Scott K. Forman, M.D.
- Accepting New Patients
- Primary Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
- Area of Expertise: Foot & Ankle, Knee, Shoulder, Sports Medicine,
About Dr. Scott K. Forman
Dr. Forman is a Board Certified orthopedic surgeon in private practice, since 1992, in Newport Beach, California. His specialty interests include sports medicine of the knee, shoulder and foot and ankle. He has been a contributing author on several of the YOU book series including, YOU: The Owner’s Manual, YOU: On a Diet and YOU: Staying Fit, Staying Young. Dr. Forman was a featured health expert on the Discovery Channel’s Second Opinion. Additionally, he has been a guest on Oprah Radio with Dr. Oz.
Dr. Forman was born in Seattle, Washington and received his undergraduate and medical degrees from UCLA (1982, 1986). He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Columbia University, New York in 1991.
In part for his involvement in community based charities, such as the Harvester’s Food Bank, SOS Clinic and Pacific Coast Triathlon, he is a three-time recipient of the Physician of Excellence Award, as determined by the Orange County Medical Association and published in Orange Coast Magazine.
When asked about the goal of California Orthopaedic Specialists, Dr. Forman stated, “Care without compromise. To see every patient as an individual with time set aside just for them. In this regard we hope to excel. We feel that we will.”
Affiliations
HOI Surgery Center - Newport Beach
Education
Medical Education - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Medical Doctor)
Internship - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (General Surgery)
Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (General Surgery)
Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Fellowship - Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Ctr. (Foot & Ankle Reconstruction)
Fellowship - Memorial Orthopaedic Surgical Group (Sports Medicine)
Internship - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (General Surgery)
Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (General Surgery)
Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Fellowship - Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Ctr. (Foot & Ankle Reconstruction)
Fellowship - Memorial Orthopaedic Surgical Group (Sports Medicine)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Conditions Treated
- Broken Collarbone / Collarbone Injuries (Shoulder)
- Separated Shoulder (Shoulder)
- Knee Tendonitis (Knee)
- Olecranon Fractures (Elbow)
- Jammed Finger (Hand & Wrist)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (Hand & Wrist)
- Dislocated Patella / Sublaxation (Knee)
- Labral Tear of the Hip or Shoulder (Sports Medicine)
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Knee (Knee)
- Elbow Tendonitis (Elbow)
- ACL Tear / Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear (Sports Medicine)
- Sports Hernia (Hip)
- Colles Fracture (Elbow)
- Bunion (Foot & Ankle)
- Ankle Instability (Foot & Ankle)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (Elbow)
- Biceps Tendonitis (Elbow)
- Dislocated Shoulder / Shoulder Dislocation (Sports Medicine)
- Fractured Hip (Hip)
- Joint Pain (Knee)
- MCL Injury / Medial Collateral Ligament Injury (Knee)
- Synovitis (Sports Medicine)
- Ankle & Foot Dislocations / Subluxations (Foot & Ankle)
- Bicep Tendon Rupture (Sports Medicine)
- Dislocated Elbow (Elbow)
- Distal Radius Fracture (Hand & Wrist)
- Skin Conditions (Foot & Ankle)
- Tendinosis (Elbow)
- Sprained Elbow (Elbow)
- Rotator Cuff Injury / Rotator Cuff Tear (Shoulder)
- Sprained Finger (Hand & Wrist)
- Golfer's Elbow / Medial Epicondylitis (Elbow)
- Labral Tears of the Shoulder / Bankart Lesion (Shoulder)
- Clavicle Fracture (Shoulder)
- Labrum Tear (Hip)
- Nerve Injuries (Hand & Wrist)
- Femoral Acetabular Impingement (Hip)
- Suprascapular Neuropathy / Entrapment (Shoulder)
- Knee Pain (Knee)
- Patellar Tendonitis / Patella Tendonitis (Sports Medicine)
- Peripheral Nerve Injuries (Elbow)
- Throwing Injuries (Shoulder)
- Trigger Finger (Hand & Wrist)
- Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (Elbow)
- Hip Impingement (Hip)
- Cartilage Injuries (Sports Medicine)
- SLAP Lesion Tear (Sports Medicine)
- Ganglion Cyst (Hand & Wrist)
- Olecranon Bursitis (Elbow)
- Shoulder Instability (Shoulder)
- Patellar Tendinitis (Knee)
- Still Elbow (Elbow)
- Hamstring Strain (Sports Medicine)
- Hip Sprain (Hip)
- Plantar Fasciitis (Foot & Ankle)
- Achilles Tendonitis (Foot & Ankle)
- Distal Biceps Tendon Rupture / Triceps Rupture (Elbow)
- Knee Bursitis / Goosefoot (Knee)
- Runner's Knee (Knee)
- Ankle Fracture (Foot & Ankle)
- Knee Arthritis (Knee)
- Ankle & Foot Tendinitis (Foot & Ankle)
- Fractures (Sports Medicine)
- Shoulder Sports Injuries (Shoulder)
