NAPLES, Fla. (September 29, 2026) — The Zehr Center for Orthopaedics has been voted the top Sports Medicine/Orthopedic Clinic in Naples, Florida, in “The 2026 Official Community’s Choice Awards.” The clinic or its orthopaedic surgeon founder, Robert J. Zehr, MD, have taken home first place honors five times, nearly a coups for the six-year-old program.
“This is a real honor, and we appreciate the time and effort that our patients and other members of the community went to, to select us 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 five 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 founded the Zehr Center for Orthopaedics, a private orthopaedic surgery practice located in Naples, Florida, in 2007. In 2015, he co-founded 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 3,500 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 Center’s “Official Community’s Choice” award to the team’s accolades.