John Minoru Itamura MD

John Minoru Itamura, MD, is a Brilliant Orthopedic Surgeon with the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, California. He is specializing in sports medicine, shoulder, elbow, and upper extremity trauma, Dr. John Minoru Itamura is an outstanding orthopedic surgeon lending his skills to his patients at the two locations of The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Itamura additionally acts as a team physician for the University of Southern California, USC University Hospital Center for Athletic Medicine, East Los Angeles Community College, and California State University at Los Angeles.

Dr. Itamura has published a number of works in peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters. To his credit, he has given presentations and lectures at a local, regional and national level. He serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Digital Imaging and the Journal of Shoulder and Elbows Surgery and he stands on the faculty of the fellowship at Kerlan-Jobe for sports medicine. With nearly two decades of experience, he continues to serve patients in hospital settings as well as in-clinic. Subsequently, he has active hospital privileges at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Keck Hospital of USC, and White Memorial Medical Center. Dr. John Minoru Itamura is also an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. His clinical experience and research emphasize his focus on elbow and shoulder reconstruction and replacement surgery.