Dr. DeMers is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon. She completed a one-year sports medicine fellowship with the renowned Taos Orthopaedic Institute in Taos, New Mexico. She founded Sierra Orthopedic Institute in 2010. Dr. DeMers decided at a young age to pursue medicine for her career. At the age of nine, she broke her arm and became fascinated by everything she learned during her care and recovery. She went on to earn her medical degree from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency in orthopedic surgery at Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing, Michigan. During her sports medicine fellowship in Taos, she treated high school athletes, college athletes, weekend warriors, elite high altitude runners and professional ski racers. She was involved with multiple research projects, technology development and surgical technique innovation. In her practice, she sees everyone from kids with playground injuries to high school and college athletes. Weekend warriors and active people are treated with cutting-edge technology to return them to the high level of activity we enjoy in the Sierras as quickly as possible. Her areas of subspecialty include shoulder and knee ligament reconstruction, cartilage repair, concussion management, osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment, patellofemoral reconstruction and joint replacement. Dr. DeMers grew up in Colorado and in her time off enjoys skiing and hiking. She skis Dodge Ridge whenever she gets the chance and also enjoys taking trips to Yosemite and world hiking destinations such as Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.