Professional Background
Dr. Jason Kappa is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in shoulder surgery and Sports Medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering in 2011, with distinction, from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He earned his Doctor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2015. He completed his surgical internship and residency in Orthopedic Surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, in 2020, and his Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellowship at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, in 2021.
Prior to joining Kelsey-Seybold in 2021, as part of his fellowship, Dr. Kappa served as an assistant physician for St. Thomas High School Athletics, the University of Houston Athletics, the Houston Texans, and the Houston Astros.
Professional Associations
Dr. Kappa is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Hobbies and Interests
Dr. Kappa enjoys cooking, skiing, cycling, and spending time with family.
Fun Facts
The best advice Dr. Kappa has ever received is “if you love what you do, you won’t work a day in your life.”
Not everyone knows this about Dr. Kappa, but he comes from a family of physicians. His wife, parents, grandmother, older brothers, and sisters-in- law are physicians.
For most of his life, he wanted to be an engineer but was drawn to medicine by the personal relationships developed with peers and patients. “That and the fact I wasn’t very good at physics.”
