Alumni

Welcome Abbott Society Members!

LEROY C. ABBOTT SOCIETY 
The UCSF Abbott Society is open to all former residents, fellows and UCSF faculty members. The Abbott Society is the alumni organization of UCSF Orthopedic Surgery. It has been in existence for over 50 years and exists to facilitate Resident and practicing Orthopedic Surgeon education, and facilitate interactions of the UCSF Alumni.

Annual Events Include:
•    AAOS Abbott Society Cocktail Reception-It was a great time in SF this year, so fun to see so many old friends. Can’t wait to see you in San Diego next year! 
•    Inman-Abbott meeting - 2026 features Leesa Galatz, MD, MBA, the Mount Sinai Professor and Chair of the Leni and Peter May Department of Orthopedic Surgery and the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System as the 70th Abbott Professor and Kevin Bozic, MD, MBA, former UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty and current chair of surgery and perioperative care at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin will be the 57th Inman Professor.
•    Best Resident Presentation awards at the AS meeting which total over $2000. 

Since 1930, we have been dedicated to pioneering musculoskeletal care to transform lives. 
It was in that year that Dr. LeRoy C. Abbott (1890-1965) took on the role as the Department's first Chair. After serving as Military Director of Orthopaedic Surgery for the U.S. Army in Europe during World War I, “Roy” Abbott returned to the Pacific Coast, where he would build an orthopaedic department at UCSF unique to its time – but not without its struggles. His "Division" consisted of an outpatient clinic, a few beds in the University Hospital, a small unit at San Francisco Hospital, and a tight annual budget of $2,200.