Christopher Hamilton, MD, graduated with distinction from Stanford University in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology.
He earned his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1988, completing his internship and orthopedic surgery residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1993. Dr. Hamilton then spent one year at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Inglewood, California, where he completed a fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. During his fellowship, he was an associate team physician for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Loyola Marymount University.
