Hip Arthroscopy by Thomas G. Sampson M.D.

Qualifications

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS: Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and Post Street Surgery
MEDICAL SOCIETIES: California Medical Society, San Francisco Medical Society, Le Roy C. Abbott Orthopaedic Society, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Western Orthopaedic Association, Arthroscopy Association of North America.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Total Joint Center, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, 2000
BOARD CERTIFICATION: July 19, 1985
RESIDENCY IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY: University Of California, San Francisco, July 1978 to June 1982
INTERNSHIP: Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, completed June 1978
MEDICAL EDUCATION: Georgetown University Medical School; May 1977
PRE-MEDICAL EDUCATION: University of California, Riverside; B.S. Biochemistry, March 1973.

Presentations

"The Harris Condylocephalic Nail" presented at the Le Roy C. Abbott Orthopaedic Society, San Francisco, June 1980.
"The Varciela" presented at the Hand Surgery Grand Rounds, San Francisco, November 1980.
"Macrodactyly" presented at The Sterling Brunnell Memorial Lectureship, Shriners Hospital, San Francisco, November 1980.
"Cervical Spine Disorders in Children" presented at the Verne T. Inman, Shriners Hospital Meeting, San Francisco, May 1981.
"Hypotensive Anesthesia for Total Hip Replacement" presented at the Combined University of California Grand Rounds, San Francisco, November 1981 and at the
"Extra-Articular Surgery of the Hip for Arthritis" presented at Combined University of California Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, San Francisco, March 1982.
"Hypotensive Anesthesia for Total Hip Replacement" presented at The Western Orthopaedic Association 46th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 12, 1982.
"The Aging Hip" presented at the Geriatric Conference, Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, December 13, 1983.
"Advancement in Hip Prosthesis" presented at The Physical and Occupational Therapy Conference, Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco January 10, 1984.
"Bursitis & Tendonitis" presented at the 35th Annual Course for Physicians in Family Practice, Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, March 6, 1985.
Anatomy Portion of The San Francisco Orthopaedic Review Course on the Shoulder and Arm, University of California, San Francisco, May 1985.
"Joint Replacement The Great Cure" presented at Institute on Aging, Mt. Zion Hospital, May 21, 1987.
"Arthroscopy Treatment of Shoulder Impingement", by Todd H. Katzman, M.D., James M. Glick, M.D., Thomas G. Sampson, M.D., Robert B. Gordon, M.D., Stanley L. Kampner, M.D., presented at The Twenty Second Annual Scientific Program of The Leroy C. Abbott Orthopaedic Society, May 22, 1987.
Instructional Course, "Arthroscopy of the Hip and Ankle", James M. Glick, M.D., Thomas G. Sampson, M.D., Arthroscopy Association Of North America 8th Annual Meeting, Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington, April 13- 16, 1989.
"Shoulder Arthroscopy-Getting Started" AANA Annual Meeting Instructional Course, Wesley Nottage, M.D., Richard Hawkins, M.D., Thomas G. Sampson, M.D., Orlando, Florida April 26-29, 1990.
"Ankle Arthrodesis" James M. Glick, M.D., Mark S. Myerson, M.D., Craig D. Morgan, M.D., Thomas G. Sampson, M.D., AANA Annual Meeting Orlando Florida, April 26, 1990.
"Precision Acromioplasty In Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression Of The Shoulder" The 25th Annual Le Roy C. Abbott Society Meeting University Of California, San Francisco, May 4, 1990.
"Common Orthopaedic Problems In The Elderly" Institute On Aging, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, Geriatric Clinic Seminar, May 9, 1990.
"Precision Acromioplasty In Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression Of The Shoulder" Western Orthopaedic Association Meeting, San Antonio Texas October 14-18 1990.
"Total Knee Replacement In The Elderly", Geriatric Grand Rounds, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, November 27, 1990.
"Eight Year Experience In Total Knee Replacement", Northern California Western Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Yosemite, California January 31, 1992.
"Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis: Experience with 75 Cases" Presented at the American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 62nd Annual Meeting, Orlando Florida, February 17, 1995.
"Removal of Tumors In or Around Hip Joint Through Minimal Incisions" presented at the Verne T. Inman Lectureship and The Scientific Program And Visiting Professorship of the Le Roy C. Abbott Orthopaedic Society, University of California, San Francisco May 7-8, 1998.
"Hip Arthroscopy for Degenerative Joint Disease" by Laith Farjo, M.D., Michelle James, M.D., James Glick, M.D., Thomas Sampson, M.D. presented at the Verne T. Inman Lectureship and The Scientific Program And Visiting Professorship of the Le Roy C. Abbott Orthopaedic Society, University of California, San Francisco May 7-8, 1998.
Instructional Course #171, "Hip Arthroscopy", 66th Annual Meeting American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. J.M. Glick, M.D., G.G. Poehling, M.D., T.G. Sampson, M.D., H.W. Sweeney, M.D., Moderator, J.W.T. Byrd, M.D., Orange County, California, February 4-8, 1999.
Instructional Course Lecture. Advanced Techniques and New Horizons in Hip Arthroscopy. AAOS Meeting, Orlando, FA, March 15, 2000.

