NAPLES, Fla. (September 8, 2025) — Orthopaedic surgeon Robert J. Zehr, M.D., has again been voted the top orthopedist in Naples, Florida, in “The 2025 Official Community’s Choice Awards.” Dr. Zehr won the inaugural award in 2021 and repeated the victory in 2022 and 2023.
“This is a real honor, and I appreciate the time and effort that my patients and other members of the community went to, to select me for this award. From the time we were notified of our anonymous nomination, until the final vote was cast, we enjoyed a tremendous outpouring of support from many avenues,” said Dr. Zehr. “We will proudly display all four official winner logos in all of our advertising and communications for the next 365 days!”
Dr. Zehr is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon with over 35 years of experience, who specializes in hip and knee replacement surgery. He is the founder of The Zehr Center for Orthopaedics, a private orthopaedic surgery practice located in Naples, Florida and Co-Founder of Seaside Surgery Center, Southwest Florida’s first surgery center designed exclusively for outpatient joint replacements.
The leading hip replacement surgeon in Naples, Dr. Zehr pioneered the direct anterior approach to hip replacement in Southwest Florida and has performed over 3,000 of the procedures to date. He was the first surgeon in the area to perform same-day outpatient total hip replacement surgery. Consistently chosen as a Castle Connolly Top Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Zehr has won numerous awards from peers and patients alike. He is pleased to add “The Official Community’s Choice” award to his accolades.