Dr. Erik S. Stark, a dual board-certified orthopedic surgeon on Paseo Del Norte in Carlsbad, specializes in shoulder and knee sports medicine through Orthopaedic Specialists of North County, a practice founded in 1965. Post-surgical rehabilitation protocols from Dr. Stark's arthroscopic shoulder and knee cases transition to sport-specific physical therapy at ProActive Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine in Carlsbad. Dr. Stark earned his MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2001, completed an orthopedic surgery residency at Boston University Medical Center, and finished a sports medicine fellowship with the San Diego Knee and Sports Medicine program in 2007. Non-operative musculoskeletal cases that fall between surgical intervention and conservative manual therapy overlap with the spinal and extremity care provided at New Wave Chiropractic Center in Carlsbad. Dr. Stark's procedural scope encompasses minimally invasive arthroscopic rotator cuff reconstruction, labral repair, ACL reconstruction using hamstring and patellar tendon autograft, and partial and total knee arthroplasty using computer-navigated alignment systems.