About Us

At the Tahoe Center for Orthopedics, our goal is simple: to keep active people active.

Winter landscape photoOur team of orthopedic surgeons have extensive years of experience in orthopedics and sports medicine. They themselves enjoy the day to day activities Lake Tahoe and the surrounding areas offer which is why their goal of keeping active people active is so important.

Our highly trained team of surgeons, nurses, rehabilitation specialists and various medical support personnel works with each patient and their primary care physician to develop a treatment plan specifically for that patient. By combining extensive clinical expertise with a compassionate, caring treatment philosophy, we have created a program renowned for its expert level of care.

We provide subspecialty orthopedic services featuring leading-edge procedures and technology. Orthopedics is a medical specialty that deals with quality of life. Whether your goal is to return to competitive sports, get back to work or to simply enjoy life without pain, our goal is to give you the opportunity to enjoy the most out of life!
WHAT OUR PATIENTS ARE SAYING
After years of severe shoulder pain my family physician assisted me in contacting Dr. Kyle Swanson to see if anything could be done to alleviate my severe shoulder pain... In the past I had two operations on the ...
I was so very much impressed with the staff at the clinic, After the ski patrol brought her down from the mountain and your staff took over the continued high level of professionalism was very comforting and made...
From pre-op to post-op to playing golf in 7 weeks. Dr. Bannar and the entire Barton staff did an excellent job on my total left knee replacement. With great physical therapy from Jason Collin and Chris Proctor’s ...
Dr. Bannar performed total knee joint surgery on my right knee in January. I cannot say enough about how happy I am. He's given me back the active life I thought I'd never experience again. I'm already back to hi...
I just wanted to say thank you [to Dr. Bannar and staff] for the fast and uncomplicated achilles tendon surgery. My rehab went pretty well and I am back to surfing. This winter, I will be back on the snowboard......
Dr. Kyle Swanson has performed two surgeries on me in the past 2 1/2 years; an Oxford/partial knee replacement and a total right shoulder. Both surgeries went extremely well! These were my 3rd and 4th joint repla...
He's [Orthopedic Surgeon, Terrence Orr ] is really cutting-edge. I was back on my skis in two-weeks and competing in three. He really reduced my recovery time. When you travel someplace new, it's not only imperat...
Many thanks to everyone at your facility for the care and kindness shown to me in response to my ski mishap. We came back home and I had surgery to repair my broken ankle. My recovery is going well. Thanks again ...
Throughout my surgery and recovery, Dr. Kyle Swanson was extremely accessible and responsive to my needs and questions. Now that I am fully recovered, I feel like 120 percent thanks to Dr. Swanson!...
Chris, Alby, Chantel, Colleen and Tara - Thanks for all the work in helpin gme get my hip back to normal. You are all true professionals and caring people. Time for me to get back to climbing mountains, skiing th...
I felt like I had done 80 sit-ups, just like in high school. I felt like I could have been up and running that night. Dr. Welker was excellent. The entire medical team was just great....
I had a total knee replacement performed by Dr. Steve Bannar at Barton Memorial. Since I have been an employee of BartonHealth for almost 27 years, it was very comforting to see so many familiar faces... I knew I...
A little over a year ago, Dr. Rupp replaced my right knee! It took approximately 6 months to feel good, then another 6 months to feel great... Now it is as good as new. No pain, stiffness or complications. I can ...
I was mountain biking at a local resort and half the people that day were wearing full body armor and half were not … I was part of the half that was not. I flew over my handle bars onto a rock and suffered a hai...
Chris, Jordan, Colleen & Dr. Orr - Thank you so much for helping me fix my mysterious knee injury! I really appreciate everything you guys did for me! In fact, earlier this month, I (successfully) completed t...
Dear Dr. Bannar, Dr. Cottrell and all of the Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine's staff. I would like to take this time to sincerely thank you for your excellent care. I am so very thankful that you all were w...
A special thanks to Dr. Bannar and his Fellow, Cecilia who both made Robin and myself so comfortable with what was happening. They are more than great surgeons they are exceptional people as well....
I suffered with back pain for years. It affected every part of my life. Tahoe Fracture Clinic saved me. Dr. Fry and his staff did an amazing job with my back surgery. From consultations, actual surgery, recovery,...
...My daughter had back surgery with Dr. Fry. We stayed 2 nights in your new ortho rooms on the second floor... on the day of surgery, the pre-op staff is so professional and caring. Everyone helped settle our ne...
On June 4 2010 Dr. Rupp did a total knee replacement on my right knee...The surgery is a complete sucess !!! I am much better than before the surgery... No pain, no grinding and with my right leg being the same l...
I've been thinking about you [Dr. Bannar] as I approached the one year anniversary of my new knee. I celebrated with a solo four day trip to a remote corner of Death Valley. During this time, I gave thanks for yo...
I want to thank an of you as a team for a "job well done" in the efforts of having my hip replacement procedure go so well. Without this team and the team at Barton Memorial Hospital I believe my process would no...
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