Editorial Board Biographies

Alan M. Hirahara, MD, FRCSC

Associate Editor for Sports Medicine/Ultrasound and Biologics

Dr. Hirahara is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. He runs a private practice in Sacramento, CA. He speaks and teaches nationally and internationally, and does research on arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgery, orthobiologics, and the use of ultrasound. He is board-certified in orthopaedic surgery and orthopaedic sports medicine in the U.S. and Canada. He is the medical director and team physician for California State University, Sacramento Athletics; and head team physician for the Sacramento River Cats. He has been the team physician for the NCAA championships and Olympic Trials in Sacramento since 2001. He did his fellowship training in orthopaedic sports medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed his residency training in orthopaedic surgery in French at l’Université de Montréal.  He attended medical school at UCSF and completed his BS in Kinesiology at UCLA with College Honors, Departmental Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Thay Q. Lee, PhD

Associate Editor for Biomechanics

Dr. Lee is the director and senior research career scientist at VA Long Beach Healthcare System; professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; and professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He received his undergraduate degree in Bioengineering and his Master of Science degree in applied mechanics from the University of California, San Diego. He completed his doctorate degree in biomaterials at Gothenburg University in Sweden. He was elected Fellow for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). He is also an elected member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), American Society of Biomechanics (ASB), California Orthopaedic Association (COA), Society for Biomaterials (SFB), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). His research interests include joint biomechanics, shoulder, and knee.

Raffy Mirzayan, MD

Associate Editor for Biologics

Dr. Mirzayan is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a subspecialty in sports medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Baldwin Park, California; and founder and director of the Advanced Concepts course held in Las Vegas. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated from the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC) with AOA Honors. He completed his residency at the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, and his fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic. He belongs to several orthopedic and sports medicine societies, and was chosen as an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Leadership Fellow and an American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Traveling Fellow. His research interests include shoulder, elbow, knee, cartilage reconstruction, osteotomies, meniscal transplantation, and orthobiologics.