Stefano Bini, MD
Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

Subsequently, he completed a Fellowship at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Italy and obtained a second MD from the University of Florence (and ate lots of great food!). Prior to joining the faculty at UCSF, Dr. Bini worked at Kaiser Permanente as a joint replacement surgeon. He held multiple leadership positions including Chief of Orthopedics at two medical centers and Chief of the Adult Reconstructive Surgery Service in the East Bay. He participated in regional committees tasked with improving quality, access, and efficiency at Kaiser. He was selected for the California Health Care Foundation Leadership Program and developed an interest in applied organizational design. As a result, Dr. Bini co-authored a forthcoming book on change management. Active in professional associations and academia, Stefano currently serves as the Chair of the International Committee for the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and sits on the Biomedical Engineering Committee for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. He is the Associate Editor of Arthroplasty Today and is a reviewer for 4 major orthopaedic journals. Over the past decade, Dr. Bini has organized over a dozen conferences and learning labs nationally and internationally, presented over 110 scientific papers and has authored 23 research papers with a focus on leveraging large databases to help define best practices in hip and knee replacement surgery.

Dr. Bini is very committed to teaching (and learning from!) residents and colleagues and has received several related awards including the James O. Johnston Award for Excellence in Orthopedic Research, Leadership and Resident Training; the San Francisco Orthopedic Residency Program Teaching Award; the National Kaiser Permanent James Vohs Award for Quality for his work on establishing the Kaiser Permanente Total Joint Replacement Registry, and The Permanente Medical Group award for Outstanding Planning of Physician Education. Dr. Bini is very excited to return to UCSF and work to continuously improve the patient care experience, clinical outcomes and resident training. Dr. Bini’s clinical practice will continue to focus on total hip replacement through both anterior and posterior approaches, and total knee replacement using a novel anatomic alignment technique (“kinematic” knee alignment). Dr. Bini also has extensive experience in revision and complex total joint replacement. His three primary research areas will be the application of technology to health care delivery systems (digital medicine), improving surgical techniques in knee replacement surgery, and cartilage repair. Outside work, Stefano is an avid cook, reasonable dancer and amateur photographer. He loves traveling, sailing and skiing and swims to try and stay in shape. He and his children Michaela and Gianluca live in the East Bay with his wonderful wife Katherine. Currently, the family has to put up with his trying to learn the guitar despite Dr. Bini having no inherent musical talent to speak of.

• Why personalized surgery is the future of hip and knee arthroplasty: a statement from the Personalized Arthroplasty Society.
  EFORT open reviews 2023 Vendittoli PA, Riviere C, Hirschmann MT, Bini S
• Unrestricted kinematic alignment corrects fixed flexion contracture in robotically aligned total knees without raising the joint line in extension.
  Journal of experimental orthopaedics 2023 Sappey-Marinier E, Bini S
• Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions.
  American journal of surgery 2023 Liu AW, Pierce L, Ganeshan S, Brown W, Judson T, Divakaran D, Bini S, Odisho AY, Mourad M
• The Microbiome of Osteoarthritic Hip and Knee Joints: A Prospective Multicenter Investigation.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2023 Goswami K, Clarkson S, Tipton C, Phillips CD, Dennis DA, Klatt BA, O'Malley M, Smith EL, Gililland J, Pelt CE, Peters CL, Malkani AL, Palumbo BT, Lyons ST, Bernasek TL, Minter J, Goyal N, Purtill W, …
• [Ultrafiltration tolerance in patients on chronic dialysis: is an ultrasound based approach useful?]
  Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia 2023 Gasperoni L, Di Filippo F, Boccadoro R, Maldini L, Bini S, Rigotti A, Mambelli E
• Search for Subsolar-Mass Binaries in the First Half of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's Third Observing Run.
