Dr. Doerr received his undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of Wyoming in 1987. He completed medical school at the University of California, Davis in 1991; where he graduated in the top 5% of his class. Dr Doerr trained at the University of Colorado, where he completed his General Surgical internship in 1992 and his Orthopedic Residency in 1996, scoring the top score in the nation on the Orthopedic In-Training Examination as a Chief Resident. He then completed a Complex Spinal Surgery fellowship at the University of Colorado in 1997. Dr. Doerr specializes in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee, minimally invasive cervical and lumbar spine surgery and joint replacement surgery.