Hi, my name is Dr. David Diduch. I'm an orthopedic surgeon here at the University of Virginia. My specialty is sports medicine. A special area of interest for me are people who have knee caps that come out of place. Patella instability is the term, but it's the knee cap that comes out to the side. I'm doing some cutting-edge work there in terms of techniques to fix that. 

I have six surgeons in the sports medicine division, but we collaborate with our partners in the hand division and the foot and ankle division, so we find the best person to take care of a given problem. We work very well together as a team in terms of who's going to best to take on a problem that a patient has.

We're all fellowship-trained in sports medicine, which is an added certification, extra training beyond orthopedic surgery. We are the team physicians for both UVA, which I take care of, and James Madison University and all but one of the high schools in the area. We're really very comfortable and very experienced taking care of athletes at a very high level. 

If a person's not a high-level athlete, but they're just a recreation athlete, we're going to take care of them exact same way. They're going to get the highest level of care. 

It's all about figuring out a problem, figuring out how to fix it, and restoring function and alleviating pain. It's been a real joy to be a part of it.