Kace A. Ezzet MD Clinical Professor Orthopaedic Surgery

Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery

Scripps Clinic; Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Summary

Dr. Kace Ezzet is an orthopaedic surgeon based in La Jolla, CA, specializing in hip and knee reconstructive surgery. He completed his medical degree at the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1989, did orthopaedic surgery residency at Tulane University School of Medicine and then completed a fellowship in adult hip and knee reconstruction at the Scripps Clinic. Dr. Ezzet is currently the Vice-Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Scripps Clinic Medical Group, a Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and a full-time faculty of the Scripps Clinic Adult Reconstruction Fellowship. Dr. Ezzet has been an attending orthopaedic surgeon at Scripps Green Hospital since 2001. His areas of expertise include arthritis, hip and knee surgery and total joint replacement. He is active in orthopaedic research and serves as an editor for the Jornal of Arthroplasty. He has authored dozens of peer reviewed publications on these topics.

Scripps ClinicFellowship, 1994 - 1995
Tulane UniversityResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1990 - 1994
Louisiana State University School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1989
UC San DiegoBA, Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1981 - 1985