  Physical review letters 2022 Abbott R, Abbott TD, Acernese F, Ackley K, Adams C, Adhikari N, Adhikari RX, Adya VB, Affeldt C, Agarwal D, Agathos M, Agatsuma K, Aggarwal N, Aguiar OD, Aiello L, Ain A, Ajith P, Albanesi S, Allocca …
• An Enhanced Understanding of Culture-Negative Periprosthetic Joint Infection with Next-Generation Sequencing: A Multicenter Study.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2022 Goswami K, Clarkson S, Phillips CD, Dennis DA, Klatt BA, O'Malley MJ, Smith EL, Gililland JM, Pelt CE, Peters CL, Malkani AL, Palumbo BT, Lyons ST, Bernasek TL, Minter J, Goyal N, McDonald JF, Cross …
• No Correlation Between Clinical Outcomes and Changes in the Tibia-Metaphyseal Angle Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Study.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2022 Cherches M, Coss N, Nguyen K, Halvorson R, Allahabadi S, Bini S
• Neurologic Dysfunction Associated With Mechanically Assisted Crevice Corrosion and Elevated Cobalt Ion Levels After Total Hip Arthroplasty.
  Arthroplasty today 2021 Yan BW, Bini SA
• Predictive Models for Clinical Outcomes in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Analysis.
  Arthroplasty today 2021 Batailler C, Lording T, De Massari D, Witvoet-Braam S, Bini S, Lustig S
• Tibial Mechanical Axis Is Nonorthogonal to the Floor in Varus Knee Alignment.
  Arthroplasty today 2021 Bini SA, Chung CC, Wu SA, Hansen EN
• Impact of fatty degeneration on the functional outcomes of 38 patients undergoing surgical repair of gluteal tendon tears.
  Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery 2021 Maslaris A, Vail TP, Zhang AL, Patel R, Bini SA
• Risk Adjustment in the California Joint Replacement Registry: Is Patient Complexity Accurately Assessed in Academic Versus Nonacademic Hospitals?
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2020 Amanatullah DF, Lawson KA, Li Z, SooHoo NF, Bini SA, Huddleston JI
• Data for registry and quality review can be retrospectively collected using natural language processing from unstructured charts of arthroplasty patients.
  The bone & joint journal 2020 Shah RF, Bini S, Vail T
• Response to Letter to the Editor on "Digital Orthopedics. A Glimpse Into the Future in the Midst of a Pandemic".
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2020 Bini SA, Schilling PL, Patel SP, Kalore NV, Ast MP, Maratt JD, Schuett DJ, Lawrie CM, Chung CC, Steele GD
• Risk-Adjusted Cost Performance for 90-Day Total Knee Arthroplasty Episodes: Data and Methods for Comparing U.S. Hospitals Nationwide.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2020 Schilling PL, He J, Chen S, Placzek H, Bini S
• Digital Orthopaedics: A Glimpse Into the Future in the Midst of a Pandemic.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2020 Bini SA, Schilling PL, Patel SP, Kalore NV, Ast MP, Maratt JD, Schuett DJ, Lawrie CM, Chung CC, Steele GD
• Rethinking the Value of Computer-Assisted Surgery: Commentary on an article by Timothy D. Roberts, MBChB, et al.: "Outcomes of Computer-Assisted Surgery Compared with Conventional Instrumentation in 19,221 Total Knee Arthroplasties. Results After a Mean of 4.5 Years of Follow-up".
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2020 Bini SA
• Equivalent Mid-Term Results of Open vs Endoscopic Gluteal Tendon Tear Repair Using Suture Anchors in Forty-Five Patients.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2020 Maslaris A, Vail TP, Zhang AL, Patel R, Jäger M, Bini SA
• Wearable activity sensors and early pain after total joint arthroplasty.
  Arthroplasty today 2020 Patterson JT, Wu HH, Chung CC, Bendich I, Barry JJ, Bini SA
• Invagination of elevated lip liner preventing reduction of dislocated total hip.
