Dr. Ninh Is a sports medicine fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon in Southern California. Working with an elite team of
multi-lingual & multi-disciplinary specialists, he strives to
provide comprehensive orthopaedic care.
Dr. Ninh is a native of Orange County, having graduated
from Marina High School in Huntington Beach,
California. Dr. Ninh's vision was to establish an
orthopaedic surgery practice focusing in Sports
Medicine, treating the community that he grew up in.
His vision of becoming an Orthopaedic Surgeon was inspired from his own personal experience as a young athlete and patient.
These experiences were highly influential in his decision to pursue
medicine and further provided the inspiration to pursue excellence
throughout his training. From these past experiences, it has allowed
him as an orthopaedic surgeon, to better empathize and care for his
patients.
Dr. Ninh is a board eligible Sports Medicine Fellowship-trained
orthopaedic surgeon. He received both his undergraduate and
medical degree at University of California, Irvine. After finishing
his general orthopaedics residency at Henry Ford Hospital in
Michigan, he went on to complete his Sports Medicine Fellowship
training at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. Dr. Ninh's
family heritage is Vietnamese. He is fluent in Vietnamese.
Orange County Kaiser Permanente
Sports Medicine Fellowship, Irvine, CA
Henry Ford Health System
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, Detroit, MI
University of California at Irvine College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, Irvine, CA
University of California at Irvine
Bachelor of Science, Biology, Irvine, CA
Marina High School
High School Diploma, Huntington Beach, CA
Cum Laude
Dean’s Honors List
Phi Beta Kappa
Golden Key Honor Society
Henry Ford Resident Research Award
Henry Ford Medical Association Outstanding Resident 2007 Nominee
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Arthroscopy Association North America
Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine
"Factors Predisposing to Dislocation of a Modern Unipolar Hemiarthroplasty after Femoral Neck Fracture"
Christopher Ninh MD, Mohammed Hatahet MD, Rahul Vaidya MD, Clifford Les DVM
Presentation at Canadian Orthopaedic Association Symposium 2005. Montreal, Canada
Presentation at American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons 2006. Chicago, Illinois.
Publication in Journal of Joint Arthroplasty June 2008
"Outcome of 'all inside' arthroscopic meniscal repair--isolated vs. combined with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction"
Christopher Ninh MD, Henry Goitz MD, Jason Davis MD, Peter Leaman, Clifford Les DVM
Published October 2007 "Orthopaedics Today"
Presentation at Arthroscopy Association North America 2007. San Francisco, CA.
Presentation at Michigan Orthopaedic Society 2007. Traverse City, MI.
"Bony Fixation of the Torn Meniscus: A New 'All Inside' Surgical Technique (Preliminary Results"
Christopher Ninh MD, Henry Goitz MD, Jason Davis MD, Peter Leaman, Clifford Les DVM,
Published August 2007 "Orthopaedics Today"
Presentation at Arthroscopy Association North America 2007. San Francisco, CA.
"Arthroscopic Confirmation of Diagnostic Ultrasound in Subscapularis Tendon Injury"
Henry Goitz MD, Antonio Bouffard MD, Christopher Ninh MD, Jason Davis MD
Presentation at Michigan Orthopaedic Society 2007. Traverse City, MI.
"Pedicle Screw Placement using Anteroposterior Fluoroscopy, in Vitro Study: Analysis of Pedicle Morphometry of Cadaveric Cervical Segment C7-T1"
Shaunak Desai MD, Christopher Ninh MD, Mohammed Hatahet MD, Rahul Vaidya MD
Presentation at Michigan Orthopaedic Society 2007. Traverse City, MI.
Presentation at American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons 2008. San Francisco, CA
"A Peptide Fragment of Type II Collagen (Matrikine) can Stimulate the Production and Activation of Collagenases in Human OA Synovial Fibroblasts and is present in OA Synovial Fluid."
William Wu PhD, Robert Needleman MD, Christopher Ninh MD, Raymond Zvirbulis MD
Presentation at American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons Orthopaedic Research Society 2008. San Francisco, CA
"Radiographic Review of Tunnel Placement in Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction"
Christopher Ninh MD, Maria Inacio MS, Stefan Fornalski MD, Brent Davis MD, Richard Csintalan MD, Tadashi Funahashi MD
Presentation at Kaiser Permanente Annual Orthopaedics Symposium 2008. Kauai, HI.
"Effect of an osteoporosis management program on hip fracture rates: an analysis of 527,266 patients"
Maria Inacio MS, Christopher Ninh MD, David Downs MD, Xuan Chen PhD, Tadashi Funahashi MD
Presentation at American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons 2009. Las Vegas, NV
