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Daniel B. Gibbs, MD

Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

 Daniel Gibbs, MD, MBA, FAAOS is a double board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and hip, knee, and shoulder preservation. With expertise in nonoperative, minimally invasive, arthroscopic, and open surgical techniques, Dr. Gibbs is dedicated to enhancing his patients’ function and helping them return to the activities they love.

Dr. Gibbs holds board certifications from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery in orthopaedic surgery and orthopaedic sports medicine. He is also an active fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Dr. Gibbs was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He went to college at the University of Notre Dame, completed his medical school at Georgetown University, and performed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Northwestern University. He completed his fellowship in orthopaedic sports medicine at the renowned Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles, California where he cared for some of the world’s most elite athletes. Dr. Gibbs has also earned a master’s degree in business administration in healthcare administration from the University of Colorado.

Dr. Gibbs has served as a team physician for the University of Southern California (USC) football team, the LA Kings, and the LA Dodgers. He has also cared for athletes and provided medical coverage for the Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, LA Galaxy, Anaheim Angels, Anaheim Ducks, Northwestern University Athletics, Loyola Marymount University Athletics, and USC Athletics. He is a current consultant for the LA Kings Hockey Team.

Dr. Gibbs has an interest in contributing to our understanding of orthopaedic conditions. With over 25 publications in peer-reviewed journals and numerous abstracts, presentations, and book chapters, Dr. Gibbs enjoys being able to advance the field of orthopaedics through research. He currently holds the appointment of adjunct assistant clinical professor through Rocky Vista University and is an active investigator with CenExel JBR Research.

Dr. Gibbs lives in Salt Lake City with his wife, three children, and their golden retriever. He is honored to give back to the community that has given him so much.

 

FAX: 801.576.2074

Medical Degree
Georgetown University School of Medicine,; Washington, D.C. - 2012
Master of Business Administration
University of Colorado; Denver, CO - 2024
Residency
Northwestern University; Chicago, IL - 2017
Fellowship
Cedars Sinai Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic; Los Angeles, CA - 2018
Board Certified
Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

Locations

6322 S 3000 E STE 100
Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121
801-576-2035

2326 N. 400 E., Bldg. C, Ste. 203
Tooele, UT 84074
435.843.4406

Hospital Affiliations

Mt Olympus Surgery Center

Mt. Olympus Surgery Center, East 3900 South, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Northpointe Surgical Center

Mountain West Medical Center

Alta View Hospital

St. Mark’s Hospital

Education

Publications:

  1. Crandall, C, Richards Z, Seely KD, Mortensen S, Quinn Z, Gibbs D. Lateral Meniscal Root Displacement into the Popliteal Hiatus in a Multiligamentous Knee Injury: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connector 2023 Jul 12;13(3). PMID 37437073

https://journals.lww.com/jbjscc/abstract/2023/09000/lateral_meniscal_root_displacement_into_the.9.aspx

 

  1. Gibbs D, Sahota S, Stevanovic O, Mack C, Franke K, Nuber G. Elbow dislocations in the National Football League: Epidemiology and Management. Cureus 2021 13(11): e19241. doi:10.7759/cureus.19241

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8642167/

 

  1. Fortier L M, Dasari S P, Gibbs DB. Atraumatic Pyogenic Extensor Tenosynovitis of the Extensor Digitorum Longus. Cureus 2021 13(8): e16952. doi:10.7759/cureus.16952

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8412844/

 

  1. Gibbs DB, Shin S. Return to Play in Athletes after Thumb Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair with Suture Tape Augmentation. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020. Jul 29;8(7) PMID: 32775473

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2325967120935063?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org

 

  1. Sahota S, Gibbs DB, Lawton CD, Balderam ES, Chambers CC, Mack CD, Franke K, Nuber GW. Pectoralis Major Injuries in the National Football League. Sports Health. 2019 Dec epub. PMID:31821104

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7040948/

 

  1. Christian R, Gibbs DB, Nicolay R, Selley R, Saltzman MD. Risk Factors for Admission After Shoulder Arthroscopy. Journal of Shoulder Elbow Surgery. 2018 Dec S1058-2746 (18)30865-6, PMID: 30553800

https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1058-2746(18)30865-6

 

  1. Chambers C, Lynch TS, Gibbs DB, Sahota S, Ghodasra J, Franke K, Mack C, Nuber G. Superior Labrum from Anterior to Posterior Tears in the National Football League. American Journal of Sports Medicine 2017 Jan (45):167-172, PMID: 27793805

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0363546516673350?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

 

