Alfred Kuo, MD, PhD
Alfred Kuo, MD, PhD
VA Hospital - Arthritis & Joint Replacement
Education
| University of California | 2019 | ||
| M.D. | University of California, San Francisco | 2000 | |
| Ph.D. | University of California, San Francisco | 1997 |
Publications
Grants & Awards
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Development and Validation of a Risk Calculator for Total Joint Replacement
February 1, 2015 - September 30, 2020
VA I01HX001260
Role: Principal Investigator
Membership & Committees
About Alfred Kuo, MD, PhD
Alfred Kuo graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in biochemistry, and then went on to receive a PhD in biochemistry and his medical degree at UCSF as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program. He was a resident in orthopaedic surgery and a research fellow at the University of California, Davis before completing a fellowship in lower extremity reconstruction at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego.
Kuo has received numerous awards and has published papers in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, the Journal of Arthroplasty and the Journal of Cell Biology. Here at UCSF, he works closely with Hubert Kim, MD, PhD at San Francisco Veterans Medical Center, attends surgery and clinic at San Francisco General Hospital and continues his basic research.