I met w/ Dr. Robert Burnett at Rush Midwest Orthopedics, Chicago. There are so few surgeons in the US who will conduct a gl transfer because the outcome is so iffy and the rehabilitation time is lengthy. I researched wide to education myself and chose Rush in Chicago. I wrote directly to Dr. Nho, Head of Orthopedics at Rush and asked for his help to locate a skilled surgeon. He referred me to Dr. B. I flew out and met w/ Dr. B. Just to know, it was a spine surgeon who diagnosed my gl tear not any one of the orthopedic surgeons in the medical facility where I am a patient of long standing who all insisted on treating me for bursitis and told me to expect to walk w/ assistance/walker going forward. Dr. B did say I can't do any more damage, a full thickness tear is just that so not rush for surgery. He is willing to complete a gluteus medius transfer, which would correct the Trendelenburg gate, but could not commit to reducing pain. I could wish AARP, any health magazine, etc., would education us, the public on gluteus tears and available treatment because it is a silent issue. Each one of us is out on our own having to manage our care. PS: In my case, my gluteus medius tear followed a hip replacement which the literature informs is a casualty of a hip replacement in an older patient. And you know as well as I, this gate/pain gives away our age when prior any one guessing our age had us at least 15 years younger :).