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Dr.
Thomas Vail, MD
Professor and Chair at
The University of California
San Francisco Department
of Orthopeadic Surgery
Address: 400 Parnassus
Lower Plaza Level
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: 415-353-2808
http://orthosurg.ucsf.edu/ |
Thomas Parker
Vail, MD
Dr. Thomas Vail is Professor and Chairman
of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San
Francisco. After graduating from the Duke University School of Engineering cum
laude with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, he earned
his medical degree at the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University, Chicago.
He completed his internship in General and Thoracic surgery and residency in
Orthopaedic surgery at Duke University Medical Center, and then went on to complete
a fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr. Vail's research interests include
hip and knee joint biomechanics, biomaterials, articular cartilage injury and
repair, and clinical outcomes after joint replacement. His clinical interests
include conservative joint reconstruction options for younger patients, hip and
knee joint replacement, hip resurfacing, less invasive approaches, management
of bone loss, and treatment of avascular necrosis.
Dr. Vail
graduated from the University School of Engineering with honors in Mechanical
Engineering. He attended medical school at the Loyola University, Stritch
School of Medicine, and then returned to Duke University Medical Center in Durham,
North Carolina where he completed preliminary training in General and Thoracic
Surgery followed by a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery.
He completed
a fellowship in surgery of the hip and knee sponsored by Duke University with
exposure to multiple centers internationally. Dr. Vail was on the faculty
of the Duke University School of Medicine from 1992 to 2007, rising to be Professor
and Director of Adult Reconstructive Surgery.
He joined
UCSF as the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in
January of 2007. Dr Vail’s research interests include hip and knee joint
biomechanics, biomaterials, articular cartilage injury and repair, and clinical
outcomes after joint replacement.
During his
career Dr. Vail has received research support from many groups including the
National Institutes of Health, the Coulter Foundation, the Orthopaedic Research
and Education Foundation, the Piedmont Foundation, and the Musculoskeletal Transplant
Foundation, DePuy a J&J company, Wright Medical, Zimmer, Smith&Nephew,
Sulzer, Wyeth-Ayerst, and Pfizer. He serves as both an editor and reviewer
for numerous journals, and has published over 150 journal articles, book chapters,
and texts.
He holds
leadership roles in national orthopaedic organizations, and has lectured extensively
around the world on topics related to arthritis and cartilage injury, hip replacement
and resurfacing, and knee arthroplasty. He has designed a number of devices
and instruments including a cemented hip stem, a hip resurfacing device, a total
knee device and instrumentation, and a patella resurfacing instrumentation system.
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