IGOT - Key Persons
My professional interests and goals lie in one simple principle: to improve the lives of my patients. For me, this must be achieved not only with outstanding technical skill but also with knowledge and application of the basic science that underlies pathology. As an orthopaedic surgeon, I am excited by the prospect of restoring function to patients who suffer from traumatic cartilage injury. These are often patients who have much to gain and much to contribute after proper restoration. As a musculoskeletal research scientist, I understand that restoration must incorporate treatment at the functional level of the individual as well as at the cellular and molecular levels.
Dr. Ding joined the faculty at UCSF in 2018 and works primarily out of the UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital Orthopaedic Trauma Institute (OTI). His clinical interests include Hand, Upper Extremity, Microvascular. He is committed to high quality patient care and resident education.
Job Titles:
- Named Chief of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Dr. Alan Dang joined the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of California San Francisco in 2011. Dr. Dang received his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University in 2001. He then received his medical degree in 2006 from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
While in medical school, he completed a research year from 2004-2005. Dr. Dang then went on to his orthopaedic surgery residency at the New England Musculoskeletal Institute at the University of Connecticut in Farmington. He completed a fellowship in Spine Surgery at the University of California San Diego under Department chairman Dr. Steven R. Garfin.
Dr. Amelia Mostovoy, DPM, is a podiatrist at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG), specializing in treating lower extremity wounds in patients at high risk for complications resulting from diabetes and vascular disorders.
Dr. Mostovoy attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience. She played softball for the Bantams as a NESCAC Athletic Conference All-Academic Selection and was a four-year co-captain of the team.
Following graduation, she returned to the Bay Area where she received a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from Samuel Merritt University, California School of Podiatric Medicine in 2020. She then received her residency training at the St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco.
Dr. Mostovoy's experience and interest in high-risk and vulnerable populations matches well with the patients she serves at ZSFG.
Dr. Mostovoy grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been recognized throughout her education and training for her scholastic excellence and leadership abilities.
Amir Matityahu was born in Israel and moved to Palo Alto, CA in 1978 where he learned English as a second language and matriculated through Palo Alto High School. He received his bachelor of science degree in Kinesiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) in 1992 and graduated from the Hahnemann University Medical School in Philadelphia in 1997. He received his orthopaedic residency training from Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. In 2002, he further trained in Orthopaedic Traumatology through a fellowship at the Adams R. Cowley Shock Trauma Center, a world-renowned trauma center.
In 2003, Dr. Amir Matityahu joined the staff at UCSF/SFGH. He is presently the Director of Pelvis and Acetabular Trauma Reconstruction at San Francisco General Hospital and is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF). His clinical areas of interest are high-energy complex periarticular fractures, pelvis and acetabular fractures, and the polytraumatic patient with orthopaedic injuries. His research interests include the bio mechanics of fracture fixation and the post-traumatic hip joint. In addition, Dr. Matityahu is constantly developing innovative and minimally invasive surgical techniques to speed healing and return patients back to work and athletes back to the field more quickly.
Dr. Matityahu's goal is to provide the highest quality of medical care available to all of his patients, promote, encourage, foster, and advance the art and science of orthopedic surgery. This includes state of the art treatment for complex orthopaedic injuries. The ability to offer state of the art surgical and medical treatment is maintained by active involvement in orthopaedic trauma research, teaching, and patient care. Doctor Matityahu values compassion, quality, integrity, teamwork, clinical research and education for both patients and other physicians.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Assistant Clinical Professor
- P.M
Dr. Charles B. Parks D.P.M., is one of the treating physicians at SFGH/UCSF in the Department of Orthopedics and specializes in treating lower extremity wounds in patients at high risk of amputation, forefoot reconstruction and sports medicine.
Dr. Parks grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and received his B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005, and went on to graduate Cum Laude from the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University in 2013 with a degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. He then completed a three-year surgical residency in podiatric surgery at the Veterans Hospital, San Francisco where he worked at many different hospitals including VASF, UCSF, SFGH and many surgery centers throughout the Bay Area. He quickly realized he had a passion for research and teaching, which he actively participated in throughout his residency training. He took on the role of Chief Resident at VASF where he continued to further his passion for teaching and research and knew that he wanted to continue this throughout his career.
Dr. Parks joined the UCSF faculty in 2016 as Assistant Clinical Professor, as well as Assistant Clinical Professor at the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University. Dr. Parks is a member of numerous professional associations and board qualified in forefoot surgery. He wishes to continue his passion for research, teaching and medical missions while at the UCSF/SFGH Orthopeadic Trauma Institute.
