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About Phil Davidson MD

Dr. Phil Davidson's practice goal is to provide the highest quality, specialized orthopedic care for each individual. The treatment rendered by him and his team will be delivered with the utmost in personalized service, with attention to your overall health, well being, and a commitment to restore an active lifestyle for each and every patient. Dr. Davidson treats knee and shoulder injuries of all varieties, with a special expertise in sports injuries. In addition, Dr. Davidson has been widely recognized by his peers and patients for cartilage restoration surgery and joint resurfacing.

Dr. Davidson has recently relocated to Park City and the Salt Lake City area, from Tampa Bay, Florida where he practiced for 15 years as a widely recognized Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine, with a particular interest in Cartilage Restoration and Joint Resurfacing of the knee and shoulder. For more than a decade, Dr. Davidson has been acknowledged as one of the nation's foremost orthopaedists treating articular cartilage disorders. His particular area of clinical interest and academic acclaim is in the field of biologic and anatomic joint resurfacing. Dr. Davidson has been acknowledged by the orthopaedic community as a surgical innovator and clinical researcher, publishing extensively, and teaching surgeons both nationally and internationally. While in Florida, Dr. Davidson was on the faculty of the University of South Florida and successfully developed a large full service Orthopaedic Clinic. He is an official consultant of Major League Baseball, and The National Football League, having been jointly appointed by the players' and owners' groups from these leagues. He was recently appointed to a committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the safety of treatments being rendered for Osteoarthritis.

He received his BA with High Honors from Harvard College and received his MD degree with Honors in Research from Cornell University Medical College. He did his Orthopaedic Residency training at Baylor College of Medicine, and Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles.

Dr. Davidson has joined together with Drs. Eric and Karen Heiden at Heiden Orthopaedics .He sees patients and performs surgery both in Salt Lake City and in Park City. He is on the staff of Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, LDS Hospital, South Towne Surgery Center, Park City Surgical Center, Park City Medical Center, and Heber Valley Medical Center. Currently, Dr. Davidson accepts most major insurances.

Dr. Davidson treats athletes of all sorts, to include: youth, high school, collegiate, and professional. He has a particular interest in providing cutting edge surgical options to recreational and competitive adult athletes interested in maintaining an active lifestyle despite knee or shoulder injuries. Outside of medicine, Dr. Davidson enjoys a variety of outdoor sports, fitness and keeping up with his three teen sons. He and his wife Ruth reside in Park City.