Christopher D. Hamilton, MD is an orthopedic physician in Bakersfield, California with expertise in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. His background includes a sports medicine and shoulder surgery fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, research and presentations on shoulder, elbow, knee, and sports medicine topics, and prior academic appointments in orthopedic surgery at Yale University and the University of Texas Medical Branch. Source notes also indicate experience discussing treatment options and care plans and performing procedures including total knee replacement.