About Chhabra Sports Medicine Consulting:

Anikar Chhabra, MD MS

Anikar Chhabra, MD MS, President and CEO of Chhabra Sports Medicine Consulting, is a board certified Orthopedic Surgeon with subspecialty certification in Orthopedic Sports Medicine. He specializes in arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder, minimally invasive surgery and sports-related injuries. Additionally, Dr. Chhabra is concussion certified. Dr. Chhabra is currently the Director of Sports Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and an Associate Professor.

Dr. Chhabra graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A in Economics. While at Harvard, he was a four year varsity basketball letter winner. Dr. Chhabra completed his medical school and residency at the University of Virginia, and his sports medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, where he helped care for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh athletic teams.

As a team orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Chhabra has been the head orthopedic surgeon for Arizona State University since 2007 and an orthopedic consultant for the Arizona Coyotes professional hockey team and the Phoenix Rising professional soccer team. He is also the head team physician for Paradise Valley College, South Mountain College, Mesa Community College, and fifteen local high schools. Additionally, Dr. Chhabra is an orthopedic consultant for Major League Baseball Umpires and the medical director for the Fiesta Bowl and Cheez-it Bowl.

Dr. Chhabra frequently lectures both nationally and internationally, and has written over 40 peer-reviewed publications and over 15 book chapters.

Dr. Chhabra’s vast experience in sports medicine as a former student athlete and experiences at multiple medical systems made him realize the difficulty for institutions to monitor the care of their student athletes. He started Chhabra Sports Medicine Consulting, LLC. in 2016 and has aided several universities in evaluating and optimizing the care of their student athletes.