Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, MPH
Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

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Dr. Sanjeev Sabharwal is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon who treats children and young adults with a wide range of musculoskeletal problems, such as limb deformities, limb length discrepancies, and skeletal trauma. He is a Professor of Orthopaedics at UCSF and as an expert in surgical limb reconstruction, Sabharwal directs the Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. He is the Program Director for the Pediatric Orthopaedic fellowship at UCSF and previously served as the Director and Chief of Orthopaedics at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland.

Prior to joining UCSF, Sabharwal served as the Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, where he was a Professor of Orthopaedics and the Residency Program Director. He completed his residency in Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and at the Shriners Hospital for Children. He completed a second fellowship in limb lengthening and reconstruction at the International Center for Limb Lengthening in Baltimore and earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) while at Rutgers.

Sabharwal’s clinical research focuses on pediatric lower limb deformities, including Blount disease (a growth disorder of the shinbone that causes bowlegs). He also studies the motivations and impact of orthopaedic medicine volunteerism. He is actively engaged in global outreach and bidirectional learning, which aims to enrich medical education by encouraging academic partnerships among institutions with varying resource levels.

In addition to his full-time clinical practice, Sabharwal is the past president of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society. He has served as an examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery since 2010 and is the sole honorary member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of India. He served as a deputy editor of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery for 12 years and is the current editor of JBJS Reviews. Dr. Sabharwal has also edited two editions of a comprehensive textbook on lower limb deformities in children.

To make an appointment with Dr. Sabharwal, please call 510-428-3238.

Education & Training

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  • DEI Champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2020
  • Program for Leadership Development Leadership Development Harvard Business School 2019
  • MPH Quantitative Methodology UMDNJ-School of Public Health, Rutgers University 2012
  • Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Fellowship Limb Lengthening & Deformity Correction Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction 1996
  • Pediatric Orthopedics Fellowship Pediatric Orthopaedics Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California 1995
  • Pediatric Orthopedics Fellowship Pediatric Orthopaedics Shriners Hospital for Children, UCLA 1995
  • Residency, Orthopedics Orthopaedic Surgery University of British Columbia 1994

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  • Global orthopedics
  • Education and training
  • Deformity correction
  • Limb lengthening

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ScoliosisBone Diseases, DevelopmentalTibiaOrthopedicsLower ExtremityExternal FixatorsLeg Length InequalityOrthopedic ProceduresFemurOsteochondrosisOsteotomyLower Extremity Deformities, CongenitalIlizarov TechniqueArthroplasty, Replacement, ShoulderBone Lengthening

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