Chief of Surgery
Arizona Canine Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Scottsdale, Arizona
A native Chicagoan, Dr. Lirtzman is pleased to call North Scottsdale home to his family, lifestyle, and Arizona Canine Orthopedics.
A graduate of Brown University, Dr. Lirtzman attended veterinary school at the University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine in Champaign-Urbana. He completed a one-year rotating internship in medicine and surgery at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Teaching Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Between 1991 and 1995, Dr. Lirtzman was a resident and chief resident in small animal surgery at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine.
Following residency, Dr. Lirtzman was dedicated for nearly five years to cardiovascular device surgical research with a Santa Barbara, CA, company. As a surgeon and medical device innovator, he studied a novel coronary artery bypass graft for use in human cardiac patients. Dr. Lirtzman has collaborated with numerous prestigious medical centers and research institutions in Europe and the United States, including Stanford University, Loma Linda Medical Center, Mayo Clinic and Beth Israel Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Lirtzman has been committed full time to private veterinary surgery specialty practice since 2000 with a majority of his experience in a large, multi-specialist referral center in Southern California. Since choosing to establish home and family in Arizona, he has developed Scottsdale’s first and only orthopedic surgery specialty center for dogs, Arizona Canine Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, with an emphasis on arthroscopic surgery, fracture management, and joint replacement.
Dr. Lirtzman has served as a member of the editorial review boards for the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs Journal and Veterinary Surgery. Dr. Lirtzman has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association and the HALO Animal Rescue.
Friday, October 14, 2022
10:00am – 10:30am
Friday, October 14, 2022
11:30am – 12:00pm
Saturday, October 15, 2022
8:00am – 12:00pm
Saturday, October 15, 2022
11:30am – 12:00pm