VISUAL SERVICES

The Visual Services department operates in house and primarily works with core physicians, to produce training and education videos. Other departmental functions include, taping patient surgeries in the operating room, multimedia presentations and assisting the various departments in the Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation. This department has produced several award winning videos for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Joe Kania
Visual Services Coordinator

Joe grew up near Detroit, Michigan and attended Wayne State University. He made the decision to move to Colorado while riding a chairlift on his first ski trip to Colorado. Once there he made his way into the mountains as often as possible, camera in tow.

His passion for photography led him to finish his degree at the University of Colorado- Colorado Springs where he received his BA in Communication. While attending classes he worked as a cameraman for the Colorado College Tigers hockey broadcasts, and also provided coverage for the Air Force Academy Falcons football coach’s show.

He took his newly acquired skills to Seattle, where he could satisfy his hunger for the mountains in a larger market for video services. While there, he traveled the country producing live broadcasts of minor league soccer, hockey and baseball games, worked on crews making large-budget commercials, assembled music video programs as well as working on many other smaller independent projects. His climbing pursuits continued with ascents of many peaks in Washington state, including Mts. Rainier and Baker.

After two years in the rain he returned to the glorious powdered slopes of Colorado, settling in Vail. Not long after arriving he found his position at Steadman Hawkins, where he has the opportunity to use the many skills he developed in his years of photography, video production and graphic arts. At the Foundation he can be found filming surgeries, running audio-visual equipment for large conferences the Foundation puts on, broadcasting live surgery via satellite, or taking photos of nearly anything imaginable for PR, patient or physician education, or the newsletter or website.  

“The Foundation is a convergence of challenging work, service to the community, and a healthy sense of fun. The staff is really first-rate, and that’s been a great inspiration to excel in my own department.”

Outside of work Joe enjoys trail running, mountain biking, climbing, skiing, snowshoeing, and photography. An avid music fan, he also plays guitar and takes advantage of the many live music venues in Vail and the Front Range.

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