A Rapid City native, Dr. Mortimer joined Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center in 2008.  He was fellowhship trained in Sports Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ, with a special interest in the care of knee and shoulder pathology. Dr. Mortimer serves as the Team Physician at Black Hills State University and assists in the development of a sports medicine program for the care of regional athletes. Dr. Mortimer is a native of Rapid City and enjoys the region's excellent hunting, fishing, rock climbing, golfing, and other recreational activities.

Clinical Interests

Specialized Surgeries

• Shoulder
  • Shoulder arthroscopy
  • Rotator cuff repair
  • reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (replacement) 
• Knee
  • Knee arthroscopy
  • Ligament  reconstruction
  • total joint replacement (knee arthroplasty)

 

Education & Background

Board Certifications

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure

• South Dakota

Professional Memberships
Research, Presentations, & Publications

• "Arthroscopic Treatment of Knee Fractures" Mortimer, S.L., Hunter, R. E., Knee Arthroscopy, Chapter 11 pp. 181-195. Springer New York, 2009.
• "Characterization of Lateral Talar Osteophyte Formation and the Relationship to Chronic Ankle Instability" Mortimer, S.L., Kiarash, A.B., (currently being submitted for publication)
• "Complication Rates in Hip Fractures: A Comparison of Reported Data from a Hospital's Medical Information Service and an Orthopedic Surgery Peer Review System" Mortimer, S.L., Grana, W.A., (currently submitted to JAMA for publication)
• "Preconditioning-Induced Attenuation of Purin Metabolite Accumulation During Ischaemia: Memory and Multiple Cycles" S.L. Mortimer, C.T. Kodl, C.R. Reiling, D.G.L. Van Wylen, PhD.  Basic Res Cardiol. 2000 Volume: 95, pp. 119-126.