Johannes Chris Coetzee MD, MBChB

A board certified orthopedic surgeon, J. Chris Coetzee earned his medical degree from the University of Pretoria School of Medicine in South Africa. He completed his orthopedic residency at the University of Stellenbosch, located in Cape Town, South Africa, his trauma fellowship in Davos, Switzerland and a foot and ankle fellowship at the University of Washington and the Harborview Medical Center, in Seattle, WA, USA.

Dr. Coetzee sees patients at Minnesota Orthopedic Sports Medicine Institute (MOSMI) at Twin Cities Orthopedics in Edina, MN. He serves as a fellowship faculty member for the MOSMI/Fairview Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship program. He currently serves as President-elect on the board for the American Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS). He is an associate editor of the Foot and Ankle International Journal and also a member of the FAI Editorial Board, as well as reviewer to the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and several other orthopedic journals.

He was the Chairman of the AOFAS Education committee from 2011 to 2013, overseeing all the educational activities of the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society. In 2014, he was the chairman of the AOFAS Specialty day at the AAOS meeting as well as the annual summer meeting of the AOFAS. He is a member of the AAOS CME committee ensuring ongoing education for all orthopedic surgeons. He also served on the Instructional Course committee of the AAOS from 2014 – 2016.