About Roger Mann, MD

Dr. Roger Mann is an orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in treating a wide range of foot and ankle conditions from degenerative disease to acute and chronic injuries. Practicing in the East Bay since 1968, Dr. Mann is widely respected in his field. Aside from his busy Oakland practice, he treats numerous professional athletes as well as acting as a full-time consultant to the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Dr. Mann received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Berkeley, and later received his medical school education at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Mann then completed his internship at San Francisco General Hospital, and subsequently, his residency training through UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He became a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon in 1968.

In terms of his clinical research, Dr. Mann has published more than 120 scientific journal articles, 70 book chapters, and is the co-author of the most widely used orthopaedic textbook on foot and ankle surgery, entitled, “Mann's Surgery of the Foot and Ankle,” which is now entering its ninth edition.

Dr. Mann has also served as past president of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS), which has even named its annual award for an Outstanding Clinical Paper after Dr. Mann, “The Roger A. Mann Award.”

Besides providing a full service foot and ankle practice for the past 50 years, Dr. Mann was the lead investigator for the FDA study evaluating the Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (STAR), which was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 2007.

It is with great honor that the UCSF Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery welcomes Dr. Mann to our faculty.