Job Titles:
- Surgeon
- Director and Chief of the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Professor
Dr. Coleen Sabatini is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon based at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego where she studied biology and dance. She then moved to Boston to obtain her Doctorate of Medicine (MD) and Masters of Public Health (MPH) from Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, respectively. She served as an Intern in General Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and then completed her residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. She served as Chief Resident in her last year of residency and as Editor of "The Orthopaedic Journal" at Harvard Medical School for four years. Dr. Sabatini completed her fellowship training in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Having been a dancer for most of her pre-medical life, Dr. Sabatini's passion for caring for children with orthopaedic problems is based in her own history of orthopaedic injuries and a commitment to helping others live an active and healthy life.
After joining the UCSF faculty in 2010, Dr. Sabatini became the Director and Chief of the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland in 2012. She served in these roles for over 7 years until 2019 when she transitioned away from leadership at BCHO to focus on her primary passion - global health, particularly in Uganda, and now serves as the Director of Global Surgery for the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery. She has taught and worked in numerous countries including Uganda, Nepal, Philippines, and the Dominican Republic.
Dr. Sabatini provides care at BCHO's main hospital in Oakland as well as the Ambulatory Center in Walnut Creek. Her clinical focus includes a wide range of pediatric orthopaedic care including pediatric trauma/fractures, clubfoot and other pediatric foot and limb deformities, limb length discrepancies, scoliosis, and dance medicine.
Dr. Sabatini's research focuses on global health, pediatric trauma prevention and treatment, clinical outcomes, health disparities, and improving access to care for children with musculoskeletal conditions, particularly for children in low-resource environments. Dr. Sabatini's international work is focused on education and capacity-building in low-resource settings. She heads a pediatric orthopaedic research program in Uganda and serves at the Principle Investigator on multiple projects including the Uganda Post-injection Disability Prevention and Treatment Program.
Dr. Coleen Sabatini is dedicated to caring for children with musculoskeletal problems both domestically and abroad and believes that all children should have access to high quality, safe, and affordable orthopaedic care. She is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon based at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (BCHO) in Oakland, California. Dr. Sabatini's clinical focus includes a wide range of pediatric orthopaedic conditions, with particular interests in pediatric trauma/fractures, musculoskeletal infection, and clubfoot and other pediatric foot deformities. Dr. Sabatini's research focuses on health equity/disparities, global health, pediatric trauma prevention and treatment, and improving access to, and quality of, care for children with musculoskeletal conditions, particularly for those in low-resource environments. Her global surgery work is primarily based in Uganda, where she has been working since 2013 and is based on collaborative work to strengthen pediatric musculoskeletal care through education and research. In addition to serving on the Executive Committee of the UCSF Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Dr. Sabatini serves as the Vice Chair of Health Equity and Academic Affairs for the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and is Co-Director of the UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California
- Professor
Dr. Curt Comstock, a Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, is a dedicated trauma surgeon with a profound commitment to patient care. Based at San Jose Regional Hospital, a level two trauma center, Dr. Comstock specializes in the treatment of traumatic injuries, with a primary focus on injured extremities and pelvises.
Dr. Comstock's surgical practice involves a wide range of cases, from complex and intricate reconstructions of severe traumatic injuries to more routine procedures. Collaborating closely with his medical partners, he ensures that each case is meticulously planned to provide the best possible outcome for the patient. Dr. Comstock's approach is marked by his father's influence, a pediatrician who served as his role model and inspired him with a deep sense of dedication to patient care.
After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, Dr. Comstock pursued his medical education and training, including a five-year residency program, and a one-year trauma orthopedic traumatology fellowship at the University of Texas at Houston.
What Dr. Comstock finds most gratifying in his profession is the opportunity to care for patients who arrive on stretchers with multiple fractures and head injuries, often with injuries to nearly every bone and internal organs. Alongside the trauma service, he works tirelessly to repair fractures and other injuries, enabling patients to recover and regain their mobility. The immense satisfaction he derives from witnessing severely injured patients making remarkable recoveries and walking out of his clinic with smiles on their faces underscores his passion and commitment to the field of trauma surgery. Dr. Curt Comstock's unwavering dedication to improving the lives of trauma patients is a testament to his outstanding contributions as a trauma surgeon at UCSF's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. Curt Comstock joined the faculty of the UCSF Department of Orthoapedic Surgery in 2017, and he currently works primarily out of the UCSF/Regional Medical Center of San Jose.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Co - Director of Global Research
Dr. Shearer completed his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and subsequently attended the University of Washington in Seattle for his medical school degree. Before beginning his residency training, he obtained a Masters Degree in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health focusing on clinical outcomes research and global health. He completed residency training at UCSF followed by subspecialty training in orthopaedic trauma surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and foot and ankle surgery with Dr. Mike Coughlin in Boise, Idaho. His clinical interests include the treatment of complex musculoskeletal injuries and both acute and post-traumatic conditions involving the foot and ankle. His primary research interest involves working with the Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology at UCSF to improve educational and research programs in developing countries through academic partnership.
