Practice Affiliation:
Orthopaedic Specialists

Office Address:
1717 Oak Park Blvd.
3rd Floor
Lake Charles, LA
70601

Office Phone:
(337) 494-4900

Specialty:
Orthopedics

Board Certified?
Yes

Primary Certification
American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

Additional Information
Dr. Drez is also certified by the American Board of Surgery. He specializes in Sports Medicine having served as co-editor of Sports Medicine, a concise and practical guide for medical students, residents, and clinicians and is co-author of Orthopedic Sports Medicine, the highly acclaimed guidebook for sports medicine physicians, physical therapists and athletic trainers.

He serves as associate medical director of Sports Medicine at Memorial Hospital and as the team physician for all McNeese State University sports programs . In addition, Dr. Drez is a clinical professor of orthopedics at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and a clinical assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Through the LSU orthopedic residency training program, Dr. Drez supervises the education of third-year orthopedic residents through Memorial and McNeese sports medicine programs. In recognition of his contribution to the education of orthopedists, the Dr. David Drez Chair in Orthopedic Sports Medicine was dedicated at LSU in New Orleans in June of 2006.

In addition to sports medicine, Dr. Drez’s practice encompasses the surgical treatment of knee and shoulder problems.