Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, MPH

Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, MPH
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland - Pediatric Orthopaedics
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Walnut Creek - Pediatric Orthopaedics
Publications
- Khanna K, Sabharwal S. Spinal tuberculosis: a comprehensive review for the modern spine surgeon. Spine J. 2019 11; 19(11):1858-1870. PMID: 31102727
- Hugh G. Watts, Benjamin Joseph, Sanjeev Sabharwal. The Hip in Poliomyelitis. . 2019 Jan 1; 599-616. PMID:
- Sabharwal S, Sabharwal S. Treatment of Infantile Blount Disease: An Update. J Pediatr Orthop. 2017 Sep; 37 Suppl 2:S26-S31. PMID: 28799991
- Sabharwal S. Editorial comment: 2013 Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Dec; 472(12):3777-8. PMID: 25135853
- Sabharwal S, Root MZ. Impact of obesity on orthopaedics. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Jun 06; 94(11):1045-52. PMID: 22637211
- Sabharwal S, Rozbruch SR. What's new in limb lengthening and deformity correction. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Dec 21; 93(24):2323-32. PMID: 22258779
- Sabharwal S, Kumar A. Methods for assessing leg length discrepancy. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Dec; 466(12):2910-22. PMID: 18836788
- Sabharwal S, Lee J, Zhao C. Multiplanar deformity analysis of untreated Blount disease. J Pediatr Orthop. 2007 Apr-May; 27(3):260-5. PMID: 17414006
- Sabharwal S, Kishan S, Behrens F. Principles of external fixation of the femur. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2005 May; 34(5):218-23. PMID: 15954686
- Leopold SS, Sabharwal S. Editorial: indications--on the fringes and in the mainstream. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Nov; 472(11):3247-9. PMID: 25209343
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Education
DEI Champion | University of California | 2020 | |
Program for Leadership Development | Harvard Business School | 2019 | |
MPH | UMDNJ-School of Public Health, Rutgers University | 2012 | |
Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Fellowship | Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction | 1996 | |
Pediatric Orthopedics Fellowship | Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California | 1995 | |
Pediatric Orthopedics Fellowship | Shriners Hospital for Children, UCLA | 1995 | |
Residency, Orthopedics | University of British Columbia | 1994 |
About Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, MPH
Meet Dr. Sanjeev Sabharwal (Video)
Dr. Sanjeev Sabharwal is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon who treats children and young adults with a wide range of musculoskeletal problems, such as limb deformities, limb length discrepancies, and skeletal trauma. He is a Professor of Orthopaedics at UCSF and as an expert in surgical limb reconstruction, Sabharwal directs the Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. He is the Program Director for the Pediatric Orthopaedic fellowship at UCSF and previously served as the Director and Chief of Orthopaedics at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland.
Prior to joining UCSF, Sabharwal served as the Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, where he was a Professor of Orthopaedics and the Residency Program Director. He completed his residency in orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia, followed by a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and at the Shriners Hospital for Children. He completed a second fellowship in limb lengthening and reconstruction at the International Center for Limb Lengthening in Baltimore and earned a Master of Public Health degree while at Rutgers.
Sabharwal’s clinical research focuses on pediatric lower limb deformities, including Blount disease (a growth disorder of the shinbone that causes bowlegs). He also studies the motivations and impact of orthopaedic medicine volunteerism. He is actively engaged in global outreach and bidirectional learning, which aims to enrich medical education by encouraging academic partnerships among institutions with varying resource levels.
In addition to his full-time clinical practice, Sabharwal is the past president of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society. He has served as an examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery since 2010 and is the sole honorary member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of India. He serves as a deputy editor of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery and is the editor of a comprehensive textbook on lower limb deformities in children.