
UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Current Residents
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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
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Scott Kaiser
Hometown: Fairfax, California
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Medical School: Washington University, St. Louis
Activities: Travel, grilling, soccer, skiing, surfing, freediving
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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
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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
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Andrew Pedtke
Hometown: Minnesota, Minnesota
Undergraduate: University of Virginia
Medical School: Univerity of Minnesota
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Samantha Piper
Hometown: Coronado, California
Undergraduate: Harvard
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Running, cycling, sea kayaking, surfing, traveling to exotic places, exploring nature
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Dan Thuillier*
Hometown: Oakland, California
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Basketball, baseball, hiking, anime, fiction, ghostriding my whip
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| PGY-4 |
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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
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Robert Lucas
Hometown: Concord, California
Undergraduate School: UCLA
Medical School: Wake Forest
Activities: Fishing, surfing, skiing
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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
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Ying Ying (Julia) Kao
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Undergraduate school: University of Chicago
Medical School: University of Chicago
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David Shearer
Hometown: Toppenish, Washington
Undergraduate school: MIT
Medical School: University of Washington
Activities: Water skiing, snow skiing, basketball, surfing, travel
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Ehsan (Ace) Tabaraee
Hometown: Washington, District of Columbia
Undergraduate school: University of Virginia
Medical School: George Washington University
Activities: Basketball, soccer, grilling, orthopaedic surgery
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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
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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
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| PGY-3 |
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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
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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
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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.
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Drew Lansdown*
Hometown – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Undergraduate – Vanderbilt University
Medical School – University of Chicago
Activities – Travel, sports, golfing, music, reading, outdoors activities
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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
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Frank Valone III
Hometown: Mill Valley, California
Undergraduate: Hamilton College
Medical School: The George Washington University
Activities: Running, Mountaineering and Fly-fishing
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Derek Ward
Hometown: Aspen, Colorado
Undergraduate: Williams College
Medical School: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Activities: Skiing, Running, International Health
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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
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Neil Bharucha
Hometown: Trumbull, Connecticut
Undergraduate: Duke University
Medical School: New York University
Activities: Skiing, running, basketball, lunges
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Lauren Hackney
Hometown: Orange, Connecticut
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Activities: Running, baking, hiking, traveling, wine appreciation
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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| PGY-1 |
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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
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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
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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
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Micah Naimark
Hometown: San Luis Obispo, California
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University
Activities: Swimming, soccer, ultimate frisbee, grilling, surfing
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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
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Zachary Thielen
Hometown: Kekaha, Kauai
Undergraduate: University of Hawaii
Medical School: University of Hawaii
Activities: Getting barreled, hiking, camping, and enjoying live music
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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.
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(*denotes research resident)