Richard O'Donnell, MD
Professor Emeritus
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

richard.o'donnell@ucsf.edu 415-885-3800

Dr. O'Donnell is a Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. O'Donnell is Founder of the Orthopaedic Surgical Osseointegration Society (OSOS). He is Director of both the UCSF Musculoskeletal Research Consortium (METRiCS) and the UCSF international Center for Osseointegration Research, Education, and Surgery (iCORES).

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He served as Chief of the Orthopaedic Oncology Service in the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery from 2002 through 2019. He also served as Director of the Sarcoma Program at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center through 2023. He was an Extramural Member of the Steering Committee for the Department of Defense Osseointegration Program and he is proud to have served under the auspices of the American Red Cross at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He was also appointed as Visiting Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School.

Awards

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  • Best Paper Award, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting, 2018
  • Top Doctors, Marin Magazine, 2017-2020
  • Top Doctors, San Francisco Magazine, 2017-2020
  • Bishop's Distinguished Catholic Alumni Award, Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 2017

Education & Training

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  • Fellowship Musculoskeletal Oncology University of Washington 1996
  • Residency Orthopaedic Surgery Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program 1995
  • M.D. Medicine Harvard Medical School 1989
  • A.B. Biology Harvard College 1985

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Publications (103)

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Giant Cell Tumor of BonePostoperative ComplicationsOsteopetrosisSoft Tissue NeoplasmsProsthesis FailureSarcomaOsseointegrationOsteosarcomaBone NeoplasmsProsthesis-Related InfectionsProstheses and ImplantsProsthesis ImplantationElective Surgical ProceduresNasopharynxFemoral Neoplasms

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