About Jeff Barry, MD

Dr. Jeff Barry is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in adult reconstruction for hip and knee arthritis. He sees patients with all types of degenerative conditions of the hip and knee as well as patients with complications from prior joint replacement. Dr. Barry takes a comprehensive approach to the diagnosis and management of hip and knee pain, incorporating the latest advancements in perioperative pain management, surgical reconstruction and recovery, including the direct anterior approach to total hip replacement, partial knee replacement, and revision surgery.

Dr. Barry’s research interests include: peri-operative management and risk assessment, revision surgery and the management of complications after total joint replacement, and educating the next generation of medical students and residents. His current projects include studying how to best manage infected total joint replacements as well as the implementation of technology to improve outcomes and enhance the patient care experience. 

Dr. Barry is also a co-director of the UCSF Arthroplasty for the Modern Surgeon: Hip, Knee and Health Innovation Technology, a continuing medical education course held annually in Sonoma.

After growing up in San Jose, Dr. Barry graduated with a B.S.E. (magna cum laude) in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. He attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed his residency in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

During this time at UCSF, Dr. Barry received numerous clinical and research accolades including the Mauer Award for Orthopaedic Surgery Chief Resident of the Year, the Krevans Award for Intern of the Year, the Arthroplasty Service Teamwork Award for Outstanding Resident, and the Dean’s Research Fellowship. He was also nominated and selected to the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Emerging Leaders program.

Following his residency at UCSF, Dr. Barry completed a fellowship in adult reconstruction at the OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee Center in Charlotte, N.C.

Dr. Barry’s clinics are at the UCSF Orthopedic Institute, a state-of-the-art facility located at the UCSF Mission Bay campus in San Francisco, as well as the newly-opened UCSF Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine clinic in Marin County.