Dr. Tamara Alliston is a Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and is co-Director of the Skeletal Biology Core of the Center of Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine. Her research focuses on the mechanobiologic pathways controlling stem cell and skeletal cell differentiation in bone and cartilage, seeking to understand how these pathways maintain the mechanical integrity of the healthy skeleton, and how this is disrupted in skeletal diseases like arthritis and osteoporosis. In particular, she studies the mechanobiology of TGFß in the skeleton.
Core member, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
Director, UCSF REACH Analytics Core
Leadership Team, UCSF Musculoskeletal Center
Investigator, San Francisco Veteran's Administration Health Care System
Dr. Schafer is Associate Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF and Chief of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Her research focus is osteoporosis and bone metabolism. One of her research emphases is osteoporosis treatment and the assessment of response to osteoporosis therapy.
Assistant Adjunct Professor (UCSF Ortho Department) & Associate Professor (UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering)
Orthopaedic Surgery
My research focuses on soft tissue mechanics of the intervertebral disc and articular cartilage.
We seek to understand how structural changes with age, injury, and degeneration affects mechanical behavior of these tissues, and mechanical failures occur in soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system.
Dr. Saam Morshed is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in caring for patients with traumatic injuries such as broken bones. He treats fractures of the pelvis, arm, elbow, shoulder, ankle, foot, leg and knee.
In his research, Morshed studies skeletal injuries to develop new techniques for fracture repair and rehabilitation. He also looks at how to prevent post-traumatic arthritis.
Academic:
My research is driven by a desire to understand how major hormonal and regulatory pathways determine the specification, differentiation, and morphogenesis of mesenchymal tissues such as bone, cartilage, muscle, and fat. Mis-regulation of these pathways leads to significant medical diseases, including the inappropriate formation of mineralized tissues in atherosclerosis, heterotopic ossification, and cancer.
Brian Feeley, MD is the Chief of the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, and is currently a Professor in Residence. He grew up in the Bay Area, and received his bachelor of science degree from Stanford University and his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine before serving his residency in the UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He completed a sports medicine and shoulder fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, where he also served as an assistant team physician to the New York Giants.
