Thomas P Vail MD

Summary

• Dr. Vail is Professor and Chair Emeritus at the University of California San Francisco, serving in that role from 2007 to 2023. He is internationally recognized as a specialist in total and partial joint replacement and surgical treatment of hip and knee conditions, with a research interest in cartilage injury and repair (Board Certified, Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons). 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 currently serves as an industry consultant for both large and emerging companies. He is the consulting Chief Medical Officer for Hyalex Orthopaedics.
  
  Dr. Vail 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 in 1992, advancing to Professor and Director of Adult Reconstructive Surgery before being recruited to the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He became the James L. Young endowed Professor in 2014, and received the Michael and Antoinette Pappas Endowed Chair in 2021.