Steven Defroda MD

Dr. Steven F. DeFroda is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the USA. is a fellowship-trained sports medicine, shoulder and orthopaedic trauma surgeon who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of sports medicine injuries of the hip, shoulder, and knee and elbow, as well as the care of complex fractures. Dr. DeFroda has a passion for athletics — he played catcher for his college baseball team at Stevens Institute of Technology — and his desire to help athletes get back in the game after injuries led him to pursue a career as an orthopaedic surgeon.

Dr. DeFroda has served as an assistant team physician for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bulls and Chicago Fire. He performs minimally invasive arthroscopic procedures to manage tendon, ligament and labrum injuries and also does open ligament reconstructions, cartilage procedures, shoulder replacements and fracture surgeries.

In his free time, Dr. DeFroda enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife, two sons and dog.