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Bio Mechanics Lab
Director: Jeff Lotz, PhD
 The Orthopaedic Bio Mechanics Lab at the San Francisco General Hospital is currently being overseen by Jeff Lotz, PhD and has attracted internationally renowned researchers from various parts of the United States and the world. The lab conducts the highest quality research on clinically relevant basic research issues and serves as an educational resource for training postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, orthopaedic residents and medical students.
Surgical collaborators seeking answers to clinical questions that arise in the operating room are the catalysts for many of our projects. Our laboratory has extensive expertise in spinal biomechanics, with projects ranging from determining the optimal fusion methods to how the artificial replacement of an intervertebral disc affects the movement of the spine. The laboratory is also developing new methods for using a robotic arm to evaluate the motion of various joints. In addition, we have assembled a team of investigators from many different disciplines to determine how mechanical forces influence bone tissue healing and regeneration.
Research Staff
Zheng Xu
Zheng Xu was born in Nanjing, China and moved to Hawaii in 1989. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2001 with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics. In October 2001, he joined the UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Department as a Staff Research Associate. He has worked for Drs. Christian Puttlitz and Jeffery Lotz since the inception of the Bio Mechanics Lab at SFGH and has worked on numerous research projects and studies conducted in the lab.
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