Dr. Larsen has been practicing orthopaedics in Utah County for several years. He specializes in the treatment of sports injuries, and in shoulder and knee reconstructive surgery. He is one of only two orthopaedic surgeons in Utah County board certified in orthopaedic sports medicine and was voted one of the top three orthopaedic surgeons in Utah County by the Daily Herald, 2011.
Dr. Larsen has recently become a physician for the United States Ski Team. He Travels with the team to international meets to help treat the injured professional athletes. He was also one of the team physicians for the Utah Flash. He performed his medical training at the finest institutions in the country, including Duke, Georgetown, and the University of Texas. He has trained under many world famous surgeons. Dr. Larsen has published several articles in the leading orthopaedic medical journals. He has published articles on the treatment of ACL tears in adolescents, the treatment of cartilage injuries in young people, arthroscopic surgery for massive rotator cuff tears, and the evaluation and treatment of knee ligament injuries. Twice he lectured at the National Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, discussing the treatment of cartilage injury after shoulder arthroscopy, and the treatment of prosimal humerus fractures. At Duke University he completed a fellowship specializing in the treatment of sports injuries and surgery of the shoulder and elbow. While on the Duke Medical Staff he treated all of Duke's athletes, sat on the sidelines, and traveled with the football and basketball teams. In San Antonio he was on the medical staff for the San Antonio Spurs. He has been trained in the most up to date surgical treatments offered to high level athletes, and now offers those same treatments to his patients in Utah.
Dr. Larsen takes pride in spending enough time with each patient to explain to them their condition and the treatment options, and allowing his patients to choose which treatment is best for them. When appropriate, he exhausts all non-operative treatments before resorting to surgery.