  Arthroplasty today 2020 Ordaz A, Schirmers J, Bini S
• Optimal Sampling Frequency for Wearable Sensor Data in Arthroplasty Outcomes Research. A Prospective Observational Cohort Trial.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2019 Shah RF, Zaid MB, Bendich I, Hwang KM, Patterson JT, Bini SA
• Machine Learning Algorithms Can Use Wearable Sensor Data to Accurately Predict Six-Week Patient-Reported Outcome Scores Following Joint Replacement in a Prospective Trial.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2019 Bini SA, Shah RF, Bendich I, Patterson JT, Hwang KM, Zaid MB
• Variation in the Thickness of Knee Cartilage. The Use of a Novel Machine Learning Algorithm for Cartilage Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2019 Shah RF, Martinez AM, Pedoia V, Majumdar S, Vail TP, Bini SA
• Definition of Successful Infection Management and Guidelines for Reporting of Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society (MSIS).
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2019 Fillingham YA, Della Valle CJ, Suleiman LI, Springer BD, Gehrke T, Bini SA, Segreti J, Chen AF, Goswami K, Tan TL, Shohat N, Diaz-Ledezma C, Schwartz AJ, Parvizi J
• 2019 Mark Coventry Award: A multicentre randomized clinical trial of tranexamic acid in revision total knee arthroplasty: does the dosing regimen matter?.
  The bone & joint journal 2019 Fillingham YA, Darrith B, Calkins TE, Abdel MP, Malkani AL, Schwarzkopf R, Padgett DE, Culvern C, Sershon RA, Bini S, Della Valle CJ, Hip Society Research Group
• Changes in prospectively collected longitudinal patient-generated health data are associated with short-term patient-reported outcomes after total joint arthroplasty: a pilot study.
  Arthroplasty today 2019 Bendich I, Chung C, Hwang K, Patterson J, Mulvihill J, Barry J, Bini S
• Implementing a perioperative efficiency initiative for orthopedic surgery instrumentation at an academic center: A comparative before-and-after study.
  Medicine 2019 Capra R, Bini SA, Bowden DE, Etter K, Callahan M, Smith RT, Vail TP
• Tranexamic acid in total joint arthroplasty: the endorsed clinical practice guides of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Hip Society, and Knee Society.
  Regional anesthesia and pain medicine 2019 Fillingham YA, Ramkumar DB, Jevsevar DS, Yates AJ, Bini SA, Clarke HD, Schemitsch E, Johnson RL, Memtsoudis SG, Sayeed SA, Sah AP, Della Valle CJ
• Preoperative Corticosteroid Use for Medical Conditions is Associated with Increased Postoperative Infectious Complications and Readmissions After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Propensity-Matched Study.
  American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.) 2018 Boddapati V, Fu MC, Su EP, Sculco PK, Bini SA, Mayman DJ
• Hip and Knee Section, Outcomes: Proceedings of International Consensus on Orthopedic Infections.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2018 Abblitt WP, Ascione T, Bini S, Bori G, Brekke AC, Chen AF, Courtney PM, Della Valle CJ, Diaz-Ledezma C, Ebied A, Fillingham YJ, Gehrke T, Goswami K, Grammatopoulos G, Marei S, Oliashirazi A, Parvizi J…
• Hip and Knee Section, Prevention, Surgical Technique: Proceedings of International Consensus on Orthopedic Infections.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2018 Balato G, Barbaric K, Bicanic G, Bini S, Chen J, Crnogaca K, Kenanidis E, Giori N, Goel R, Hirschmann M, Marcacci M, Amat Mateu C, Nam D, Shao H, Shen B, Tarabichi M, Tarabichi S, Tsiridis E, …
• Tranexamic Acid Use in Total Joint Arthroplasty: The Clinical Practice Guidelines Endorsed by the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Hip Society, and Knee Society.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2018 Fillingham YA, Ramkumar DB, Jevsevar DS, Yates AJ, Bini SA, Clarke HD, Schemitsch E, Johnson RL, Memtsoudis SG, Sayeed SA, Sah AP, Della Valle CJ
• The Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Network Meta-analysis.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2018 Fillingham YA, Ramkumar DB, Jevsevar DS, Yates AJ, Shores P, Mullen K, Bini SA, Clarke HD, Schemitsch E, Johnson RL, Memtsoudis SG, Sayeed SA, Sah AP, Della Valle CJ
• Response to Letter to the Editor on "The Safety of Tranexamic Acid in Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Direct Meta-Analysis".
