Hari K Parvataneni, M.D., grew up in Jamaica and earned his medical degree at the University of the West Indies. He completed his surgical internship at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Orthopaedic surgery residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York and fellowships in Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery and in Arthroplasty at Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined UF in 2011 and his clinical practice focuses on joint replacement and reconstruction.He has extensive experience and interest in education, mentorship, quality of care innovations, clinical research, enhanced recovery and improved outcomes after surgery and value based care. He has a career dedicated to the highest quality arthroplasty care and academic medicine. He has been awarded 7 teaching and mentorship awards and has mentored more than 30 practicing arthroplasty surgeons, many of whom practice in the state of Florida.Parvataneni is a member of and national examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a fellow member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and serves on program and educational committees for both of these international societies. He serves on the editorial boards and is an elite reviewer for the Journal of Arthroplasty and Arthroplasty Today. He served as Arthroplasty Division Chief for a decade and started a very competitive and highly regarded Arthroplasty Fellowship program at UF Health.