TOC is pleased to welcome back orthopedic sports medicine surgeon, Dr. Hector Mejia.

Dr. 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 Patients First, 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 got a taste of Colorado when he came to 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.

After he completed his fellowship, he moved to Tallahassee Florida, and joined Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic there where he worked as one of the team doctors at Florida State University – taking on the team physician role for the football team, baseball team, and the women’s basketball team.

Dr. Mejia and his family then moved to Colorado for two years where he worked as a sports medicine specialist at an orthopedic group there. During his time in Colorado, Dr. Mejia was awarded the “Top Sports Medicine Doctor Award in Denver” in one of their prominent Denver magazines.  After two short years, the Mejia family decided they wanted to move back home to Tallahassee and TOC couldn’t be more excited!

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.

Dr. Mejia is happy to be back at TOC and is looking forward to continuing to provide compassionate, exceptional orthopedic care to his beloved Tallahassee community.

For appointments and referrals, please contact our office at (850) 877-8174.