Dr. Navarro earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois, College of Medicine. He then completed his Orthopaedic training at Harbor General UCLA Medical Center. He has also completed fellowships in shoulder, arthroscopy, and sports medicine from the renowned University of Pittsburgh, and in joint replacement from UCLA/Sepulveda VA Medical Centers. Dr. Navarro joined Kaiser Permanente as an orthopedist and sports medicine specialist in 1997. He is now Chief of the Department of Orthopaedics and Director of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center, in Harbor City. He has just accepted a position to become Assistant to the Medical Director of the same South Bay Medical Center in charge of Surgical Services, effective January 2008. Dr. Navarro has authored a number of articles in knee and shoulder surgery in athletes, and he participates in research that has been presented nationally and internationally. |