Dr. Daniel Hatz attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he played football while earning his degree in Biochemical Cellular and Molecular Biology. He then graduated from medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, and completed his orthopedic residency at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, Illinois.

After residency, Dr. Hatz joined the military and has served his country in the United States Air Force for more than 17 years. As a flight surgeon, he has flown in F-16s and practiced orthopedics with the military all over the United States, as well as in South Korea and Germany.

Dr. Hatz is board-certified in orthopedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Dr. Hatz provides care for adult and pediatric patients, and his clinical interests include sports medicine, ACL reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, knee and hips replacement surgery, with a special interest in minimally invasive unicondylar partial knee replacement.