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JOHN ITAMURA, M.D. ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

John Itamura, M.D., is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon at the
Kerlan Jobe Institute/ Cedars Sinai Medical Center at The White Memorial
Medical Center. He specializes in open and arthroscopic reconstruction
of the shoulder for shoulder instability and the rotator cuff, disorders of
the sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints, pathology of the biceps,
primary and revision arthroplasty of the shoulder and elbow and the
treatment of complex periarticular fractures of the shoulder and elbow.
Dr. Itamura is a native of Los Angeles and earned his Bachelor of Science
from the University of Southern California in 1985. He graduated from the University of
Southern California School of Medicine in 1989. He completed his Residency in Orthopaedic
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Surgery in 1989 at the University of Southern California. In 1995 he completed a Fellowship in
Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at the WB Carrell Clinic in Dallas, Texas. In 1995 he was full-time
faculty on the Upper Extremity Trauma and Sports Services at Keck School of Medicine at the
University of Southern California. In the fall of 1997, he took a sabbatical in Upper Extremity
Reconstruction at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He was an active member of the Sports
and Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship Program. In 2011, Dr. Itamura joined the Kerlan Jobe
Institute. He is the Director of the Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship, and an active member of the
Sports Fellowship faculty. He is an active researcher and has published numerous peer and non-
peer reviewed papers and book chapters. He regularly lectures locally, regionally, nationally
and internationally, and serves as a peer reviewer for numerous Orthopedic journals.
He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), The Wilson Bost
Society, and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES)
This is his first season with the Los Angeles Angels. He has served a number of professional,
collegiate and high school athletic teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, University of
Southern California and California State University, Los Angeles.

CRAIG MILHOUSE, M.D. TEAM PHYSICIAN

2019 represents the 26th season as the Angels Team Physician for Dr.
Craig Milhouse. Dr. Milhouse’s current professional duties also include
his private practice in internal and athletic medicine in Orange, CA and
as a medical consultant/physician for the Fullerton Junior College Athletic
Department. He previously worked for 10 years at the Kerlan-Jobe
Orthopedic Clinic in Anaheim, CA .
A native of Detroit, MI, Dr. Milhouse received his bachelor of science
degree from the University of Michigan in 1976 and medical degree
from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1980. He completed his medicine/surgery
internship at St. John’s Hospital in Detroit (1980-81) and his internal medicine residency
at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, CA (1981-84). Dr. Milhouse served his sports
medicine fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Inglewood, CA (1990-91) and
received his board certification in internal medicine in 1984.
Dr. Milhouse has worked as a team physician/medical consultant for several local sports
organizations, including the Anaheim Ducks & Honda Center (1993-2015), Los Angeles Rams (1993-
95), University of Southern California (1988-93), Occidental College (1992-93), Anaheim Bullfrogs,
Anaheim Piranhas and Anaheim Splash. In 2003, Dr. Milhouse served as the Medical Director for
the World Gymnastics Championships and was a voluntary member of the Tournament of Roses
for over 25 years. He and wife, Pamela, have two sons, Jonathan and Alex. In 2016, they became
grandparents with the birth of grandson, Jaxon Ryan.

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