People

The lab

A deliberately mixed group: surgeons, medical students, engineers, data scientists, and visiting scholars who work as collaborators, not assistants. People here own projects, present them, and mentor whoever comes next.

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Professor Stefano A. Bini, MD

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
MARIA MANETTI SHREM ENDOWED PROFESSOR
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, UCSF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

Dr. Bini replaces hips and knees, and has spent his career moving technology into surgical practice: operating-room robotics, machine learning on clinical and sensor data, and collaborations from Google to Milan. He founded DOCSF, the annual San Francisco conference where surgeons, engineers, and founders work out the digital future of musculoskeletal care.

He runs the lab on the same principle: surgeons, students, and engineers working together, with trainees given real ownership of their projects.

UCSF faculty profile ↗  ·  DOCSF ↗

Team

Leadership

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Matt Allen
Lab co-lead · MS3, UCSF School of Medicine
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Richard Liu
Lab co-lead · MS3, Touro School of Medicine
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Lorenzo Lucchetta
Lab director · Attending orthopaedic surgeon, Università di Perugia
Team

Project leadership

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Nathan Robbins
MS1, UCSF School of Medicine · Hormone therapy & GTPS
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Izzy LeKander
MS1, UCSF School of Medicine · HRT timing & GTPS
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Izzy Chris
MS1, Rush Medical College
JP
Jack Pearce
MS1, University of Vermont · Losartan & recurrent GM tears
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Andy Fabian
MS1, UCSF School of Medicine · GM outcome measures review
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Aislin Suzuki
Undergraduate, UC Berkeley · Subsurface abductor tears
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Lorenzo Bazzani
MS1, University of Central Florida · Weight-bearing in THA RCTs
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Olivia Freedhand
Undergraduate, Lehigh University · Postoperative urinary retention
MP
Matteo Pilotti
Visiting scholar, Politecnico di Milano · Robotic TKA
Alumni

Where people go next

A lab is judged by what its people do afterward. As members move on to residency, graduate programs, and industry, they will be listed here with their destinations.

Collaborators

Who we work with

UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical site
Politecnico di Milano
Visiting scholars in robotics and biomechanics
Touro University California
Clinical research collaboration
Università di Perugia
Orthopaedics and traumatology
DOCSF
Digital Orthopaedics Conference San Francisco network

The lab takes new members on a rolling basis. See how to join.