Paul Toogood, MD

Dr. Paul Toogood attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA for his undergraduate degree. He completed medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, simultaneous obtaining a Master’s Degree in Surgical Anatomy. He completed his Orthopedic Residency at the University of California San Francisco and followed this with sub-speciality fellowships in Orthopedic Trauma at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA, and Joint Replacement at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. His clinical interests include orthopaedic trauma (polytrauma care, pelvis and acetabular fractures, long bone fractures, periarticular fractures), lower extremity joint replacement (total hip and total knee arthroplasty and their revisions), and the intersection of these two subspecialties (periprosthetic fracture). Dr. Toogood is an Assistant Professor In-Residence through the University of California San Francisco and is actively engaged in research through this institution and the OTI at SFGH. He has previous publications in multiple peer-reviewed journals focusing on topics from human hip anatomy, to clavicle biomechanics, to the epidemiology of periprosthetic fractures. Dr. Toogood's educational interests are local, national, and international. He is especially interested in the next generation of UCSF trained orthopaedic surgeons: the residents and fellows. Nationally and internationally he has educated surgeons on the care of trauma patients at various courses through the Orthopedic Trauma Institute and IGOT.