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New faculty bring expertise in family medicine, sports medicine and athlete care to UCSF Orthopaedics
SAN FRANCISCO (Sept. 30, 2025) — The UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is proud to welcome Robert B. Kiningham, M.D., MA, FAAFP, FACSM, clinical professor, and Haley Oosterhouse, M.D., assistant professor, to the Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine.
About Robert B. Kiningham, M.D., M.A., FAAFP, FACSM
Dr. Bob Kiningham is a board-certified family physician with subspecialty certification in sports medicine. He has extensive experience caring for athletes at all levels — from high school and collegiate teams to elite Olympic development programs. He served as head team physician for Eastern Michigan University and as team physician for the University of Michigan wrestling team, Club Wolverine Swim Club and multiple high school programs across Michigan. He also served as medical director for the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s state wrestling championships.
He specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and nonoperative management of musculoskeletal and sports-related injuries and is widely recognized for his leadership in developing guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of knee pain and lipid screening in primary care.
Dr. Kiningham’s academic work focuses on sports medicine education, clinical guideline development and advancing scholarly activity among sports medicine fellows. He served as associate director for scholarly activities for the University of Michigan’s sports medicine fellowship, where he previously directed the program for nearly two decades. He is an editorial reviewer for multiple leading journals in family medicine and sports medicine and has been a frequent reviewer and planning committee member for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine’s national meetings.
Dr. Kiningham received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Michigan Medical School. He then completed a fellowship in primary care sports medicine at the University of Michigan, where he later rose to the rank of clinical professor. He also holds a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of California, Davis, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from St. Lawrence University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was recognized as an outstanding scholar-athlete.
Dr. Kiningham is a fellow of both the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians. His honors include the Founders Award from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, recognizing his national leadership in the field.
He will see patients as part of UCSF’s primary care sports medicine team at the Berkeley Outpatient Center.
About Haley Oosterhouse, M.D.
Dr. Haley Oosterhouse joins UCSF Orthopaedics as an assistant professor after completing her fellowship in the UCSF Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. She is board-eligible in both family medicine and sports medicine. Her clinical interests include musculoskeletal injuries, women’s sports medicine and lifestyle-based strategies to enhance recovery and performance.
Before joining UCSF, Dr. Oosterhouse completed her family medicine residency at Long Beach Memorial, where she co-created a lifestyle medicine area of concentration and led educational initiatives in group visits, individual counseling and curriculum development. She also served on the academic planning committee, helping design case-based learning sessions and a health equity lecture series.
In 2025, she completed her fellowship in the UCSF Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, where she received advanced training in nonoperative sports injury management, ultrasound-guided injections and injury prevention. During her fellowship, she served as team physician for Lowell High School in San Francisco and UC Berkeley.
Dr. Oosterhouse’s academic work includes research in sports injury prevention, with presentations at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine’s national conference and research forums at UCLA and USC. She has authored peer-reviewed and educational publications, including articles in the Journal of Neuroscience Research and an online ultrasound teaching module on flexor tenosynovitis.
Dr. Oosterhouse earned her medical degree with highest distinction from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, where she received the AMWA Glasgow Achievement Citation and the Walker Foundation Scholarship. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, graduating cum laude with distinction in general biology and a minor in music.
She will also see patients as part of UCSF’s primary care sports medicine team at the UCSF Redwood Shores Specialty Clinic on the Peninsula.
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