Meet Dr. Rahman

Introduction

Dr. Omar Rahman is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist practicing in West Los Angeles. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Lenox Hill Hospital–Northwell Health in New York City, where he served as Chief Resident, and his sports medicine and shoulder surgery fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles. During his fellowship, he served as an assistant team physician for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He founded Chronos Clinic because he saw a gap that no one was filling: the space between early joint degeneration and joint replacement. Patients were being told to wait until it got worse, or offered a single injection without a long-term plan. There was no structured system for preserving joint health, maintaining athletic performance, and timing surgical decisions with precision.

Credentials

• Board-certified orthopedic surgeon (ABOS, 2026)
• Fellowship — Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic, LA
• Residency — Lenox Hill / Northwell, NYC (Chief Resident)
• Medical School — Georgetown University School of Medicine
• MBA — Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
• Asst. team physician — LA Dodgers (fellowship)
• AJSM, JSES & JOEI peer reviewer

Training · Certification · Affiliations

Research & Speaking

Dr. Rahman is active in orthopedic research with a focus on regenerative medicine, peptides, cellular biology of tendon and joint aging, and the integration of AI and mixed reality into surgical practice.

Recently invited lectures

• Peptide World Congress 2026 (Phoenix) — podium lecture on BPC-157 and rotator cuff tendinopathy, developed in collaboration with Dr. William Seeds and SSRP.
• Cell Surgical Conference 2026 (Manhattan Beach) — invited presentation on orthobiologics, peptides, and umbilical cord stem cells, exosomes, and Wharton’s jelly.

Publications and peer review

• JAAOS Global Research & Reviews (2026) — Therapeutic Peptides in Orthopaedics (lead author).
• Upcoming — umbilical cord–derived biologics & extracellular vesicles review (JOEI).
• Upcoming — photobiomodulation in orthopedic applications.
• Peer reviewer — American Journal of Sports Medicine.
• Peer reviewer — Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.
• Peer reviewer — Journal of Orthopedic Experience & Innovation.
• Clinical trial investigator — CARTISTEM Phase 3.

Industry and innovation

Dr. Rahman consults for medical device companies on AI and mixed reality applications in orthopedic surgery. He also serves on the medical advisory board of the Cell Surgical Network, in collaboration with Dr. Elliot Lander. The Chronos clinical approach reflects that orientation: evidence-forward, technology-aware, and built around what actually works rather than what is being marketed.

Philosophy

Most clinicians working in longevity come from wellness, functional medicine, or internal medicine backgrounds. They can optimize hormones, order biomarker panels, and discuss peptide research. What they generally cannot do is read the MRI, understand the tissue, evaluate the meniscus, or tell you whether the cartilage is salvageable. The surgical perspective is the missing piece — and in musculoskeletal medicine, it is the piece that matters most.

Dr. Rahman bridges orthopedic surgery, regenerative biology, peptide science, performance optimization, and longitudinal care in a way that is unusual in this field. Every treatment decision at Chronos is made with surgical-level understanding of the tissue, the timeline, and the alternatives.