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2018 Fillingham YA, Ramkumar DB, Jevsevar DS, Yates AJ, Shores P, Mullen K, Bini SA, Clarke HD, Schemitsch E, Johnson RL, Memtsoudis SG, Sayeed SA, Sah AP, Della Valle CJ
• The Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Network Meta-Analysis.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2018 Fillingham YA, Ramkumar DB, Jevsevar DS, Yates AJ, Shores P, Mullen K, Bini SA, Clarke HD, Schemitsch E, Johnson RL, Memtsoudis SG, Sayeed SA, Sah AP, Della Valle CJ
• The Safety of Tranexamic Acid in Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Direct Meta-Analysis.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2018 Fillingham YA, Ramkumar DB, Jevsevar DS, Yates AJ, Shores P, Mullen K, Bini SA, Clarke HD, Schemitsch E, Johnson RL, Memtsoudis SG, Sayeed SA, Sah AP, Della Valle CJ
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Cognitive Computing: What Do These Terms Mean and How Will They Impact Health Care?
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2018 Bini SA
• Risk Factors for Reaching the Post-Operative Transfusion Trigger in a Community Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Population.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2017 Bini SA, Darbinian JA, Brox WT, Khatod M
• The genesis of an idea: the International Committee of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.
  Arthroplasty today 2017 Bini SA
• Midterm-Adjusted Survival Comparing the Best Performing Unicompartmental and Total Knee Arthroplasties in a Registry.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2017 Bini SA, Cafri G, Khatod M
• Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Drug Prophylaxis for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2017 Cafri G, Paxton EW, Chen Y, Cheetham CT, Gould MK, Sluggett J, Bini SA, Khatod M
• Is There a Difference in Revision Risk Between Metal and Ceramic Heads on Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene Liners?
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2017 Cafri G, Paxton EW, Love R, Bini SA, Kurtz SM
• Clinical Outcomes of Remote Asynchronous Telerehabilitation are Equivalent to Traditional Therapy following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Control Study
  Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2017 Bini SA, and Mahajan J.
• The burden of chronic noncommunicable diseases in undocumented migrants: a 1-year survey of drugs dispensation by a non-governmental organization in Italy.
  Public health 2016 Fiorini G, Cerri C, Bini S, Rigamonti AE, Perlini S, Marazzi N, Sartorio A, Cella SG
• Multicenter outcomes of arthroscopic surgery for femoroacetabular impingement in the community hospital setting.
  Journal of hip preservation surgery 2016 Matsuda DK, Khatod M, Antounian F, Burchette R, Bini S, Anthony FF, Harris J, Calipusan C
• Clinical outcomes of remote asynchronous telerehabilitation are equivalent to traditional therapy following total knee arthroplasty: A randomized control study.
  Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2016 Bini SA, Mahajan J
• Achieving 90% Adoption of Clinical Practice Guidelines Using the Delphi Consensus Method in a Large Orthopedic Group.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2016 Bini SA, Mahajan J
• Multicenter Outcomes of Arthroscopic Surgery for Femoroacetabular Impingement in the Community Hospital Setting
  Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery 2016 Matsuda DK, Bini S et al.
• Are There Modifiable Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission After Total Hip Arthroplasty in a US Healthcare System?
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2015 Paxton EW, Inacio MC, Singh JA, Love R, Bini SA, Namba RS
• Association of Bisphosphonate Use and Risk of Revision After THA: Outcomes From a US Total Joint Replacement Registry.
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2015 Khatod M, Inacio MC, Dell RM, Bini SA, Paxton EW, Namba RS
• Antibiotic cement was associated with half the risk of re-revision in 1,154 aseptic revision total knee arthroplasties.
  Acta orthopaedica 2015 Bini SA, Chan PH, Inacio MC, Paxton EW, Khatod M
• The value of international perspectives in orthopaedics.
  Arthroplasty today 2015 Bini SA
• Revision total hip arthoplasty: factors associated with re-revision surgery.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2015 Khatod M, Cafri G, Inacio MC, Schepps AL, Paxton EW, Bini SA
• Two-Day Length of Stay is Not Inferior to 3 Days in Total Knee Arthroplasty with Regards to 30-Day Readmissions.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2014 Bini SA, Inacio MC, Cafri G
• Perioperative antibiotics.
  Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2014 Hansen E, Belden K, Silibovsky R, Vogt M, Arnold W, Bicanic G, Bini S, Catani F, Chen J, Ghazavi M, Godefroy KM, Holham P, Hosseinzadeh H, Kim KI, Kirketerp-Møller K, Lidgren L, Lin JH, Lonner JH, …
• Same-day versus staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty poses no increase in complications in 6672 primary procedures.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2013 Bini SA, Khatod M, Inacio MC, Paxton EW
• Surgeon, implant, and patient variables may explain variability in early revision rates reported for unicompartmental arthroplasty.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2013 Bini S, Khatod M, Cafri G, Chen Y, Paxton EW
• Perioperative antibiotics.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2013 Hansen E, Belden K, Silibovsky R, Vogt M, Arnold WV, Bicanic G, Bini SA, Catani F, Chen J, Ghazavi MT, Godefroy KM, Holham P, Hosseinzadeh H, Kim KI, Kirketerp-Møller K, Lidgren L, Lin JH, Lonner JH, …
• Surgical outcomes of total knee replacement according to diabetes status and glycemic control, 2001 to 2009.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2013 Adams AL, Paxton EW, Wang JQ, Johnson ES, Bayliss EA, Ferrara A, Nakasato C, Bini SA, Namba RS
• Does pre-coating total knee tibial implants affect the risk of aseptic revision?
  The bone & joint journal 2013 Bini SA, Chen Y, Khatod M, Paxton EW
• Short-term outcomes of unresurfaced patellas in total knee arthroplasty.
  The journal of knee surgery 2012 Khatod M, Inacio MC, Bini S
• Prophylaxis against pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2011 Khatod M, Inacio MC, Bini SA, Paxton EW
• Slowing demand for total joint arthroplasty in a population of 3.2 million.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2011 Bini SA, Sidney S, Sorel M
• Pulmonary embolism prophylaxis in more than 30,000 total knee arthroplasty patients: is there a best choice?
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2011 Khatod M, Inacio MC, Bini SA, Paxton EW
• Does discharge disposition after primary total joint arthroplasty affect readmission rates?
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2009 Bini SA, Fithian DC, Paxton LW, Khatod MX, Inacio MC, Namba RS
• Knee replacement: epidemiology, outcomes, and trends in Southern California: 17,080 replacements from 1995 through 2004.
  Acta orthopaedica 2008 Khatod M, Inacio M, Paxton EW, Bini SA, Namba RS, Burchette RJ, Fithian DC
• Cardiac response to hemodialysis with different cardiovascular tolerance: heart rate variability and QT interval analysis.
  Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis 2006 Severi S, Ciandrini A, Grandi E, Cavalcanti S, Bini S, Badiali F, Gattiani A, Cagnoli L
• Model-based study of the effects of the hemodialysis technique on the compensatory response to hypovolemia.
  Kidney international 2004 Cavalcanti S, Ciandrini A, Severi S, Badiali F, Bini S, Gattiani A, Cagnoli L, Santoro A
• Compliant prestress fixation in tumor prostheses: interface retrieval data.
  Orthopedics 2000 Bini SA, Johnston JO, Martin DL
• Intraepiphyseal resection of the proximal tibia and its impact on lower limb growth.
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 1999 Manfrini M, Gasbarrini A, Malaguti C, Ceruso M, Innocenti M, Bini S, Capanna R, Campanacci M
• In vitro testing of a novel limb salvage prosthesis for the distal femur.
  Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) 1998 Cristofolini L, Bini S, Toni A
• Giant cell tumor of bone. Curettage and cement reconstruction.
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 1995 Bini SA, Gill K, Johnston JO
• Supracondylar femoral osteotomies for the correction of angular deformity about the knee in children. A follow-up study.
  The American journal of knee surgery 1995 Nercessian OA, Roye DP, Bini SA, Dick HM
• Late surgical treatment of lateral condylar fractures in children.
  Journal of pediatric orthopedics 1991 Roye DP, Bini SA, Infosino A