- Fractured Wrist (Hand & Wrist)
- Elbow Contracture (Elbow)
- Sciatica (Hip)
- Distal Biceps Tendon Rupture / Triceps Rupture (Shoulder)
- Hand Arthritis (Hand & Wrist)
- LCL Injury (Knee)
- Ulnar Nerve Entrapment (Elbow)
- Osteoarthritis of the HIp / Hip Osteoarthritis (Hip)
- Elbow Fracture / Fractured Elbow (Elbow)
- Broken Arm (Elbow)
- De Quervain's Disease (Hand & Wrist)
- Fractured Knee / Knee Fracture (Knee)
- Triceps Tendonitis (Elbow)
- Morton's Neuroma / Metatarsalgia (Foot & Ankle)
- Lateral Epicondylitis (Elbow)
- Nail Disorder (Foot & Ankle)
- Separated Shoulder (Sports Medicine)
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease (Knee)
- Shin Splints (Sports Medicine)
- Chondromalacia (Knee)
- Shoulder Tendonitis (Shoulder)
- Baker's Cyst (Knee)
- PCL Injury / Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (Knee)
- Joint Pain (Hip)
- Dislocated Wrist (Hand & Wrist)
- Strained Elbow (Elbow)
- Erb's Palsy (Elbow)
- Meniscus Tear / Meniscal Tear (Sports Medicine)
- Osteochondral Defect (OCD) of Capitellum (Elbow)
- LCL Injury / Lateral Collateral Ligament (Sports Medicine)
- Achilles Tendon Rupture (Foot & Ankle)
- Shoulder Fractures (Shoulder)
- Knee Ligament Injuries (Knee)
- Sprains and Strains (Sports Medicine)
- Bunionette / Tailor's Bunion (Foot & Ankle)
- Little Leaguer's Elbow (Elbow)
- SI Joint Pain / Sacroiliac Joint Pain (Hip)
- Mallet Finger (Hand & Wrist)
- Shoulder Impingement (Shoulder)
- Dislocated Shoulder / Shoulder Dislocation (Shoulder)
- Shoulder Instability (Sports Medicine)
- Diabetic Foot (Foot & Ankle)
- Osteonecrosis / Avascular Necrosis (Knee)
- UCL Tear / Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear (Sports Medicine)
- Ulnar Neuropathy (Elbow)
- Fibula Fracture (Foot & Ankle)
- Groin Pain (Sports Medicine)
- Femur Fracture (Hip)
- Muscle Injury (Knee)
- Osteochondritis Dissecans (Elbow)
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Knee)
- Snapping Hip (Hip)
- Dupuytren's Contractures (Hand & Wrist)
- Elbow Instability (Elbow)
- Osteoarthritis of the Foot & Ankle / Foot Osteoarthritis / Ankle Osteoarthr (Foot & Ankle)
- Groin Pain (Hip)
- Hyperextended Elbow / Hyperextension of the Elbow (Elbow)
- Runner's Knee / Chondromalacia Patella (Sports Medicine)
- ACL Injury / Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (Knee)
- Sports Concusion (Sports Medicine)
- Elbow Osteoarthritis / Osteoarthritis of the Elbow (Elbow)
- Sprained Ankle / Ankle Sprain (Foot & Ankle)
- Strained Knee (Knee)
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Hip (Hip)
- IT Band Syndrome / Iliotibial Band Syndrome (Hip)
- Osteoporosis (Shoulder)
- MCL Injury / Medial Collateral Ligament (Sports Medicine)
- Pelvic Fracture (Hip)
- Radial Tunnel Syndrome (Elbow)
- Carpal Tunnel (Hand & Wrist)
- Dislocated Hip / Hip Dislocation (Hip)
- Stiff Big Toe / Hallux Rigidis (Foot & Ankle)
- Hip Arthritis (Hip)
- Elbow Bursitis (Elbow)
- Radial Collateral Ligament Sprain (Elbow)
- Wrist Tendonitis (Hand & Wrist)
- Suprascapular Nerve Injury (Shoulder)
- Bursitis of the Hip / Hip Bursitis / Trochanteric Bursitis (Hip)
- Anterior Knee Pain (Knee)
- Elbow Arthritis (Elbow)
- Synovitis of the Hip (Hip)
- Little League / Elbow or Shoulder (Sports Medicine)
- Knee Cartilage Injuries (Knee)
- Osteochondral Defect (OCD) of Capitellum (Shoulder)
- Athlete's Foot (Foot & Ankle)
- Osteoporosis (Hip)
- Shoulder Arthritis (Shoulder)
- Metacarpal Fracture (Hand & Wrist)
- SLAP Lesion Tear / Shoulder Lebrum Tear (Shoulder)
- Meniscus Tear (Knee)
- AC Joint Separation (Shoulder)
- Broken Finger (Hand & Wrist)
- Humerus Fracture (Shoulder)
- Muscle Strain (Foot & Ankle)
- Broken Hand (Hand & Wrist)
- Ankle Sprain (Sports Medicine)
- Elbow Sports Injuries (Elbow)
- Golfer's Elbow (Sports Medicine)
- IT Band Syndrome / Iliotibial Band Syndrome (Knee)
- Ulnar Collateral Ligaments Injuries (Elbow)
- Tennis Elbow (Sports Medicine)
- Bankart Lesion (Sports Medicine)
- Hammer Toe (Foot & Ankle)
- Shoulder Bursitis (Shoulder)
- Strained Hip (Hip)
- Bicep Tendonitis (Shoulder)
- Frozen Shoulder Syndrome (FSS) / Adhesive Capsulitis (Shoulder)
- PCL Injury / Posterior Cruciate Ligament (Sports Medicine)
- Osteoarthritis of the Knee / Knee Osteoarthritis (Knee)
- Shoulder Osteoarthritis / Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder (Shoulder)
- Bicep Tendon Rupture / Tear (Elbow)
- Unstable Knee Cap (Knee)
- Dislocated Knee / Knee Dislocation / Kneecap Dislocation (Knee)
- Dislocated Finger (Hand & Wrist)
- Pinched Nerve (Elbow)
- Stress Fracture of Foot (Foot & Ankle)
- Flat Foot / Pes Planus (Foot & Ankle)
- Hip Pain (Hip)
- Osteoarthritis of the Hand & Wrist / Hand Osteoarthritis / Wrist Osteoarthr (Hand & Wrist)
- Tennis Elbow / Lateral Epicondylitis (Elbow)
- Sprained Wrist (Hand & Wrist)
- Toe & Foot Fractures (Foot & Ankle)