Specialty Clinic

Sara Edwards, MD

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, CAQ Sports Medicine

Dr. Sara Edwards is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, who specializes in treating shoulder, elbow, and knee injuries, non-operative management of shoulder arthritis, and sports-related injuries in all age groups and all levels – from recreational to elite athletes.

Most recently, Dr. Edwards practiced at West Coast Sports Institute (formerly known as SOAR Medical Group) in San Francisco. She has also served as an Assistant Adjunct Professor in Sports Medicine at the UCSF/ San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital, and she currently serves as a team physician for the City College of San Francisco, the University of San Francisco, and the Oakland Ballet. She is the former team orthopaedic surgeon for UC Berkeley, where she took care of football, rugby, women’s basketball, and gymnastics. Before moving to San Francisco she was an Assistant Professor in orthopaedic surgery at Northwestern University and served as the head team orthopaedic surgeon for the Wildcats. 

Dr. Edwards’ research interests are in patient-derived outcomes after shoulder arthroplasty and labral repair, injury epidemiology and prevention to youth athletes, and biomechanical evaluation of various shoulder arthroscopic procedures and proximal humerus fractures. 

Dr. Edwards completed her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Illinois. She continued her medical education training at Northwestern University Medical School, at which she received her M.D. degree. She next completed her orthopaedic surgery residency at Northwestern University Orthopaedic Surgery, during which time she served as a chief resident at both Jesse Brown Westside Veterans Administration Hospital and Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Edwards followed her residency as the Charles S. Neer Shoulder and Sports Fellow at Columbia University Orthopaedic Surgery in New York City. 

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Eleanore Kim, MD, FACOG

Dr. Eleanore Kim grew up in central Illinois. She received her undergraduate degree in molecular biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her medical degree from the University of Illinois. After completing residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco, she joined a private practice group in Berkeley for 7 years as a general obstetrician and surgical gynecologist before becoming part of the clinical staff at UHS in 2009. 

Dr. Kim is board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  She is a member of the Volunteer Clinical Faculty at UCSF and Touro Medical Schools and a member of the American College Health Association.

Dr. Kim specializes in gynecology and women’s health with a particular interest in contraception, cervical cancer screening, preconceptional health, and family planning. She has given lectures at UCSF, UC Berkeley, and in the community on women’s health topics. Her current projects involve long-acting contraception, family planning, and improving health equity and access for students.  Recreational interests include hiking, visiting national parks, and enjoying musical theater.  

Maureen Lee, DPM

Matthew Lynch, MD, SHSM

Neal Mckimpson, DO, SHSM

Jeffrey Mann, MD 

Dr. Jeffrey Mann is a native of Oakland and has been practicing Orthopedic Surgery in Oakland for 20 years. After completing his orthopedic surgery residency at UC San Francisco, Dr. Mann completed fellowship training in sports medicine at Lake Tahoe, a second in foot and ankle surgery in Oakland. His practice focuses on complex foot and ankle reconstruction including ankle replacements and deformity correction, sports medicine problems of the knee and ankle, total knee replacements, and fracture treatment of the foot and ankle.  

Dr. Mann has published book chapters and written scientific papers about numerous topics, including ankle replacement surgery, ankle arthroscopy and cartilage repair techniques, bunion repair, and ankle ligament injuries. Dr. Mann lectures regularly at orthopedic meetings across the country and is a national expert in cartilage repair techniques and ankle replacements. Dr. Jeffrey Mann helped pioneer the use of ankle replacements in this country after he and a team brought the STAR ankle replacement over from Europe. He has been performing the STAR ankle replacement for almost 20 years.

Dr. Mann is a team physician for the University of California at Berkeley sports teams. He also volunteers at the students’ clinic at UC Berkeley. He spends his free time with his family, mostly exploring the outdoors.  

Mathias Masem, MD

Dr. Mathias Masem is an orthopedic surgeon with more than 20 years of experience in surgeries on the hand and upper extremities. 

Masem earned his medical degree at the University of Minnesota. He completed general surgery training and a residency in orthopedic surgery at UCSF, then completed a hand surgery fellowship under esteemed hand surgeon 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. He furthered his training in hand and upper extremity surgery and microsurgery as a clinical and research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

In addition to his work at UCSF, Masem has a private practice in Oakland and is chief of hand surgery at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. He also is a consultant on hand and upper extremity injuries for the University of California, Berkeley athletic teams.  

Masem has authored numerous articles and given many lectures on upper extremity orthopedic surgery.

Elizabeth Reed Ringrose, MD

Peter I-Kung Wu, MD, PhD, FAAPMR

Dr. Peter I-Kung Wu is a specialist in pain medicine and physical medicine, a field that focuses on improving or restoring physical function. He cares for patients with chronic back, neck, and other kinds of musculoskeletal pain. Using ultrasound and X-ray technologies, he performs image-guided injections to alleviate pain. He further applies regenerative therapies, such as platelet-rich plasma, which involves injecting a concentrated sample of the patient's own platelets (blood factors involved in healing) to accelerate the repair of musculoskeletal tissues.

In research, Wu is interested in studying the relationship between spine mechanics and low back pain. Other interests include studying outcomes for patients who receive minimally invasive spine treatments and developing new therapies for back pain and other musculoskeletal pain conditions.  

Wu earned his doctorate degree in mechanical and medical engineering at a joint program of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his medical degree at Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. He completed a fellowship in pain medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, also a Harvard affiliate.