Hip & Knee Replacement in Desert Mountain, AZ

Desert Mountain residents have access to six Jack Nicklaus Signature courses, 25 miles of private trails, and some of the most spectacular desert living in Arizona. When hip or knee pain gets in the way, Dr. Brandon Gough offers minimally invasive, robotic-assisted joint replacement designed to get you back to the life Desert Mountain is built for.

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Hip and Knee Pain in One of the World's Premier Private Golf Communities

Desert Mountain is one of the most extraordinary private communities in the United States — a guard-gated enclave in the high Sonoran Desert north of Scottsdale where six Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses, 25 miles of private trails, and access to the Tonto National Forest define a lifestyle available almost nowhere else. It is a community built for people who expect the finest — in their surroundings and in their care. Hip and knee pain is no respecter of address or achievement. When the joint that carries you through a round on the Cochise or Geronimo course or up the private Desert Mountain trails starts failing, access to this extraordinary lifestyle begins to slip away. Dr. Brandon Gough is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon practicing in North Scottsdale who specializes in minimally invasive, robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement. He has performed more than 8,000 procedures since 2013. Most of his patients walk the same day as surgery and go home within 24 hours.

Six Jack Nicklaus Signature courses — Cochise, Geronimo, Renegade, Apache, Chiricahua, and Outlaw — the greatest concentration of Nicklaus designs in the world
25 miles of private Desert Mountain trails — maintained hiking and walking paths through protected high Sonoran Desert terrain with access to the Tonto National Forest
Desert Mountain private community paths and club facilities — connecting residents to six clubhouses, fitness centers, and desert landscape at every turn
The Desert Mountain Club dining and social scene — world-class amenities and member dining within the community gates

When Hip or Knee Pain Takes Over Desert Mountain Life

Desert Mountain offers a lifestyle that very few communities in the world can match — six Nicklaus courses, 25 miles of private trails, and the kind of privacy and natural beauty that cannot be replicated. Hip and knee pain doesn’t just affect your body here — it affects your access to all of it. When pain from osteoarthritis, joint damage, or a failed previous replacement reaches the point where non-surgical treatments are no longer helping, joint replacement surgery may be the right step forward. Dr. Gough’s approach — robotic precision, muscle-sparing technique, same-day discharge — is designed to minimize the gap between surgery and getting back to Desert Mountain life at full capacity.

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Hip Replacement

From total hip replacement using the Direct Superior approach to complex revision cases, Dr. Gough offers the full range of hip procedures — with same-day discharge as the expected outcome for most patients.
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Knee Replacement

MAKOplasty® robotic-assisted partial and total knee replacement, plus revision surgery for failed replacements. Most patients walk the same day and are back to light activity within weeks.
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Meet Dr. Brandon Gough, M.D.

Dr. Brandon Gough is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and a leader in minimally invasive and robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement. 

Dr. Brandon Gough is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon practicing in North Scottsdale at 8575 E. Princess Dr., Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 — approximately 20 to 25 minutes from Desert Mountain’s gates. He has performed more than 8,000 hip and knee procedures since 2013 using robotic-assisted, muscle-sparing techniques that most surgeons in the area do not offer. He is a Stryker-certified MAKOplasty® surgeon and one of a select group in the country trained in the Direct Superior approach to hip replacement. Dr. Gough is also a past consultant and educator for Stryker Orthopaedics, training surgeons from around the world in minimally invasive joint replacement.

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Dr. Brandon Gough MD board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement in Scottsdale Arizona

Ready to Get Back to Life in Desert Mountain?

Most of Dr. Gough’s patients are walking the same day as surgery and back to their lifestyle within weeks. Call 602-359-3088 or complete the form to schedule your consultation and find out which procedure is right for you.

Talk to Dr. Gough's Team

Tell us about your situation. Dr. Gough’s team will be in touch within one business day.