Jeff Barry, MD
Assistant Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

Dr. Jeff Barry is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in adult reconstruction for hip and knee arthritis. He sees patients with all types of degenerative conditions of the hip and knee as well as patients with complications from prior joint replacement.

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Dr. Barry takes a comprehensive approach to the diagnosis and management of hip and knee pain, incorporating the latest advancements in perioperative pain management, surgical reconstruction and recovery, including the direct anterior approach to total hip replacement, partial knee replacement, and revision surgery.

Dr. Barry’s research interests include: peri-operative management and risk assessment, revision surgery and the management of complications after total joint replacement, and educating the next generation of medical students, residents and fellows. His current projects include studying how to best manage infected total joint replacements as well as the implementation of technology to improve outcomes and enhance the patient care experience.

Dr. Barry is also the director of the Adult Reconstruction Hip and Knee Fellowship at UCSF and is a co-director of the UCSF Arthroplasty for the Modern Surgeon: Hip, Knee and Health Innovation Technology, a continuing medical education course held annually in Sonoma.

After growing up in San Jose and attending Bellarmine for high school, Dr. Barry graduated with a B.S.E. (magna cum laude) in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. He attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed his residency in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

During this time at UCSF, Dr. Barry received numerous clinical and research accolades including the Mauer Award for Orthopaedic Surgery Chief Resident of the Year, the Krevans Award for Intern of the Year, the Arthroplasty Service Teamwork Award for Outstanding Resident, and the Dean’s Research Fellowship. He was also nominated and selected to the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Emerging Leaders program.

Following his residency at UCSF, Dr. Barry completed a fellowship at one of the premier adult reconstruction programs in the country at the OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee Center in Charlotte, N.C.

Dr. Barry’s clinics are at the UCSF Orthopedic Institute, a state-of-the-art facility located at the UCSF Mission Bay campus in San Francisco, as well as the newly-opened UCSF Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine clinic in Marin County. He operates at both UCSF Medical Center as well as the new MarinHealth Medical Center in the North Bay.

Awards

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  • UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award - Honorable Mention, UCSF Medical Center, 2022
  • 2021 AOA 134th Annual Meeting Best Poster in Education, UCSF - Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
  • The Hip Society's 2021 John Charnley Award, UCSF - Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
  • Mauer Award for Chief Resident of the Year, UCSF - Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017
  • American Orthopaedic Association Emerging Leader, American Orthopaedic Association, 2016
  • Northern California Orthopaedic Society Best Resident Paper, Northern California Orthopaedic Society, 2015
  • Arthroplasty Service Teamwork Award, UCSF - Orthopaedic Surgery, 2014
  • Spine Service Teamwork Award, UCSF - Orthopaedic Surgery, 2014
  • Krevan's Award for Intern of the Year, UCSF - Orthopaedic Surgery, 2013

Education & Training

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  • Fellowship in Adult Joint Reconstruction OrthoCarolina Hip & Knee Center 2018
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2018
  • Orthopaedic Surgery Residency University of California, San Francisco 2017
  • MD Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2012
  • B.S.E Biomedical Engineering Duke University 2008

Interests

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  • Adult reconstruction
  • hip replacement
  • knee replacement
  • residency education
  • clinical research

Websites

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Videos

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Grants and Projects

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  • Fellowship Education Grant, OMeGA, 2021-2022
  • The Use of Virtual Reality Training Modules Improve Complex Surgical Technique Recall and Task Execution in Surgical Trainees, Innovation Funding for Education Grant - UCSF, 2019-2020

Publications (29)

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Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeArthroplasty, Replacement, HipSpinal CurvaturesVirtual RealityKnee JointProsthesis DesignKnee ProsthesisAcetabulumArthritis, InfectiousSpinal FusionOsteotomyProsthesis-Related InfectionsSimulation TrainingLumbar VertebraeReoperation

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