Courses-Faculty

Laboratory Instructor: AAOS Instruction Course In Advanced Arthroscopy, San Francisco, June 2-5, 1982.
Laboratory Instructor: AAOS Summer Institute Course on Arthroscopy of the knee, Monterey, California, September 23-24, 1982.
Program Director: UCSF Workshop on Anatomic Knee Replacement, San Francisco, July 8-9, 1983.
Program Director & Instructor: Med Ed Workshop on total Joint Replacement,Santa Rosa, California, November 5, 1983.
Laboratory Instructor: Total Knee-Hip Arthroplasty, Vail Colorado, January 15-20, 1984.
Faculty: Total Hip Arthroplasty-The PCA System, Reno, Nevada, July 14, 1984.
Instructor: Howmedica PCA Knee and Hip Workshop, Dallas Texas, November 30, 1984 - December 1, 1984.
Program Director & Instructor: Med-Ed Workshop, Orthopaedic Treatment and Traction, San Jose Hospital, April 4, 1986.
Co-Chairman at the 36th Annual Course for Physicians in Family Practice, Controversies in Total Joint Surgery, Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, March 12, 1986.
Member of Advisory Board for Autology Centers, San Francisco, and Sunnyvale 1987.
Co-Chairman for the 37th Annual Course for Physicians in Family Practice, How to Inject Joints, Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, April 28, 1988.
Orthopaedic Review Course, Total Joint, Clarion Hotel, San Francisco, March 1, 1988.
Co-Chairman for the 38th Annual Course for Physicians in Family Practice, Foot Pain In The Runner. Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, April 28, 1988.
Innovations In Ankle Arthroscopy, The Hyatt on Union Square, San Francisco, January 21, 1989.
Co-Chairman for the 39th Annual Course for Physicians in Family Practice, Injuries In The Weekend Athlete, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, April 12, 1989.
Instructor: Anatomy Of The Shoulder, Course at University Of California, San Francisco, May 20-21 1989.
State-Of-The-Art In Hip and Knee Replacement: Issues In Fit and Longevity, Osteonics, Breckenridge, Colorado, Beaver Run Resort, March 12-15 1990.
State-Of-The-Art in Hip and Knee Replacements: Issues in Fit and Longevity, Breckenridge Colorado, Beaver Resort, February 11-14 1991.
"Shoulder Arthroscopy - Principles and Practical Techniques in the Glenohumeral Joint & Subacromial Space" Arthroscopy Association Of North America Meeting April 24-27. 1991 in San Diego, California.
The Silvirado Hip and Knee, Three Follow-Up; OMNI-FIT Total Knee System, Summit, May 10-11, 1991 Napa, California.
Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgical Techniques and Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release - Cadaver Surgical Workshop, Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, University of California, Irvine, May 31-June 2, 1991.
Arthroscopy Association of North America, Shoulder Arthroscopy Work Shop, Marriott's Desert Springs Resort, Palm Desert, California November 22-24, 1991.
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Refinements In Shoulder Arthroscopy, Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Hands-On Cadaver Surgical Workshop, Dana Point Resort, California January 17-18, 1992.
Surgical Technique, Subacromial Decompression. Lab Instructor, shoulder arthroscopy lab, Ninth Annual San Diego Meeting, Hyatt Regency, La Jolla June 25-27, 1992.
AANA 11th Annual Course, Shoulder Laboratory Coordinator. Monterey California, November 19-22, 1992.
Brown Bag Lecture Series. "Video Production and Medicine". University of San Francisco, California, February 10, 1993.
Bioskills Presentation on The Series 7000 Osteonics Knee, International Training Meeting, San Francisco, February 17, 1993.
Coordinating Chairman, American Academy Of Orthopedic Surgeons, Nursing and Allied Health Program, 60th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, February 18-20, 1993.
Industrial Claims Association Meeting, Cumulative Trauma Class, San Francisco, March 11, 1993.
Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery, Mitek Stabilization, Shoulder Laboratory Instructor, Surf and Sand Hotel, Laguna Beach, California, March 19-20, 1993.
San Francisco SurgiCenter, Quarterly Orthopedic Dinner Meeting. "The Safety and Efficiency of Outpatient Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction", March 30, 1993.
2nd Annual, Current Issues Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Orthopedics And Sports Medicine. " The Biceps Labral Complex SLAP Lesions" Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco September 8-11-1993.
Arthroscopy Association Of North America, "The shoulder: Arthroscopic Evaluation and Treatment. Fall Course Albuquerque New Mexico, October 7-9, 1993
