Department welcomes 2023-2024 Orthopaedic Surgery Fellows

Aug. 1, 2023 (SAN FRANCISCO) -- The UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is pleased to welcome 12 outstanding new fellows joining the Department for the 2023-2024 academic year.

UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Fellows

2023-2024 Academic Year

Frances “Frannie” Tao, MD MPH

Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship

Med School: University of California Riverside SOM, MD 2020

Residency: University of California Los Angeles – Family Medicine Residency Program, 2023

Other Grad: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – Master of Public Health, 2019

Carey Politzer, MD

Arthroplasty Fellowship

Med School: Duke University SOM, 2018

Residency: University of California San Diego – Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program, 2023

Majd Tarabichi, MD

Arthroplasty Fellowship

Med School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Muharraq, Bahrain – MD 2015

Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago – Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program, 2023

Olusegun Onibonoje, DO

Spine Fellowship

Med School: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine – DO 2018

Residency: Inspira Health Network / Rowan University, 2023

Richard Roberts, MD

Spine Fellowship

Med School: Wayne State University SOM – MD 2015

Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Spine Research Fellowship 2017; Beaumont Hospital – Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship 2023

Andrew Sawires, MD

Spine Fellowship

Med School: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons – MD, 2018

Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital, 2023

Alex Han, MD

Hand Fellowship

Med School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – MD, 2018

Other Grad: Case Western Reserve University – M.S. Medical Physiology 2014

Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, 2023

Elliott Cole, MD

Sports Surgery Fellowship

Med School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center – MD 2018

Other Grad: University of Memphis School of Public Health – MPH 2014

Residency: Oregon Health & Science University, 2023

Jeffrey Theismann, MD

Sports Surgery Fellowship

Med School: University of Minnesota Med School – MD, 2018

Residency: University of Minnesota Med School – 2023

 

Kevin Wang, MD

Sports Surgery Fellowship

Med School: Northwestern University, Feinberg SOM – MD 2018

Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital, 2023

Paul Klas

Trauma Fellowship

Medical School and Residency: University of Toronto, Tornoto, Canada

 

Conor Spady

Trauma Fellowship

Medical School and Residency: Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

Global Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship at Haiti Adventist Hospital