Orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Mathias Masem is an orthopedic surgeon with more than 20 years experience in hand and upper extremity surgery. He received a medical degree from the University of Minnesota, completed an internship and additional general surgery training and a residency in orthopedic surgery at UCSF and completed a hand surgery fellowship under Dr. Jack Tupper in Oakland. He spent the following two years as an orthopedic research physician in Switzerland at the University of Bern and the Laboratory for Experimental Surgery. Masem obtained his training in hand, upper extremity and microsurgery as a clinical and research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
A UCSF assistant clinical professor of orthopedic surgery, Masem also runs a private practice in Oakland, is chief of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Division of Hand Surgery and is a hand and upper extremity injury consultant to the UC Berkeley athletic teams. He has authored numerous articles and given many lectures on basic science and the clinical aspects of upper extremity orthopedic surgery.
Hand, Elbow and Upper Extremity Surgery Center
1500 Owens St.
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: (415) 353–2808
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
University of Minnesota 1975
UCSF Medical Center, Surgery 1976
UCSF Medical Center, Hand Surgery 1984
UCSF Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery 1984
