Travis G. Maak, M.D

Dr. Travis Maak, Professor and Director of the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship, specializes in the surgical treatment of pediatric, adolescent and adult sports injuries, focusing on the hip and knee. He is the Head Orthopaedic Team Physician for the Utah Jazz, President of the NBA Physicians Association, Team Physician for University of Utah Athletics, and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Utah. Dr. Maak is originally from Salt Lake City and a graduate from Stanford University. He completed his medical school at Yale School of Medicine and surgical internship at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical College. His orthopaedic surgery residency training occurred at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, where he continued his training with a fellowship in sports medicine. During his fellowship, Dr. Maak served as an Assistant NFL Team Physician for the New York Football Giants. Dr. Maak practices at the University Orthopedic Center, South Jordan Health Center, and Primary Children's Hospital. Dr. Maak specializes in arthroscopic hip and knee surgery and has a specific interest in preservation of the athletic hip and knee.

His hip practice includes hip arthroscopy and preservation surgery, femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), labral repair and reconstruction, hip instability requiring capsular repair and/or reconstruction, cartilage restoration including transplantation, gluteal tendon repairs and reconstruction, and proximal hamstring repairs and / or reconstruction. Dr. Maak has developed, performed, published and teaches a new, arthroscopic cartilage transplantation procedure (AMECT) that restores early cartilage injuries in the hip.

His knee practice focuses on ACL reconstruction, ALL / LET reconstruction, patellar instability including MPFL reconstruction and tibial tubercle osteotomy, complex knee joint restoration and reconstruction (including meniscus transplantation, cartilage repair, osteotomy, and multi-ligament ACL/PCL/LCL/MCL repair and reconstruction. He also has an extensive pediatric focus including tibial spine repair, osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) repair and treatment of knee injuries complicated by open growth plates.

He has been actively involved in research throughout his medical career and has published numerous scientific and clinical articles in the areas of hip and knee reconstruction. His research interests include hip and knee joint preservation, femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), meniscus and articular cartilage injury, and knee joint biomechanics.

Special Procedures: Hip Arthroscopy, Labral repair, Labral Reconstruction, Hip capsular plication, Gluteal and hamstring tendon repair, Adductor tendon repair, Meniscal allograft transplantation, Cartilage cell transplantation including Autocart, DeNovo and MACI, Fresh osteochondral allograft and autograft transplantation and ACL repair.