Robert C. Klapper MD

Dr. Klapper has been in private practice in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center since 1989 caring for thousands of patients, some of them world-renowned athletes and others Hollywood’s most famous stars. He is currently the chief of orthopedic surgery for Cedars-Sinai Medical Group.

Here comes my version of a list of schools, so get ready: His education and medical training began with a degree in art history from Columbia College. He came from a blue-collar family and he knew he would have to get a scholarship to go to school, so he learned to row and was accepted by Columbia for their crew team. He earned a medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, the first time Columbia let one of their undergrads into their med school. Next, he did an internship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, followed by a fellowship in arthritis and implant surgery at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles. OK, we got that out of the way.