Congratulations to the orthopaedic surgery residents. From left to right: orthopaedic surgery residency program director Anthony Ding, MD; Chris Stewart, MD; Syed Ali, MD; Alicia Asturias, MD; department chair C. Benjamin Ma, MD; Jeffrey Kwong, MD, MS; Ryan Halvorson, MD; Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD; and Katherine Woolley, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
SAN FRANCISCO – May 15, 2026 — Held Friday evening, May 8, at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco, Bones Ball 2026 brought together 200 residents, fellows, faculty, alumni, families, and friends for the annual celebration of graduating chief residents and fellows and departmental award recipients.
The evening reflected a longstanding departmental tradition — celebrating not only academic achievement, but also the mentorship, camaraderie, and shared commitment that define orthopaedic training at UCSF. In addition to honoring the graduating class, the department honored the classes of 1996, 2006, and 2016. Additional honors recognized excellence across clinical care, mentorship, teaching, and resident leadership.
See photo highlights below:
This year’s Inman and Abbott keynote speakers, Kevin Bozic, MD, Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, and Leesa Galatz, MD, MBA, Chair of Orthopedics at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City attended Bones Ball. (Photos: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
The arthroplasty faculty presented fellowship graduation certificates to Arthur McDowell, MD and Vibhu Banala, MD. From left to right: Derek Ward, MD; Anthony Wiggings, MD; fellowship director Jeff Barry, MD; Arthur McDowell, MD; Vibhu Banala, MD; Erik Hansen, MD; and Claudio Díaz Ledezma, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
Hand fellowship director, Nicolas Lee, MD, (right) presented a fellowship graduation certificate to hand fellow, Scott Liu, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
Primary care sports medicine fellowship director, Nicolas Hatamiya, DO, (left) presented a fellowship graduation certificate to primary care sports medicine fellow, Alan Grusky, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
The spine faculty presented fellowship graduation certificates to Matthew Easton, MD, and Mohamed Al-Amoodi, MD. From left to right: Ashraf El Naga, MD; Vedat Deviren, MD; Matthew Easton, MD; Sigurd Berven, MD; Mohamed Al-Amoodi, MD; David Gendelberg, MD; and Bobby Tay, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
The sports faculty presented fellowship graduation certificates to Benjamin Lurie, MD; Joseph Sliepka, MD; and Nyaluma Wagala, MD. From left to right: department chair C. Benjamin Ma, MD; Joseph Sliepka, MD; Nyaluma Wagala, MD; fellowship director Stephanie Wong, MD; Benjamin Lurie, MD; and Brian Feeley, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
The trauma faculty presented fellowship graduation certificates to Alexandra Paul, MD, and Julian Rizos, MD. Standing from left to right: emeritus faculty Richard Coughlin, MD; Paul Toogood, MD; alumni Timothy Bray, MD; David Gendelberg, MD; traveling fellow MK Erdman, MD; traveling fellow Alex Crespo, MD; traveling fellow Alex Stroh, MD; Ashraf El Naga, MD; Alexandra Paul, MD; and Julian Rizos, MD. Kneeling from left to right: Meir Marmor, MD; fellowship director Theodore Miclau III, MD; Saam Morshed, MD, PhD, MPH; and Anthony Ding, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
The Bray Family Orthopaedic Trauma Award for Outstanding Clinical Service was awarded to Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD. From left to right: Theodore Miclau III, MD; Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD; Anthony Ding, MD; and Timothy Bray, MD.
The Faculty Mentor Award was awarded to Brian Feeley, MD. From left to right: Richard Coughlin, MD; Bobby Tay, MD; and Brian Feeley, MD.
The James Morris Compassionate Physician Award was presented to Kirstina Olson, MD, and Daniel Thuillier, MD. From left to right: Katherine Woolley, MD; Kirstina Olson, MD; Syed Ali, MD; Alicia Asturias, MD; Daniel Thuillier, MD; Chris Stewart, MD; Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD, and Jeffrey Kwong, MD, MS. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
The James O. Johnston Teaching Award was awarded to Paul Toogood, MD. From left to right: Katherine Woolley, MD; Syed Ali, MD; Alicia Asturias, MD; Paul Toogood, MD; Chris Stewart, MD; Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD, and Jeffrey Kwong, MD, MS. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
The Maurer Award for Outstanding Chief Resident was presented to Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD. From left to right: orthopaedic surgery residency program director Anthony Ding, MD; Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD; and department chair C. Benjamin Ma, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
The Krevans Award for Outstanding Intern was awarded to Anna Park, MD. From left to right: orthopaedic surgery residency program director Anthony Ding, MD; Anna Park, MD; and Theodore Miclau III, MD. (Photo: UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)