Our Physicians...

Richard F. Santore, M.D.,
Total Joint Reconstruction.

Dr. Santore is a Harvard University-trained Orthopaedic Surgeon with Fellowships in Total Hip, Total Knee and Osteotomy surgery from Harvard University and AO of Switzerland. He served as Chief Resident of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been affiliated continuously, since completion of post-graduate and fellowship training, with the Orthopaedic Medical Group of San Diego. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the first medical school to train doctors in the United States.

He is one of the world’s leading experts in the field of osteotomy and joint-preserving surgery of the hip and knee and an expert in Total Hip and Total Knee surgery.

Dr. Santore is the Chief of Staff-Elect of Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego and a Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He has served as President of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, President of the California Orthopaedic Association, President of the Western Orthopaedic Association, President of the San Diego Surgical Society, Division Chief of Adult Reconstruction of UCSD, Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery of Sharp Memorial Hospital and President of the San Diego Chapter of the Western Orthopaedic Association. His is the co-director of the San Diego Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction Surgery.

He is a respected expert in personal injury matters pertaining to the hip and knee.

He has been an invited speaker and/or visiting Professor at hundreds of meetings all over the world, including Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, China, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Chile, Argentina, Japan, Micronesia, Australia, and India. He budgets time for approximately 30 domestic and international speaking engagements a year. In 2007, he was asked to be the local co-chairman of the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association, which was held in San Diego for the first time. The other co-chair was his long-time friend and OMG partner, Dr. Richard Coutts.

Areas of Special Interest:
Total Hip Replacement
Total Knee Replacement
Periacetabular Osteotomy
Dysplasia of the Hip
Angular Deformities of the Knee
Intertrochanteric Osteotomy
Impingement of the Hip
Ostectomy and Osteoplasty of the femoral neck and head
Joint Preservation surgery and strategies for hip and knee
Osteonecrosis of the Hip and Knee
Arthritis of the hip and knee in young adults
Computer planning of surgery
Computer navigation and robotic surgery of the knee
Pain-free recovery from major hip and knee surgery
Obesity and arthritis of the hip and knee
Expert Witness in personal injury matters of the hip and knee
Artificial bone grafting of bone defects and cysts

Hospital Affiliations
Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego
Thornton Hospital of the University of California, La Jolla
U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center Hospital, San Diego
La Jolla Orthopaedic Surgical Center

Licensures & Certifications
Medical Board of California
Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Memberships
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
Canadian Orthopaedic Association
Western Orthopaedic Association
California Orthopaedic Association
SICOT