Brinceton Phipps, MD

Dr. Brinceton Phipps is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who has been performing joint replacements since 2002 and has been doing anterior hip replacements and patient-specific knee replacements in Durango since 2009. A certified Makoplasty surgeon, Dr. Phipps performs over 350 hip and knee joint replacement surgeries per year. Learn more at his personal web site, www.durangojointreplacements.com.

Dr. Phippss expertise includes anterior hip replacement, patient-matched knee replacement, uni-compartmental (partial) knee replacement, arthroscopy procedures, and trauma reconstruction. He offers some of the newest technologies including minimally invasive techniques, Visionaire® cutting blocks, and Mako® robotic-arm assisted surgery for anterior hip replacement and partial and total knee replacement.

Raised in Austin, Texas, Dr. Phipps earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Texas-Austin, performed his medical training at the University of Texas-Houston, and completed his orthopedic surgery residency training the University of California-Irvine. Dr. Phipps spent his first years in private practice in Mission Viejo, California at the Level 2 Regional Trauma Center where he served as an affiliated academic teacher for orthopedic residents at the University of California-Irvine. He now resides in Durango where he has been in private practice since 2009. Dr. Phipps serves as president of Animas Orthopedic Associates, and he is a board member of Animas Surgical Hospital. He is also a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.