  1. Gibbs DB. Surgical Simulation in Orthopedic Surgery Residency. American Journal of Orthopedics 2016;45(7):E426-E428. PMID: 28005120

 

  1. Gibbs DB, Lynch TS, Gombera MM, Schroeder G, LaBelle M, Hollett BP, Saltzman M, Nuber GW. Pre-Existing Rotator Cuff Tears as a Predictor of Outcomes in National Football League Athletes. Sports Health. 2016 8:250-254 PMID: 26945020

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1941738116636602?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

 

 

  1. Gibbs DB, Lynch TS, Nuber ED, Nuber GW. Common Shoulder Injuries in American Football Athletes. Current Sports Medicine Reports 2015 Sep-Oct;14(5) PMID: 26359844

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-csmr/fulltext/2015/09000/common_shoulder_injuries_in_american_football.19.aspx

 

  1. Schroeder G, Lynch TS, Gibbs DB, Labelle M, Chow I, Patel AA, Savage JW, Hsu WK, Nuber GW. Pre-existing Lumbar Spine Diagnoses as a Predictor of Outcomes in National Football League Athletes. American Journal of Sports Medicine 2015 April (43):972-978, PMID: 25617402

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0363546514562548?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

 

  1. Schroeder GD, Lynch TS, Gibbs DB, Chow I, LaBelle MW, Patel AA, Savage JW, Nuber GW, Hsu WK. The impact of a cervical spine diagnosis on the careers of National Football League athletes. Spine 2014 May 20;39(12):947-52. PMID: 24718072.

https://journals.lww.com/spinejournal/abstract/2014/05200/the_impact_of_a_cervical_spine_diagnosis_on_the.5.aspx

 

  1. Sofat R, Casas JP, Webster AR, Bird AC, Mann SS, Yates JRW, Moore AT, Sepp T, Cipriani V, Bunce C, Khan JC, Shahid H, Swaroop A, Abecasis G, Branham KEH, Zareparsi S, Bergen AA, Klaver CCW, Baas DC, Zhang K, Chen Y, Gibbs D, Weber BHF, Keilhauer CN, Fritsche LG, Lotery A, Cree AJ, Griffiths HL, Bhattacharya SS, Chen LL, Jenkins SA, Peto T, Lathrop M, Leveillard T, Gorin MB, Weeks DE, Carolina Ortube M, Ferrell RE, Jakobsdottir J, Conley YP, Rahu M, Seland JH, Soubrane G, Topouzis F, Vioque J, Tomazzoli, Young I, Whittaker J, Chakravarthy U, de Jong PTVM, Smeeth L, Fletcher A, Hingorani AD. (2012) Complement factor H genetic variant and age-related macular degeneration: effect size, modifiers and relationship to disease subtype, International Journal of Epidemiology, 2012;1-13. PMID 22253316

 

  1. Yang Z, Tong Z, Chen Y, Zeng J, Lu F, Sun X, Zhao C, Wang K, Davey L, Chen H, London N, Muramatsu D, Salasar F, Carmona R, Kasuga D, Wang X, Bedell M, Dixie M, Zhao P, Yang R, Gibbs D, Liu X, Li Y, Li C, Li Y, Campochiaro B, Constantine R, Zack DJ, Campochiaro P, Fu Y, Li D, Katsanis N, Zhang K. (2010) Genetic and functional dissection of HTRA1 and LOC387715 in age-related macular degeneration, PloS Genetics, 6(2): e1000836 . PMID 20140183

 

  1. Jiao X, Yang Z, Yang X, Chen Y, Tong Z, Zhao C, Zeng J, Chen H, Gibbs D, Sun X, Li B, Wakins WS, Meyer C, Wang X, Kasuga D, Bedell M, Pearson E, Weinreb RN, Leske MC, Henis A, DeWan A, Nemesure B, Jorde LB, Hoh J, Hejtmancik JF, Zhang K. (2009) Common variants on chromosome 2 and risk of primary open-angle glaucoma in the Afro-Caribbean population of Barbados, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 106(40):17105-10. PMID 19805132

 

  1. Yang Z, Stratton C, Francis PJ, Kleinman ME, Tan PL, Gibbs D, Tong Z, Chen H, Constantine R, Yang X, Chen Y, Zeng J, Davey L, Ma X, Hau VS, Wang C, Harmon J, Buehler E, Patel S, Kaminoh Y, Watkins S, Luo L, Zabirskie NA, Bernstein PS, Cho W, Schwager A, Hinton DR, Klein ML, Hamon SC, Simmons E, Yu B, Campochiaro B, Sunness JS, Campochiaro P, Jorde L, Parmiagiani G, Zack DJ, Katsanis N, Ambati J, Zhang K, (2008) Toll-like Receptor 3 and Geographic Atrophy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration, New England Journal of Medicine, 359(14):1456-1463. PMID 18753640

