Orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Amory in Carlsbad's Aviara area maintains a practice at 6121 Paseo Del Norte through Orthopaedic Specialists of North County, bringing fellowship-trained spine surgery and total joint replacement expertise near the Carlsbad Premium Outlets. Pre-surgical diagnostics rely on advanced imaging at facilities such as SimonMed Imaging - Carlsbad for MRI and CT evaluation of joint and spinal pathology. Tulane University School of Medicine provided his medical degree, followed by residency and fellowship training at the University of Illinois, Cook County Hospital, and Rush Presbyterian Medical Center in Chicago. His quad-sparing total knee replacement technique preserves the quadriceps tendon and vastus medialis to accelerate post-operative range-of-motion recovery, while anterior-approach total hip replacements minimize soft-tissue disruption — both procedures performed through affiliations with Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas and the referral network that extends to primary care coordination at Scripps Coastal Medical Center Carlsbad. Complex revision arthroplasty cases involving polyethylene liner exchange, femoral stem extraction, and acetabular cage reconstruction represent the highest-acuity procedures at this practice.