Dr. Nipper, the practice's senior orthopedic surgeon, earned his undergraduate degree from Manhattan College in New York and his medical degree from Loyola University of Chicago. He completed his postgraduate training in surgery at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York.

During a four-year orthopedic surgery training program at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina, Dr. Nipper served as both Assistant Resident and Chief Resident of Orthopedic Surgery.