Step Back to the Beat of Life

Our Specialties Include

  • Arthroscopic Surgery
  • Fracture Care
  • General Orthopaedics
  • Hip
  • Knee
  • Joint Replacement Surgery
  • Revisions
  • Shoulder
  • Sports Medicine

Other Services

  • Casting, Splinting
  • Counseling
  • Injections
  • Non Surgical Interventions
  • Physical Therapy

Hospital Affiliations

  • Providence
  • Huron Valley-Sinai
  • Michigan Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital
  • Sinai Grace
  • Detroit Medical Center
Porretta Center for Orthopaedic Surgery

About Us: Surgeon Information

John P. O'Hara, III, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

Michael Haynes, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

David Markel, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

William Higginbotham, III, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

James Bolz, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

Jefferey Michaelson, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

Sean F. Bak, MD

Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

The Physicians of The Porretta Center for Orthopaedic Surgery are certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and are Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. They strive to improve patient care through the pursuit of education, research and the advancement of knowledge through graduate medical education. As key faculty members of the DMC-Providence at the Providence Hospital site, the surgeons at the Porretta Center remain active academically and are committed to supporting Orthopaedic research and scholarly activity.