Dr. Vazquez and his orthopedic colleagues begin their 9th year of supporting STAC athletics. Dr. Vazquez is a member of the Summit Health Orthopedic Team. He has offices in the northern New Jersey towns of Hackensack, Glenridge, and Emerson. Dr. Oscar Vazquez is the head team physician for St. Thomas Aquinas. He joined the staff as the orthopedic surgeon for the sports medicine team in 2014. Dr. Vazquez is the Northern New Jersey Director of Orthopedics for Summit Health. He is the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center at Mountainside. Dr. Vazquez is on faculty at the Hackensack Meridian University School of Medicine and at Rutgers Medical School. He is also a board member of the New Jersey Orthopedic Society.

Dr. Vazquez is the author of numerous research studies and papers detailing the treatment of a variety of sports injuries, and is board-certified in orthopedics with fellowship training in Orthopedic Sports Medicine. He has particular proficiency in advanced arthroscopic procedures including the shoulder, elbow, hip and knee. In addition to fellowship training in orthopedic sports medicine, he also has specific subspecialization in shoulder and elbow surgery including trauma, ligament reconstruction, and arthroplasty including revision. He also has training in the latest techniques of hip preservation using arthroscopic techniques such as labral repair and impingement correction surgery. 

A northern New Jersey native, Dr. Vazquez attended Queen of Peach High School of North Arlington, where he was the captain of the boy's tennis team. He completed his undergraduate education at Cornell University, earning a B.A. in neurobiology and behavior.

Dr. Vazquez was awarded his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 2003. For the next five years, he was a resident at New York University/Hospital for Joint Diseases. Upon completing his residency, Dr. Vazquez received specialty training in sports medicine and shoulder & elbow surgery as a fellow at the University of Southern California (USC), studying under Dr. James Tibbone and Dr. John Itamura. He also received specialized training in hip arthroscopy under Dr. Jason Snibbe. As assistant team physician for USC, he worked with athletes in a wide range of endeavors from football to tennis and golf addressing their unique needs and expectations. 

In addition to St. Thomas Aquinas, Dr. Vazquez is the Chief Medical Officer for NJ/NY Gotham FC and head team physician for Felician University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and several local high schools. He also serves as a ringside doctor for USA Boxing and Golden Gloves.