Joel B. Nilsson, MD

Dr. Joel B. Nilsson is a board-certified orthopedic and hand surgery specialist. He has lived in the San Antonio and Hill Country area since 2003, when he moved here to serve the military population. Dr. Nilsson has been in private and military practice for more than 20 years, gaining expertise in robotic joint replacement, arthroscopic sports reconstructions, general orthopedic procedures, surgery of the hand, elbow, and shoulder, and the use of numerous minimally invasive surgical techniques. Dr. Nilsson graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and spent a 14-year career in the U.S. Army, enjoying assignments in Hawaii, Korea, El Paso, Washington D.C., and Tennessee before moving to San Antonio. In San Antonio, he spent 5 years teaching orthopedic residents at Wilford Hall Medical Center and then Brooke Army Medical Center.