Rolando F. Roberto, MD

Specialties

Orthopaedic Surgery

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Languages Spoken:

English
Spanish

Rolando F. Roberto, M.D., is chief of staff, orthopedics, medical director of the pediatric spine program and an orthopedic spine surgeon at Shriners Children's Northern California. Board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, he has presented and published extensively in the areas of spinal deformity, spinal trauma, cervical disorders and recently on the prevention of spinal infections in elective spinal surgery. The recipient of many research grants, he has participated in numerous medical research studies.

Dr. Roberto is an associate clinical professor of orthopedic surgery and the orthopedic residency program director at UC Davis School of Medicine, where he has been a professor since 2003. He is the recipient of two outstanding faculty awards from the department of orthopedic surgery at UC Davis School of Medicine. His professional affiliations include the Scoliosis Research Society, North American Spine Society and J. Robert Gladden Orthopedic Society.

He previously taught at The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, in the departments of orthopedic surgery, where he also received two outstanding faculty awards.

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Pediatric Care

Specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopedics
Spine & Spinal Cord

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Board Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery - General

Education and Training

Medical Education|UC Irvine School of Medicine|Irvine|CA||01/01/1989

Residency|University of Illinois|Chicago|IL||06/01/1994

Fellowship|Minnesota Spine Center|Minneapolis|MN||07/01/1995

Academic Positions and Locations

UC Davis Medical Center
Professor

Leadership and Memberships

Member, Academic Orthopaedic Association
Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Medicine
Member, Cervical Spine Research Society
Member, J. Robert Gladden Society
Member, North American Spine Society
Member, Scoliosis Research Society

Awards and Honors

2010, Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
2005, Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
2002, Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Arizona
2000, Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Arizona
1984, President's Undergraduate Fellowship Recipient

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