Dr. David Shearer grew up in Toppenish, a small town in Eastern Washington. He did his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology followed by his medical degree at the University of Washington. With an interest in clinical research and global health, he obtained an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health before beginning residency training in orthopedic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He has subsequently had fellowship training in orthopedic trauma at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and foot and ankle surgery with Dr. Michael Coughlin in Boise, Idaho. He joined the faculty at UCSF in 2015 with clinical interests in complex fracture care as well as acute and post-traumatic conditions of the foot and ankle. As co-director of the IGOT Global Research Initiative, his primary academic interest is building research capacity and conducting high-quality clinical studies in low and middle-income countries through IGOT's partnerships. He has participated in medical trips to Central America and Southeast Asia, and since 2012 has helped to develop a strong partnership with the Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Dr. Eliana Delgado, a former nurse, has specialized training in treating children's bone disorders. Dr. Delgado received her undergraduate degrees from the College of San Mateo and San Francisco State University in California, followed by a graduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her medical degree from UCSF, where she also completed her orthopedic surgery residency.
She was a trauma doctor at San Francisco General Hospital before serving a paediatric orthopaedic fellowship at St. Louis Shriners' Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. She joined UCSF Medical Center in 1989.
Dr. Eliana Delgado, a former nurse, has specialized training in treating children's bone disorders. Dr. Delgado received her undergraduate degrees from the College of San Mateo and San Francisco State University in California, followed by a graduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her medical degree from UCSF, where she also completed her orthopedic surgery residency.
She was a trauma doctor at San Francisco General Hospital before serving a paediatric orthopaedic fellowship at St. Louis Shriners' Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. She joined UCSF Medical Center in 1989.
Dr. Delgado's primary practice is at the UCSF Mission Bay Hospital in San Francisco; she also holds clinics at the UCSF Orthopaedic Trauma Institute at both Zuckerberg San Francisco and St. Luke's campuses.
Job Titles:
- Associate Clinical Professor
- Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Dr. Lan Chen, MD, is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in foot and ankle surgery. She treats all conditions of the foot and ankle, including arthritis, bunions, flat feet, tendon disorders and fractures, and performs surgeries ranging from minimally invasive procedures to complex reconstructions. Her goal is to offer treatment options that enable patients to regain a high level of function and improve their quality of life.
Dr. Chen has a has a wide research background; her research focuses include: perioperative complications after total ankle arthroplasty; perioperative complications and hospitalization outcomes after ankle arthrodesis; validating foot and ankle outcomes in adult acquired flat foot; validating foot and ankle outcomes in hallux valgus; and antiapoptotic gene silencing using human mesenchymal stem cell delivery.
Dr. Chen received her bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She then earned her medical degree from Columbia University, where she also completed her residency in orthopaedic surgery. She then completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery with a emphasis in Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Prior to UCSF, Dr. Chen served as attending orthopedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the NorthShore University Health System Medical Group in Evanston, IL.
Dr. Chen is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and a member of the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society. Dr.Chen speaks conversational Mandarin. She enjoys travel, good food, and spending time with her family.
Job Titles:
- Director of Global Programs
Dr. Madeline MacKechnie graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in International Development Studies and holds a Master's degree in Global Development Studies from Queen's University, Canada. She earned her PhD in Medical Sciences from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Dr. MacKechnie supports IGOT's surgical education, research, and leadership initiatives. She is committed to fostering and strengthening collaborative partnerships both within the university and globally. Alongside UCSF faculty, she has helped develop the Asociación de Cirujanos Traumatólogos de las Americas (ACTUAR), an organization focused on building research capacity in Latin America, as well as the Consortium of Orthopaedic Academic Traumatologists (COACT), an initiative representing leading orthopaedic institutions across North America that promotes the sharing of best practices in musculoskeletal trauma care.
