Hector Mejia, M.D.

Dr. Mejia joined TOC in 2009 and after a brief change to Denver returned in 2020. Dr. Mejia specializes in Elbow, Shoulder, Knee and Sports Medicine.

Dr. Hector Mejia is a sports medicine specialist and has many years of experience caring for professional and semi-pro athletes. Dr. Mejia is well versed in all types of injury and orthopedic care. He has a specialty focus on ACL reconstructions, as well as, the most complex multi-ligament knee injuries. Dr. Mejia is also a specialist in complex shoulder injuries, total shoulder and reverse total shoulder replacements. After several years of working with baseball players, Dr. Mejia is also regarded as a specialist in Tommy John/UCL reconstruction in the elbow.

Dr. Mejia was born in Honduras and moved to the States when he was eleven years old. He lived in Orlando, Florida, and grew up there with his family. After high school, Dr. Mejia attended Florida State University and received a degree in Biochemistry. He then went on to the University of Florida where he received his medical degree.

Many life experiences led Dr. Mejia to an interest in medicine. Initially, he thought he would be interested in becoming a primary care doctor but after a couple of orthopedic injuries in high school and college, he began to think about the possibilities of orthopedic medicine.

In addition to his own personal experiences with orthopedic injuries, he had the opportunity to volunteer at a local urgent care center, where he was eventually hired to be a medical assistant, as he worked his way through college. In that role, he helped patients with all types of primary care issues and urgent medical needs from strep throat to stitches. Through this work, he had the chance to go on a medical mission trip to Haiti.  At that point, he fell in love with medicine and knew he wanted to become a doctor. Dr. Mejia since has completed medical mission trips all over Central America and the Caribbean– from the Dominican Republic to El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. He finds this work to be extremely rewarding and gratifying.

Once Dr. Mejia finished medical school in Florida, he attended the University of Colorado for his residency training in orthopedics. Dr. Mejia was an attending surgeon at the VA hospital in Denver while his wife finished her fellowship in endocrinology.

Once he finished his residency in orthopedic surgery, he went on to the University of Pittsburgh for a sports medicine fellowship. “I just really enjoyed sports medicine because I like the quick connection with the athletes and the ability to get them back to play quickly,” he says.  “I really liked seeing immediate results and when you are treating athletes you have the opportunity to see quick recovery from injury.” While in Pittsburgh, Dr. Mejia worked with the team doctor for the University of Pittsburgh football team, Duquesne University, Robert Morris, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Growing up in Honduras, Dr. Mejia began playing soccer at a young age and over the years became an avid soccer fan. When he is not at work he also enjoys attending soccer, baseball or football games. Dr. Mejia is married and has three young children. As a family, they love the arts and theatre, skiing, snowboarding, and hiking.

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