AAOS Review and Update for Practicing Orthopedic Surgeons. "Elbow and Forearm Problems and Reconstruction" Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco, December 3-5 1993.
AAOS 61st Annual Meeting Instruction Course. Current Concepts in Orthopedic Imaging: Knee and shoulder. Cost effectiveness of orthopedic imaging modalities. Discussion of possible diagnosis algorithms. New Orleans February 24, 1994 through March 1, 1994.
3rd Annual Current Issues of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Conference. Instructor for the shoulder dissection workshop. Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco, September 21-24, 1994.
4th Annual Current Issues of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Shoulder Laboratory Instructor, September 6-9, 1995 Ritz Carlton San Francisco.
Shoulder Laboratory Instructor. AANA Fall Course December 7-10, 1991 San Antonio, Texas.
"Arthroscopic Treatment of Rotator Cuff Injuries and Disease" UCSF Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging. January 22-25, 1996, Mark Hopkins Inter- Continental Hotel, San Francisco.
5th Annual, Current Issues of Magnetic Resonance Imaging In orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Shoulder Laboratory Instructor, September 4-7, 1996 The Ritz Carlton, San Francisco, Ca.
"Office Based Orthopaedics For The Primary Care Physician". University Of California San Francisco. October 17-19, 1996.
"When To Do An Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair" AANA Fall Course, November 21-24, 1996. Palm Desert, California.
AAOS 64th Annual Meeting, Nursing and Allied Health Committee Member Meeting, February 12-17, 1997, San Francisco Hilton Hotel.
"Surgical Correlation Of Shoulder MRI" University Of California, San Francisco, Second International Symposium On Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging, June 1-5, 1997 Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.
AANA "The Masters Experience" General Shoulder Course, July 25-17, 1997 O.L.C. in Rosemont, Illinois
Education Design, Inc. Clinical Economic Strategies in Hip & Knee Replacement Meeting. "Conversion of UKA to TKA. October 24-15, 1997 Monterey, California.
"Hip Arthroscopy Indications and Procedure" Western Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Conference, April 24-26, 1998 Santa Cruz, California
"Advanced Subacromial Techniques" AANA 17th Annual Meeting Orlando World Center Marriott Orlando, Florida April 30-May 3, 1998
Lab Instructor at the 7th Annual - Current Issues of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. September 9-12, 1998, San Francisco.
Panelist at Total Joint Symposium, UCSF Department of Orthopedic Surgery, April 3, 1999.
Scientific Session: Shoulder IV Moderator: Arthroscopy Association of North America, 18th Annual Meeting, Vancouver Trade and Convention Center, Vancouver BC, Canada, April 15-18, 1999.
Panelist at Daughters Of Charity National Health System Meeting, Beyond The Cutting Edge, Loss Prevention In the Perioperative Environment, II. Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel, San Diego, Ca. August 26-28, 1999.
Lab Instructor, Knee and Ankle Surgical Dissection Laboratory, 8th Annual Current Issues in Magnetic Resonance of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. August 29-September 1, 1999, Ritz Carlton Hotel, San Francisco.
Lab Instructor, Oratec Cadaver Lab November 11, 1999 at HealthSouth Surgery Center, San Francisco, Ca.
Lab Instructor, Shoulder Arthroscopy Workshop. AANA Fall Course, November 18-21, 1999, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California.
"Hip Arthroscopy: Surgical Technique" Hyatt Islandia Hotel, San Diego, Ca. April 13, 2000.
"Hip Arthroscopy" Grand Rounds, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital. April 25, 2000.
Lab Instructor, Shoulder Surgical Dissection. 9th Annual, Current Issues of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. August 23 - August 26, 2000. Grand Hyatt, San Francisco, California.
Lectures given on, 1. Hip Arthroscopy. 2. Shoulder Arthroscopy. 3. Suprascapular nerve entrapment. Update In Orthopaedics 2000. Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii. July 23-28, 2000.
Lectures given on, 1. Subacromial decompression and Cutting Block Technique. 2. Arthroscopic treatment of Shoulder Instability. 3. Posterior Instability. 4 Diagnosis and Treatment of Multi-directional Instability. 5. Treatment of Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment. Arturo Gutierrez Menses, Mexican Orthopaedic Association, Acapulco Mexico, September 14-16, 2000.

