Andromahi Trivellas, MDAndrew Zogby, MDMatthew Follett, MDJames Layson, DOThomas Hong, MDImran Gruhonjic, DOClarence Cabatu, DOJosiah Valk, DOMichael Sirota, MDDavid Burnikel, MD

Andrew Zogby, MD

Dr. Zogby is joining CORE as a comprehensive orthopaedic sports surgeon. He has spent most of his life, education, and surgical training in San Diego, and is dedicated to this community. His clinical practice primarily consists of arthroscopic and open surgery of the knee, shoulder, elbow and hip, as well as general orthopaedic trauma surgery.…
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Matthew Follett, MD

Dr. Matthew Follett is a fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon, who specializes in the comprehensive management of spinal conditions. His expertise includes minimally invasive spinal surgery, neurologic decompression, spinal motion preservation, spinal stabilization, and complex revision surgery. Conditions treated include herniated discs, spinal stenosis, myelopathy, neck and back pain, spine trauma and tumors.
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Thomas Hong, MD

Dr. Thomas Hong specializes in the management of arthritic conditions as well as managing failed joint replacements. His surgical expertise includes hip and knee replacements, partial knee replacements, robotic surgeries, and revision (re-do) hip and knee replacements. Dr. Hong completed his undergraduate and graduate training in Aerospace Engineering at the University of California San Diego,…
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Michael Sirota, MD

Dr. Sirota grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, just outside Boston. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating cum laude and receiving high honors from the chemistry department for his senior thesis on protein synthesis. During his four years in the New Hampshire mountains he also developed a love of skiing, as well as…
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David Burnikel, MD

Dr. Burnikel was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the Temple University School of Medicine and the Ochsner Clinic orthopedic surgery residency program. After residency, he served in the United States Navy as an active-duty orthopedic surgeon in Newport, RI. Following his Navy service, he undertook further subspecialty training as a Sports…
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