Background and Training

Dr. Hoopes and his wife have three children and love living here in Utah where they can enjoy all of the summer and winter sports that Utah has to offer such as snowboarding, skiing, mountain and road biking, hiking, running, rock-climbing, and water-skiing. They are also glad to live near so many members of their extended family.

Dan and Bri Hoopes and their kids
University of Washington Medicine school building

Training

  • Orthopaedic Fellowship – Foot and Ankle  (The University of Washington and Harborview Medical Centers, Seattle WA)
  • Orthopaedic Residency (University of New Mexico)
  • Doctorate of Medicine (University of California, Irvine School of Medicine)
  • Master of Sciences in Electronics and Information Technology (Brigham Young University)
  • Bachelor of Sciences in Microbiology, Minor in Business (Brigham Young University)

Licenses, Certifications, and Memberships

  • Fully Board-Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ABOS)
  • Utah State Physician and Surgeon License
  • Washington State Physician and Surgeon License (prior license)
  • USMLE Steps, I, II, III
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
University of Irvine Medicine school building
University of New Mexico Medicine school building

Honors and Awards

  • UNM Orthopaedics Outstanding Resident Researcher Award 2011
  • Southwestern Orthopaedic Trauma Association Research Grant – funding for Novel Triangular External Fixator Configuration Study currently in process
  • UC Irvine SOM Dean’s Summer Research Award
  • Honors Clinical Rotations in Medical School – Surgery, Advanced Anatomy, Orthopaedics
  • Merit Medical CEO Fred Lampropoulos Award – for Outstanding Product Development and Inventions during Research and Development Internship
  • Brigham Young University Scholarship