ThomasPVailMD

Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery

Professor and Chair of Orthopedic Surgery, UCSF

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Office
Orthopaedic Institute - Arthritis & Joint Replacement
1500 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone+1 415-353-2808

Dr. Thomas Vail is an orthopedic surgeon in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, UCSF Medical Center, and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. He received his medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and has been in practice 32 years. He specializes in hip & knee reconstructive surgery and is experienced in osteoarthritis, hip osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis of the hip , unicompartmental knee arthroplasty , and hip and knee surgery.

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics, 1991 - 1992
Duke University HospitalResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1987 - 1991
Duke University HospitalInternship, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1985 - 1986
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1985

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
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PubMed

325 citations
Comparative Epidemiology of Revision Arthroplasty: Failed THA Poses Greater Clinical and Economic Burdens Than Failed TKA.
Kevin J. Bozic, Atul F. Kamath, Kevin L. Ong, Edmund Lau, S. M. Kurtz
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2015-06-01
16 citations
Does Intrathecal Morphine in Spinal Anesthesia Have a Role in Modern Multimodal Analgesia for Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
Jonathan W. Cheah, David C. Sing, Erik N. Hansen, Pedram Aleshi, Thomas P. Vail
The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2018-01-31
350 citations
Trends in hip arthroscopy utilization in the United States.
Kevin J. Bozic, Vanessa Chan, Frank H. Valone, Brian T. Feeley, Thomas P. Vail
The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2013-09-01

Lectures

57th Annual LeRoy C. Abbott Society Scientific Program & 33rd Annual Verne T. Inman Lectureship
University of California, San Francisco, California - 5/11/2012

Lisa L. Lattanza, MD, FAOA, FAAOS, Receives American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Diversity AwardSeptember 2nd, 2021
Novel Biomimetic System Repairs Cartilage DefectsJuly 21st, 2021
FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Status to Hyalex’s Cartilage SystemJuly 8th, 2021
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Cartilage Function And Micro-Mri After Meniscal RepairNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1997–1999
Chondroprotective Effects Of Meniscal Autografts W/ MRMNational Center For Research Resources1997–1999