 

  1. Tong Z, Yang Z, Patel P, Chen H, Gibbs D, Yang X, Hau V, Kaminoh Y, Harmon J, Pearson E, Beuhler J, Chen Y, Yu B, Tinkham N, Zabriskie N, Zeng J, Luo L, Sun J, Prakash M, Haman R, Tonna S, Constantine R, Ronquillo C, Sadda S, Avery R, Brand J, London N, Anduze A, King G, Bernstein P, Watkins S, GDDC Study Group, Jorde L, Li D, Aiello L, Pollak M, Zhang K, (2008) Promoter polymorphism of the Erythropoietin gene in severe diabetic eye and kidney complications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 105(19):6998-7003. PMID 18458324

 

  1. Kleinman ME, Yamada K, Takeda A, Chandrasekaran V, Nozaki M, Baffi JZ, Albuquerque RJC, Yamasaki S, Itaya M, Pan Y, Appukuttan B, Gibbs D, Yang Z, Karikó K, Ambati BK, Wilgus TA, DiPietro LA, Sakurai E, Zhang K, Smith JR, Taylor EW, Ambati J, (2008) Sequence- and target-independent suppression of angiogenesis by siRNA via TLR3, Nature, 452:591-598. PMID 18368052

 

  1. Yang X, Zabriskie NA, Hau V, Chen H, Tong Z, Ma X, Gibbs D, Katz B, Luo L, Pearson E, Goldsmith J, Kaminoh Y, Zeng J, Zhang K, Yang Z, (2008) Genetic association of LOXL1 gene variants and exfoliation glaucoma in a Utah cohort, Cell Cycle, 7(4), 521-524. PMID 18287813

 

  1. Gibbs D, Yang Z, Constantine R, Ma X, Camp NJ, Yang X, Chen H, Jorgenson A, Hau V, DeWan A, Zeng J, Harmon J, Buehler J, Brand JM, Hoh J, Cameron DJ, Dixit M, Tong Z, Zhang K, (2008) Further mapping of 10q26 supports strong association of HTRA1 polymorphisms with age-related macular degeneration, Vision Research, 48:685-689. PMID 18207215

 

  1. Chen H, Yang Z, Gibbs D, Yang X, Hau V, Zhao P, Ma X, Zeng J, Luo L, Pearson E, Constantine R, Kamnioh Y, Harmon J, Tong Z, Stratton CA, Cameron DJ, Tang S, Zhang K, (2008) Association of HTRA1 Polymorphism and Bilaterality in Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Vision Research, 48:690-694. PMID 18206206

 

  1. Cameron DJ, Yang Z, Tong Z, Zhao Y, Praggastis A, Brinton E, Harmon J, Chen Y, Pearson E, Bernstein PS, Brinton G, Li X, Jorgensen A, Schneider S, Gibbs D, Chen H, Wang C, Howes K, Camp NJ, Zhang K (2008). 10q26 is associated with increased risk of age-related macular degeneration in the Utah population. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2008;613:253-8. PMID: 18188952.

 

  1. Shukla D, Rajendran A, Gibbs D, Suganthalakshmi B, Zhang K, Sundaresan P, (2007) Unusual manifestations of X-linked retinoschisis: clinical profile and diagnostic evaluation, American Journal of Ophthalmology, 144(3):419-423. PMID 17631851.

 

  1. Cameron DJ*, Yang Z*, Gibbs D* (*co-first authors), Chen H*, Kaminoh Y, Jorgensen A, Zeng J, Luo L, Brinton E, Brinton G, Brand JM, Bernstein PS, Zabriskie NA, Tang S, Constantine R, Tong Z, Zhang K. (2007) HTRA1 Variant Confers Similar Risks to Geographic Atrophy and Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration. Cell Cycle, 6(9), 1122-5. PMID 17426452

 

  1. Yang Z, Camp NJ, Sun H, Tong Z, Gibbs D, Cameron DJ, Chen H, Zhao Y, Pearson E, Li X, Chien J, Dewan A, Harmon J, Bernstein PS, Shridhar V, Zabriskie NA, Hoh J, Howes K, Zhang K. (2006) A variant of the HTRA1 gene increases susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. Science, 314(5801), 992-3. PMID 17053109

 


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