Dr. Paul Toogood attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA for his undergraduate degree. He completed medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, simultaneous obtaining a Master's Degree in Surgical Anatomy. He completed his Orthopedic Residency at the University of California San Francisco and followed this with sub-speciality fellowships in Orthopedic Trauma at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA, and Joint Replacement at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. His clinical interests include orthopaedic trauma (polytrauma care, pelvis and acetabular fractures, long bone fractures, periarticular fractures), lower extremity joint replacement (total hip and total knee arthroplasty and their revisions), and the intersection of these two subspecialties (periprosthetic fracture). Dr. Toogood is an Assistant Professor In-Residence through the University of California San Francisco and is actively engaged in research through this institution and the OTI at SFGH. He has previous publications in multiple peer-reviewed journals focusing on topics from human hip anatomy, to clavicle biomechanics, to the epidemiology of periprosthetic fractures. Dr. Toogood's educational interests are local, national, and international. He is especially interested in the next generation of UCSF trained orthopaedic surgeons: the residents and fellows. Nationally and internationally he has educated surgeons on the care of trauma patients at various courses through the Orthopedic Trauma Institute and IGOT.
Dr. Richard Gosselin has dedicated his life to overseas work at various capacities. He is a native of Montréal, Canada where he attended Collège André-Grasset for his undergraduate degree in Health Sciences. After graduating from college, he attended the University of Montréal Medical School, where he obtained his M.D. degree in 1979. He finished his Orthopaedic Surgery training at his medical school alma mater in 1984. Post-residency, he completed a series of Orthopaedic Surgery fellowships: Musculoskeletal Infections in Senegal, Pelvis and Acetabular Surgery in Paris, and Orthopaedic Trauma at the San Francisco General Hospital-UCSF. He served as an Attending at SFGH from 1988-1991 and afterward pursued international relief opportunities through the Red Cross. He later settled on his private practice in Merritt Island, FL where the focus of his clinical practice was Trauma and Joint Replacement. In 1999, he retired from his practice to pursue additional training as a public health scholar at the UC-Berkeley School of Public Health (MPH, 2001), and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MSc, 2002). Ever since, he has been a Lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Public Health and spends his time abroad teaching and volunteering in a humanitarian capacity through IGOT, Medicine Sans Frontier (MSF), World Health Organization (WHO) and ICRC.
Job Titles:
- Co - Director of Global Research
Dr. Saam Morshed received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University and completed both medical school and orthopaedic residency at the University of California San Francisco. As an Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellow, he received a Master's of Public Health and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of California Berkeley. Prior to returning to UCSF to join the faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, he completed subspecialty clinical training in orthopaedic trauma at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Saam is an attending orthopaedic trauma surgeon and Director of the Clinical Research Center at the UCSF SFGH Orthopaedic Trauma Institute. His clinical practice is focused on skeletal trauma, surgery of the pelvis and acetabulum, and problem fractures including malunions and nonunions.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics at UCSF
Dr. Sanjeev Sabharwal is a Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics at UCSF and a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon with special expertise in limb lengthening, deformity correction and complex limb reconstruction. He grew up in India and moved to North America as a young adult. While an orthopaedic resident at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, Dr. Sabharwal returned to India for a 3-month clinical elective in 1993 and has since maintained a keen interest in International Orthopedic volunteerism and training in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Prior to joining UCSF, Dr. Sabharwal served as the Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, where he was a Professor of Orthopaedics and the Residency Program Director. Fellowship-trained in pediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and Shriner's Hospital at UCLA, Dr. Sabharwal continued additional fellowship training at the Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction. In addition to his full-time clinical practice, Dr. Sabharwal is the past president of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society. He has served on several national and international committees and governing boards dealing with musculoskeletal care and training in LMICs. Dr. Sabharwal recently edited a comprehensive textbook on lower limb deformities in children and also serves as the Deputy Editor for two of the premier orthopaedic journals, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor / Assistant Professor, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
- Member of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Specialist
Dr. Taron Davis is a pediatric physiatrist, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation for infants, children and adolescents with disabling conditions. He cares for young people with amputations or limb deficiencies, and for those who have issues with physical function resulting from brain or spinal cord injuries, rheumatic disorders, cancer, neurological conditions or musculoskeletal conditions.
Davis earned his medical degree at St. Louis University School of Medicine. He completed a combined residency in pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Davis is a member of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Job Titles:
- Surgeon
- Director of OTI ( Orthopaedic Trauma Institute )
Dr. Theodore Miclau is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in the treatment of injuries caused by trauma, such as complex fractures and bone loss. He is an internationally recognized expert on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of bone regeneration and repair, locally applied antibiotics and minimally invasive fracture surgery. Miclau joined the UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Department in 1996 as an orthopedic traumatologist at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). He has been the chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) since 2002. He is the director of the UCSF/SFGH Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, director of Orthopaedic Trauma, and professor and vice chair of the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Miclau earned a medical degree at the Yale School of Medicine. He completed a residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After finishing an orthopedic trauma fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, he was awarded the AO-Jack McDaniel fellowship, given to one U.S. orthopedic residency graduate a year with an interest in orthopedic trauma. Since 2000, when Miclau received a five-year Career Development Award, he has had a research program in musculoskeletal injury funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is the site director and Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) liason for the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC), supported by the Department of Defense.
