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Richard O’Donnell, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Service
Director, Sarcoma Program
Co-Director, international Center for Osseointegration Research, Education, and Surgery (iCORES)

Providing expert care to patients with a wide variety of bone and soft tissue tumors and tumor-like conditions remains the professional focus of Richard J. O’Donnell, M.D., who serves as Chief of the UCSF Orthopaedic Oncology. Clinical research is directed towards osseointegration as a means of achieving stable endoprosthetic reconstruction for limb salvage patients and transdermal anchorage for amputee patients. Multidisciplinary approaches to management of soft tissue sarcoma patients are also an area of active interest. Educational efforts include teaching of orthopaedic surgical residents and medical students, as well as direction of international conferences.

After receiving undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard, Dr. O’Donnell completed a general surgery internship at the New England Deaconess Hospital. He was graduated from the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Training Program in Boston and the Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. He joined the UCSF Medical Center Faculty in 1998.

von Mehren M, Randall RL, Benjamin RS, Boles S, Bui MM, Casper ES, Conrad EU, DeLaney TF, Ganjoo KN, George S, Gonzalez RJ, Heslin MJ, Kane JM, Mayerson J, McGarry SV, Meyer C, O’Donnell RJ, Pappo AS, Paz IB, Pfeifer JD, Riedel RF, Schuetze S, Schupak KD, Schwartz HS, Van Tine BA, Wayne JD, Bergman MA, Sundar H. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 Jun; 12(6):853-62.

von Mehren M, Randall RL, Benjamin RS, Boles S, Bui MM, Casper ES, Conrad EU, Delaney TF, Ganjoo KN, George S, Gonzalez RJ, Heslin MJ, Kane JM, Mayerson J, McGarry SV, Meyer C, O’Donnell RJ, Pappo AS, Paz IB, Pfeifer JD, Riedel RF, Schuetze S, Schupak KD, Schwartz HS, Van Tine BA, Wayne JD, Bergman MA, Sundar H. Soft tissue sarcoma, version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 Apr; 12(4):473-83.

O’Donnell, R.J.; DuBois, S.G.; and Haas-Kogan, D.A. Sarcomas of bone. DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer Principles & Practice of Oncology, 10th edition. Edited by Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., Theodore S. Lawrence, and Steven A. Rosenberg. 2014; 1292-1313.

O’Donnell RJ, Burch S. Hemipelvectomy and hemicorporectomy: Hindquarter amputation. Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors: Advanced Management and Operative Techniques. Edited by C.P. Ames, S. Boriani, and R. Jandial. 2014; 759-776.

Solomon DA, Antonescu CR, Link TM, O’Donnell RJ, Folpe AL, Horvai AE. Hemosiderotic fibrolipomatous tumor, not an entirely benign entity. Am J Surg Pathol. 2013 Oct; 37(10):1627-30.