Derek Ochiai, a leading arthroscopic hip surgeon and sports medicine expert from the USA, discusses how the increase in hip injuries in younger people is related to sports injuries.
Derek Ochiai went to college at Cornell University, followed by medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his orthopaedic residency at Albany Medical Center, before undertaking a sports medicine fellowship at the Nirschl/Georgetown Sports Medicine fellowship. He was then accepted on to the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) Travelling Fellowship in 2006. He currently works in private practice at the Nirschl Orthopaedic Center, in Virginia, USA. He works with athletes, from elite to weekend warriors, primarily focusing on hip issues and injuries.
