman, MD, orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, is a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, as well as a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Arthroscopy Association of North America, and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Dr. Getelman is a graduate from Tulane University and the University of Florida College of Medicine and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Boston University. Dr. Getelman spent one year as an orthopedic trauma fellow at Boston City Hospital and one year as a sports medicine and adult reconstructive surgery fellow at St. Elizabeth's Hospital before becoming an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist. Dr. Mark Getelman was an associate team physician at Boston College and was the resident sports medicine director at Boston University from 1995 to 1996. Subsequently, he completed a one year fellowship in sports medicine and arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery at Southern California Orthopedic Institute.