Alan Dang, MD

Dr. Alan Dang joined the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of California San Francisco in 2011. Dr. Dang received his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University in 2001.  He then received his medical degree in 2006 from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. While in medical school, he completed a research year from 2004-2005. Dr. Dang then went on to his orthopaedic surgery residency at the New England Musculoskeletal Institute at the University of Connecticut in Farmington.  He completed a fellowship in Spine Surgery at the University of California San Diego under Department chairman Dr. Steven R. Garfin.

Dr. Alan Dang is a board-certified, licensed orthopaedic spine surgeon. He is an HS Clinical Associate Professor at UCSF. Along with his brother, Dr. Alexis Dang, he started the Orthopaedic Rapid Intelligent Fabrication (ORIF) program at UCSF/San Francisco VA and is a founding member of the UCSF Center for Applied 3D+ Technologies. Dr. Dang is also a capstone mentor and member of the selection committee for the UCSF/UC Berkeley Masters in Translational Medicine program.

Interests: Spinal fusion, ascorbic acid, 3D printing, finite element analysis