Thomas Vail Email & Phone Number

Thomas Parker Vail, MD is Professor and Chair Emeritus at UCSF, formerly the Michael and Antoinette Pappas Endowed Chair and James L. Young Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. He graduated from the Duke University School of Engineering cum laude with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and earned his medical degree at the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University, Chicago. He completed his residency training at Duke University and joined the faculty at the Duke University School of Medicine, advancing to Professor and Director of Adult Reconstructive Surgery at Duke before being recruited to the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco in 2007. At UCSF he created the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute and served as the first medical director, he was the co-Chair of the UCSF Health Finance committee, Chair of the Funds Flow committee which created the integration of professional and hospital services at UCSF, and member of the Executive Council.Dr Vail is internationally recognized as a surgeon and specialist in treatment of hip and knee conditions. He has published several hundred scientific articles, abstracts, book chapters and educational materials on many facets of hip and knee surgery, the basic mechanisms of bone and cartilage degeneration, surgical training and innovation, health economics, and patient care. He is the past President of the Knee Society, the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Eastern Orthopaedic Association, past vice-President of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and currently on the Board of Trustees for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He has multiple patents for orthopaedic devices, and a passion for developing, testing, and translating paradigm-changing technology to optimize MSK health and overall quality of life for patients. He is currently the consulting Chief Medical Officer for Hyalex Orthopaedics, and on the SAB for Cytex Orthopaedics, and Tesa Medical.