I am a native of Albania, schooled and trained in the United States in orthopedic surgery. Married, father of four.

To learn more about the work I do, click here.

If you are a fellow orthopedic colleague - greetings.

Current location

• Sutter North Medical Group, Yuba City, CA.

Practice interests

• Major joint replacement: hip, knee, and shoulder
• Revision surgery
• Anterior approach hip replacement with the Hana table
• Fractures of the extremities
• Deformity correction

Prior employers

• 2015-2023: USAF David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
• 2016-2023: Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Orthopedic Trauma, Carmichael, CA
• 2018-2023: Sutter Medical Group, Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis, CA
• 2009-2015: Private practice with Drs Elstrom & Hall, McHenry, IL. Affiliated with the Northern IL Medical Center, Woodstock Memorial, and the Advocate Good Shepherd hospitals.

Board status

Board certified, by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

Education

Orthopedic training

• Graduate of the Stanford University program, class of 2009
• Internship at Wayne State / Detroit Medical Center

Medical School

• Rush Medical College, class of 2004

University

• University of Illinois, Chicago, 1998-2000
• University of Tirana, 1992-1996

High School

• The former Skanderbeg High School, class of 1992, Tirana, Albania.

Before High School

I started elementary school in a town called Puke (pronounced "Pook" 🙂) in the northern mountains of Albania — at the Migjeni school, which still stands and still carries the same name. I finished elementary school at the "24 Maj" school in Kavaje (pronounced Kahv-eye), in central Albania.

My family is originally from the south of Albania. I don't visit as often as I'd like, but I have great affection for its people and especially for Gjirokastra.