Dr. Harry Jergesen graduated from Harvard College in 1968 and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1972. He completed two years of general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a residency in orthopaedic surgery in the Combined Harvard Orthopedic Residency Program. He was chief resident at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. In 1978, he was appointed as the assistant director of Rehabilitation Engineering Research and Development at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where he served as Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery till 2007. In addition to his work at the Veterans Hospital, Harry works as an attending arthroplasty surgeon at the UCSF Arthritis Center and San Francisco General Hospital, where he specializes in surgery of the hip and knee. In addition to participating in medical missions to Central and South America, he is active in the orthopaedic section of the UCSF Global Health Sciences Program, designed to promote academic ties with UCSF and medical schools in developing countries and improve care in underserved areas in our country.
Dr. Michael Terry is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCSF. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 and earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2006. During this time, he completed a one-year research fellowship at the National Cancer Center Research Institute in Tokyo, Japan as part of the MIT-Japan Program, and was later selected to participate in the prestigious HHMI-NIH Research Scholar Program. He then went on to complete a combined General Surgery/Plastic Surgery residency at Yale University, where he received training in reconstructive plastic surgery, microsurgery, and aesthetic surgery. Dr. Terry dedicated an additional year of fellowship training at the Institute for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York University to studying complex hand/upper extremity surgery.
Dr. Nicolas Lee received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Biochemistry from UCLA. He attended medical school at UCLA followed by completion of an orthopaedic surgery residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He pursued an additional year of hand and upper extremity surgery specialization with an emphasis on microsurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin combined plastic surgery and orthopaedic surgery program. Dr. Lee joined the faculty at UCSF in 2013 and works primarily out of the UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital Orthopaedic Trauma Institute (OTI). His clinical interests include upper extremity elective and trauma care from the fingertip to the shoulder. He has an additional interest in soft tissue coverage and microvascular surgery. He is committed to high quality patient care and resident education.
Dr. Richard Coughlin has been a champion for overseas volunteerism and involvement since 1988 with the establishment of the orthopedic division of Operation Rainbow, a non-profit that offers free orthopedic surgery to children, with his private practice partner Taylor Smith. After joining the faculty at UCSF, he founded the first formal overseas rotation for orthopaedic surgery residents' in the Transkei of South Africa in 1999. As a Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCSF at the Orthopaedic Trauma Institute based at San Francisco General Hospital, the county hospital for trauma and the indigent of the city and county of San Francisco. Rick completed his master's degree in ‘Public Health in Developing Countries' at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2004. Rick was awarded the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Humanitarian of the Year Award, which is given to one surgeon world-wide annually, for the care of disadvantaged populations both at home and abroad.
Orthopaedic researcher Ralph Marcucio, PhD, receives prestigious award for contributions to and achievements in anatomical sciences.
Thomas C. Barber, MD, is San Francisco, CA orthopaedic surgeon specializing in total joint replacement. His has special interest and expertise in total hip and total knee replacement, including difficult and challenging primary replacement and revision surgery. He has special expertise in surface replacement arthroplasty and minimally invasive total knee surgery.
Dr. Barber was served as chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' (AAOS) Council on Advocacy from 2013-2107. He has long been active in the Academy, serving as the chair of the Board of Councilors in 2010; as an AAOS Board member from 2007 to 2010; and as a member of the Health Care Delivery Committee and the Prevention of Medical Errors Committee. He has also been a board member of the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR).
Dr. Barber received a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard, and a medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He completed an internship in general surgery at the University of Rochester, and his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Boston University.
Dr. Barber, who had previously served on UCSF faculty, recently returned to the Bay area after serving for the past three years as Deputy Physician in Chief of Perioperative Services at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City (throughout the Pandemic). In addition to his service at both UCSF and Sloan Kettering, he also had a long career at Kaiser Permanente. Here, he helped launch the Kaiser Permanente Total Joint Registry as well as pioneering patient to physician messaging in the Kaiser system.
His research interests have involved using registries to improve the knowledge base and surgical outcomes in total hip and knee surgery. His most recently accepted paper details the effectiveness of different types of cement in the primary total knee surgery.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Arthritis and Joint Replacement