Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

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Program Leadership:
C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Department Chair
Anthony Ding, MD, Program Director

Administrative Staff:
Daniel Peterson, Residency Coordinator
Johnson Huang, Program Manager

Address:
UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
500 Parnassus Avenue, MU-320 W
San Francisco, CA 94143

Phone:
(415) 502-2579

Program Description

The UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program is committed to training orthopaedic surgeons who will make meaningful contributions locally, nationally, and globally. We foster a collaborative and inclusive environment in which excellence, curiosity, and innovation are foundational. Our goal is to cultivate a learning community that advances exploration, discovery, and the rigorous pursuit of clinical and scientific knowledge.

A central feature of our program is the breadth and depth of the clinical training experience. Residents rotate through a diverse network of hospital systems and practice environments, including a major academic medical center, multiple children’s hospitals, a Level I trauma center, a Veterans Affairs medical center, Shriners Hospitals for Children, private practice settings, and community-based systems such as CPMC. These varied settings expose residents to a broad spectrum of pathology, patient populations, and models of health care delivery, preparing them to practice across a range of professional environments. Opportunities for international rotations and global health engagement further expand clinical perspective and deepen understanding of musculoskeletal care in diverse and resource-variable settings.

Our clinical training model provides residents with two rotations in each orthopaedic subspecialty—first as a junior resident and again as a senior resident—supporting progressive responsibility, the development of advanced clinical judgment and operative skill, and near peer mentoring. With limited fellowship presence in several subspecialty areas, residents gain substantial operative experience and close faculty mentorship throughout training.

Academic development is integral to the residency experience. Residents engage in research and scholarly activity across basic science, clinical, health services, and global health domains, supported by structured mentorship and robust departmental infrastructure. The program also fosters growth in medical education, quality improvement, advocacy, and leadership, preparing graduates to serve as educators and leaders within their institutions and communities.

Education is supported by a structured curriculum that includes protected education time for core lectures and surgical skills laboratories, which together form the foundation of residents’ didactic training. Additional educational programming includes service-specific conferences during each rotation, journal club, Grand Rounds, the Inman-Abbott Scientific Program, and regular faculty-led, case-based teaching sessions. This intentionally designed and continuously refined framework ensures that residents achieve broad and balanced mastery of orthopaedic principles across subspecialties, providing a strong foundation for lifelong learning, independent practice, and advanced fellowship training.

Instructors & Resources

Teaching Staff

The UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program has a wealth of clinical and research faculty distributed throughout UCSF and its associated hospitals listed below. Education within the program and supervision of trainees are the focus of the majority of the faculty. 

  • Jeannie Bailey, PhD, Assistant Professor
  • Thomas Barber, MD, Professor
  • Jeffrey Barry, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Sigurd Berven, MD, Professor
  • Stefano Bini, MD, Professor
  • Shane Burch, MD, Professor
  • Nicholas Colyvas, MD, Professor
  • Alan Dang, MD, Associate Professor
  • Alexis Dang, MD, Associate Professor
  • Michael Davies, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Sibel Demir-Deviren, MD, Professor
  • Vedat Deviren, MD, Professor
  • Claudio Diaz Ledezma, MD, Associate Professor
  • Mohammad Diab, MD, Professor
  • Anthony Ding, MD, Associate Professor and Program Director
  • Sara Edwards, MD, Associate Professor
  • Ashraf El Naga, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Brian Feeley, MD, Professor and Chief of Sports Medicine
  • Erik Hansen, MD, Professor and Chief of Arthroplasty
  • Igor Immerman, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Jason Jagodzinki, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Utku Kandemir, MD, Professor
  • Hubert Kim, MD, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair Education
  • Alfred Kuo, MD, PhD, Professor
  • Gopal Lalchandani, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Drew Lansdown, MD, Associate Professor and Associate Program Director
  • Elly LaRoque, MD, Professor
  • Nicolas Lee, MD, MS, Associate Professor
  • Kristin Livingston, MD, Associate Professor
  • Benjamin Ma, MD, Professor and Department Chair
  • Mathias Masem, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Meir Marmor, MD, Associate Professor
  • Lionel Metz, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Theodore Miclau, MD, Professor and Vice Chair
  • Saam Morshed, MD, Associate Professor
  • Kiauntee Murray, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Kirstina Olson, MD, Associate Professor
  • Nirav Pandya, MD, Associate Professor
  • Coleen Sabatini, MD, Associate Professor
  • Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, MPH, Professor
  • Lauren Santiesteban, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Nicole Schroeder, MD, Professor
  • Lauren Shapiro, MD, MS, Assistant Professor
  • David Shearer, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Ishaan Swarup, MD, Associate Professor
  • Bobby Tay, MD, Professor
  • Alekos Theologis, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Daniel Thuillier, MD, Associate Professor and Chief of Foot & Ankle
  • Paul Toogood, MD, Associate Professor and Associate Program Director
  • Derek Ward, MD, Associate Professor
  • Stephanie Wong, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Rosanna Wustrack, MD, Professor and Chief of Orthopaedic Oncology
  • Alan Zhang, MD, Associate Professor
  • Patricia Zheng, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Instructional Facilities

  • UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus, San Francisco, CA
  • UCSF Medical Center at Mt. Zion, San Francisco, CA
  • Orthopaedic Institute at Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA
  • San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
  • UCSF Mission Bay Adult and Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA
  • UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children, Sacramento, CA
  • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA