Joseph Thomas Patterson, MD

Specialties
Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Trauma Surgery, Limb Lengthening, Deformity Correction

Joseph Patterson, MD, FACS, FAAOS believes in delivering personalized, evidence-based care to help patients recover after as fully as possible after an injury. As a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopaedic trauma surgeon, Dr. Patterson is an expert in the treatment of fractures and dislocations of the pelvis, acetabulum, scapula, and upper and lower limbs. Dr. Patterson has extensive experience repairing difficult “problem” fractures that are challenging to repair or are not healing properly. He performs limb lengthening, deformity correction, and limb salvage for congenital and traumatic limb differences.

Dr. Patterson is an award-winning clinical investigator with interests in patient-centered comparative effectiveness research in musculoskeletal care. He serves as a co-primary investigator on multiple large, multicenter, randomized clinical trials comparing treatments for patients with fractures of the hip and pelvis as well as a site investigator with the METRC and COIRI research consortia. He manages an active clinical research group leveraging insights from registry and administrative claims data to guide clinical care. He has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, AO North America, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, and James O. Johnston Foundation. His research contributions to orthopaedic care have been recognized with an Early Career Development Award from AO North America as well as Young Investigator Awards from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and AO North America.

• Los Angeles Magazine: Southern California Top Doctors Rising Star, 2022
   – 2024
• AO Trauma North America: Early Career Development Award, 2022
   – 2024
• AO Trauma North America: Young Investigator Research Development Award, 2020
   – 2022
• American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons/Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation/Orthopaedic Rese: Clinical Scholar Career Development Program, 2017
• American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons: James A. Rand Young Investigator Award, 2016
• WOA 2024 Annual Meeting, Laguna Beach, CA: Western Orthopaedic Association Young Investigator Award, 2024

• University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA — BS — 2010 — Bionengineering
• Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT — MD — 2014
• University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA — 2019 — Residency Orthopeadic Surgery
• University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA — 2020 — Fellowship Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

• Symposium Panelist Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures, Hip Fractures: Tips and Tricks for Successful Results, Western Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Huntington Beach, CA (8/8/2024)
• AO Trauma Fellows Webinar: Femoral Neck: Open vs Closed Reduction. Los Angeles, CA (9/10/2024)
• OTA Webinar: Evaluation, “stability”, & treatment of lateral compression pelvic ring injuries (1/31/2024)
• 1. Barber C. “E-bike injuries: ‘We’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg,’ trauma experts warn.” Quoted interview in article. Fortune Magazine. (6/1/2023)

• Demetriades, Demetrios
• Heckmann, Nathanael
• Inaba, Kenji
• Hirsch, Joshua
• Lieberman, Jay
• Martin, Matthew