Damian A. Illing, MD,MPH

Dr. Illing was born and raised near Denver, Colorado. After his undergraduate, business, public health and medical training in his home state, he relocated to Utah to complete his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the University of Utah in 2020. In residency, he found a passion for the complexities and rewarding outcomes of hand surgery, and returned to the University of Colorado to complete his Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery fellowship. Dr. Illing is very excited to return to where

Your hands are how you interact with the world. Restoring full function to your hands is essential after an injury, and I use a wide array of surgical and non-surgical methods to treat traumatic and degenerative conditions. While I love performing surgery and see excellent surgical outcomes, I prefer to try non-surgical treatments for most conditions before jumping straight to surgery, as each surgery comes along with its own risks. For patients with a clear need for surgery, though, I can usually schedule surgery within just a few days.

Hand injuries and problems can be debilitating, so I offer telehealth appointments for select conditions, and same- or next-day in-person appointments to get you on the path to healing as soon as possible.