Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery offers services and programs through the following Divisions. Use these links to directly access all our Department sites.

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program

UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Current Residents

PGY-5

Russell Dedini
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Undergraduate: UC Davis
Medical School: UC Davis
Activities: Spending time with my daughter and wife, road cycling, scuba diving, playing guitar

Scott Kaiser
Hometown: Fairfax, California
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Medical School: Washington University, St. Louis
Activities: Travel, grilling, soccer, skiing, surfing, freediving

Jun Matsui
Hometown: Richmond, Indiana
Undergraduate: Amherst College
Medical School: University of Chicago
Activities: Baking, eating, running, swimming, creative writing, ultimate frisbee, traveling and learning languages, basic auto mechanics

Lee Jae Morse
Hometown: Danville, Vermont
Undergraduate: University of Vermont
Medical School: University of Vermont
Activities: Eating oysters at Point Reyes, rock climbing, mountain biking, travel, skiing, doing all of the above with wife

Andrew Pedtke
Hometown: Minnesota, Minnesota
Undergraduate: University of Virginia
Medical School: Univerity of Minnesota

Samantha Piper
Hometown: Coronado, California
Undergraduate: Harvard
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Running, cycling, sea kayaking, surfing, traveling to exotic places, exploring nature

Dan Thuillier*
Hometown: Oakland, California
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Basketball, baseball, hiking, anime, fiction, ghostriding my whip

 

PGY-4

Michael Feldstein
Hometown: Hillsborough, California
Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley (Bioengineering)
Graduate School: MIT (Bioelectronics)
Medical School: Harvard (Health Sciences and Technology)
Activities: Snow skiing, snowboarding, swimming, water-polo, SCUBA diving, surfing, water-skiing, wake-boarding, mountain biking, MacGyvering

Robert Lucas
Hometown: Concord, California
Undergraduate School: UCLA
Medical School: Wake Forest
Activities: Fishing, surfing, skiing

Lionel Metz*
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Undergraduate: UC Davis
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Reading, running, softball, hanging out with friends and family, tinkering with assorted electronics, traveling, home improvement

Ying Ying (Julia) Kao
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Undergraduate school: University of Chicago
Medical School: University of Chicago

David Shearer
Hometown: Toppenish, Washington
Undergraduate school: MIT
Medical School: University of Washington
Activities: Water skiing, snow skiing, basketball, surfing, travel

Ehsan (Ace) Tabaraee
Hometown: Washington, District of Columbia
Undergraduate school: University of Virginia
Medical School: George Washington University
Activities: Basketball, soccer, grilling, orthopaedic surgery

Paul Toogood
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Undergraduate school: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Activities: Personal fitness, golfing (poorly), and the remainder of my free time is divided between my wife and my cat

Amanda Tencza Whitaker* (in research)
Hometown: New Albany, Ohio
Undergraduate school: University of Kentucky
Medical School: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University
Activities: Swimming, biking, running, skiing, and cooking

 

PGY-3

Anthony Ding
Hometown: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Medical School: Columbia University
Activities/interests: Snowboarding, Skiing, Fishing, Ultimate Frisbee, Marathon Running, Rock Climbing, Classical Music, Photography & Digital Photograph Restoration, Culinary Arts

Patrick Horst
Hometown: Stillwater, Minnesota
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Activities/interests: Running, Snowboarding, Surfing, Travel and international orthopaedics, hiking and camping. Mentorship, orthopaedic and med student education

Henry Krigbaum
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Undergraduate: United States Naval Academy
Medical School: Harvard University
Activities/interests: I enjoy spending time with my family and doing a variety of outdoor activities like surfing, running, biking, gardening, woodworking, fishing, backpacking as well as reading the Atlantic Monthly.

Drew Lansdown*
Hometown – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Undergraduate – Vanderbilt University
Medical School – University of Chicago
Activities – Travel, sports, golfing, music, reading, outdoors activities

Jeffrey MacLean
Hometown: Madbury, New Hampshire
Undergraduate: University of Vermont College of Engineering
Postgraduate: University of Vermont, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich Switzerland
Medical School: University of Vermont
Activities: Everything outdoors

Frank Valone III
Hometown: Mill Valley, California
Undergraduate: Hamilton College
Medical School: The George Washington University
Activities: Running, Mountaineering and Fly-fishing

Derek Ward
Hometown: Aspen, Colorado
Undergraduate: Williams College
Medical School: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Activities: Skiing, Running, International Health

 

PGY-2

Jonathan Berliner
Hometown: Weston, Connecticut
Undergraduate: Middlebury College
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Activities: Skiing, trail running, surfing, wakeboarding, triathalons, travel/trekking, anything to do with dogs

Neil Bharucha
Hometown: Trumbull, Connecticut
Undergraduate: Duke University
Medical School: New York University
Activities: Skiing, running, basketball, lunges

Lauren Hackney
Hometown: Orange, Connecticut
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Activities: Running, baking, hiking, traveling, wine appreciation

Liz Inkellis
Hometown: Rockville, Maryland
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Activities: Running, skiing, hiking, cooking and being outdoors

Lindsey Sheffler
Hometown: Folsom, California
Undergraduate: University of California Los Angeles
Medical School: University of California Davis
Activities: Traveling, impressionist art, writing, gymnastics, spending time with family and friends.

Mia Smucny
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical School: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Activities: Ultimate frisbee, snowboarding, backpacking/hiking, playing the cello and piano

Alexander Theologis*
Hometown: Los Altos Hills, California
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Activities: Cooking, hiking, cycling, international health, DerSpiegel

 

PGY-1

Jeff Barry
Hometown: San Jose, California
Undergraduate:  Duke University
Medical School:  University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Activities:  Scuba diving, soccer, eating, being dragged around by my husky, fishing, outdoors stuff

Debbie Yen Dao Dang*
Hometown: Cerritos, California
Undergraduate:  University of Southern California
Graduate School: University of Rochester (Pathology)
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Activities: Ballet, Modern Dance, Reading, Knitting, Vicarious Living

Chris Langhammer
Hometown: Washington, District of Columbia
Undergraduate: Princeton University (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Graduate School: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Biomedical Engineering)
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Activities: Surfing, running, exploring CA, time with family and friends

Micah Naimark
Hometown: San Luis Obispo, California
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University
Activities: Swimming, soccer, ultimate frisbee, grilling, surfing

Jeremy Shaw
Hometown: Lexington, Massachusetts
Undergraduate: Middlebury College
Graduate School: Case Western Reserve University (Applied Anatomy)
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Activities: Cycling, photography, skiing, brunch, hiking, my tomato plants

Zachary Thielen
Hometown: Kekaha, Kauai
Undergraduate: University of Hawaii
Medical School: University of Hawaii
Activities: Getting barreled, hiking, camping, and enjoying live music

Kurt Yusi
Hometown: Greenville, South Carolina
Undergraduate: Davidson College
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Activities: Getting outdoors – Running, biking (road/mountain), learning to surf, relaxing with family & friends. Major interests include health policy & international development.

(*denotes research resident)

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