Ryan Koonce, MD

Call (720) 516-4090 to see us at our Highlands Ranch location, or (303) 694-3333 to see us at our Inverness (Steadman Hawkins) location. It's always a good idea to check with your insurance to see if you need a referral to see us.

This depends on your insurance. Some insurances require a referral while others do not. Most surgical specialists recommend a referral to ensure that you are seeing the correct specialist.

You are welcome to book an appointment with any of our providers. It's generally faster to get in with one of our Physician Assistants (Jordyn Roddy, PA-C or Allan Schmelzel, PA-C) than it is to see Dr. Koonce. Our PAs are experts in hip and knee pain and can diagnose your problems, provide injections, refer for other services, and even schedule you for surgery. Dr. Koonce sees every patient scheduled for surgery before the surgery date at a preoperative appointment.

We evaluate every patient individually for past medical history, past treatments for hip or knee pain, imaging (x-rays, MRI, etc), and develop an individualized plan for each patient. We give recommendations based on available information but ultimately you make the decision on your care and pathway forward.

We see adult patients (age 18 and older) for all types of hip and knee pain. Our primary area of expertise is joint pain due to all types of injuries and arthritis, and if we don't treat your condition, we will refer you to a specialist that we trust who does.

Orthopedic surgery has become quite specialized, so we limit our practice to hip and knee conditions. We believe that by limiting our scope of practice, we can provide a higher level of expertise for the conditions we treat. We do not see patients for back pain, neck pain, or pain in other joints such as shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, foot, and ankle. We have partners in the University of Colorado system that are experts in these other conditions and we are happy to guide you to the best clinics!

For your initial consultation please bring:

1. A referral letter from another physician (if required by your insurance)

2. Insurance card

3. Driver's license or valid ID

4. X-rays, MRI, CT scans, or any other relevant imaging for the joint(s) being evaluated. A CD with the images is best so we can upload them into our system. We also like to have the radiologist's report (usually a paper document) that describes the findings on the images.

5. Your list of medications

6. If you have had a prior hip or knee replacement and you would like that joint evaluated for a problem, it's helpful if you bring your operative report from the prior surgery. This is the surgeon's written description of how the surgery was done and what implants were used.

We take most insurance and we also accept direct payments from patients for services. We can verify when we make your appointment whether we accept your insurance.