Publications

"Hypotensive Anesthesia for Total Joint Arthroplasty" Sampson, T.G., Leathers, M.A., Murray, W.R.,: Orthopaedic Transactions Volume 7, 1983.
"Ankle and Foot Fractures in Athletics" Glick James M.D, and Sampson, Thomas G., Chapter in book on the Foot and Ankle in Sports, edited by James Nicholas M.D., Published Summer of 1985 by Mosby Times Mirror: The lower Extremity & Spine in Sports Medicine.
"Hip Arthroscopy, A New Approach" James M. Glick, M.D., Thomas G. Sampson, M.D., Robert B. Gordon, M.D., Eric Schmidt, M.D., Published in Arthroscopy, The Journal Of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery, March 1987.
"Arthroscopy Of The Hip Lateral Approach" Published in the Video Journal Of Orthopaedics, Volume IV, Number 4, Thomas G. Sampson, M.D.
"Precision Acromioplasty In Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression Of The Shoulder", Thomas G. Sampson, M.D., Jon K. Nisbet, M.D., James M. Glick, M.D., The Video Supplement to Arthroscopy, The Journal Of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery, Volume 2. No. 2, 1990.
Ankle and Foot Fractures In Athletics, Chapter 24,pp 463-473. "The Lower Extremity and Spine in Sports Medicine" Edited by Nicholas, J. and Hershman, E.B. Mosby Co., St. Louis, Mo. 2nd Edition 1995.
"Indications and Surgical Treatment of Hip Pathology" Chapter 77, pp 1067-1078. Thomas G. Sampson, M.D., and James M. Glick, M.D. Operative Arthroscopy, Second Edition, 1996.
"Hip Arthroscopy by Lateral Approach" Chapter 78, pp 1079-1089. Operative Arthroscopy, Second Edition, 1996.
"Hip Arthroscopy for Acetabular Labral Tears" Laith A. Farjo, M.D., James M. Glick, M.D. & Thomas G. Sampson, M.D. Arthroscopy, The Journal Of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. Volume 15, Number 2, March 1999, pages 132-137.

Activities

Medical Director, Total Joint Center, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital.
Consultant University Of California, San Francisco, Student Health, July 1982 to present.
Attending Physician University of California, San Francisco, Hip Clinic, July 1982 to 1993.
President Alumni Association, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center.
Associate Chief In the Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF/Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
Committee Member American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Nursing and Allied Health Education January 1991.
Member American Academy Of Orthopedic Surgeons Committee on Multi-Media Education from 1992 to present.
Team Physician for United States Freestyle Ski Team, Coverage of Work Cup Freestyle Skiing, Breckenridge Colorado, January 1995.
Member Research Committee Arthroscopy Association Of North America 1995.
Member Board of Directors, Arthritis Foundation Of Northern California Chapter, September 1995.
Member Board Of Directors Temple Emanuel, San Francisco.
Chairman of the Surgeon Advisory Board, Joint Centers of America.

Hospital Appointments

Medical Director, Total Joint Center, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital.
Post Street Surgery Center: Director of Hip Arthroscopy
Active Staff, Orthopedic Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, January 2000 to 2001.
Active Staff, Orthopaedic Surgery; UCSF/Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California, 1982 to 2001
Active Staff, Orthopaedic Surgery; Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, California, December 1999 to present.
Associate Clinical Professor; University of California, San Francisco, 1982 to present
Healthsouth Surgery Center: Former Director of Arthroscopy.

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