Dr. Karim A. Meijer is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at the Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute. He is board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. His practice focuses on arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder elbow, and knee. Dr. Meijer currently serves as the Head Team Physician for the New Orleans Saints and several high schools in the New Orleans area.

As a former University of Texas football player on the 2005 National Championship team, Dr. Meijer knows first-hand what an injury means to an athlete. His background provides the foundation for his treatment philosophy and motivation to treat all patients that desire an active lifestyle from the recreational to the professional level. After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Texas, Dr. Meijer attended medical school at UT Southwestern in Dallas where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed his orthopaedic residency at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, Louisiana prior to being selected by Dr. James R. Andrews for his Sports Medicine fellowship in Gulf Breeze, Florida. During his fellowship, Dr. Meijer was involved in team coverage for the Washington Redskins, Auburn Tigers Football Team, Pensacola Blue Wahoos Baseball Team (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) and many local high school teams. Working with Dr. Andrews and the many talented physicians at the Andrews Institute, Dr. Meijer learned both the clinical and operative skills necessary to treat athletic injuries.

Dr. Meijer has published his research in many peer-reviewed journals and contributed to a textbook chapter concerning elbow injuries in throwing athletes. He remains active in sports medicine research and many professional societies such as the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America, NFL Physicians Society and the Louisiana Orthopedic Association. Originally from Katy, Texas, he is married with three children.

Areas of interest include:

Shoulder • Rotator cuff tears • Labral tears • Shoulder dislocations/instability • Shoulder arthritis • Shoulder replacements • Throwing injuries • AC joint injuries • Adhesive capsulitis or “Frozen Shoulder” Elbow • Lateral Epicondylitis or “Tennis Elbow” • Medial Epicondylitis or “Golfer’s Elbow” • Triceps injuries • Biceps injuries • Ulnar collateral ligament injuries “Tommy John” • Osteochondritis dissecans Knee • ACL injuries • PCL injuries • MCL Injuries • PLC/LCL injuries • Meniscus injuries • Cartilage injuries • Patella instability Ortho Biologics • PRP injections • Bone Marrow Aspirate or “mesenchymal stem cell” injections Ultrasound-guided procedures and evaluations

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School

Parkland Hospital-University of Texas Southwestern

Residency

LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans/ LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans

Fellowship

Andrews-Paulos Research and Education Institute