Seth C. Gamradt, MD

Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Director, Orthopaedic Athletic Medicine

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Overview

Dr. Seth Gamradt is a specialist in the field of orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine at the Keck Medical Center of USC. Dr. Gamradt is the Director of Orthopaedic Athletic Medicine for USC Athletics. Dr. Gamradt’s practice has an emphasis on arthroscopic shoulder surgery; arthroscopic knee surgery and ligament reconstruction (ACL surgery); shoulder replacement; and elbow arthroscopy/ligament reconstruction. He has a special interest in caring for athletes of all ages and is a team physician for the USC Trojans. Dr. Gamradt is also a team physician for United States Women’s Soccer. A native of Minnesota, Dr. Gamradt attended college at Pepperdine University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Dr. Gamradt then graduated with honors from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He completed his residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA during which he completed a one-year research fellowship. After residency, Dr. Gamradt completed a sports medicine and shoulder surgery fellowship at the top-ranked Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. During fellowship, Dr. Gamradt was an assistant team physician to the New York Giants football team. Prior to his appointment at USC, Dr. Gamradt spent many years as a team physician and orthopaedic surgeon at UCLA. Dr. Gamradt is part of the exclusive international association comprised of shoulder and elbow surgeons: The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. He is one of the “Top Doctors” as ranked by US News and World Report. Dr. Gamradt has been involved in both clinical and laboratory research for over 10 years and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed research articles, book chapters, and presentations. Dr. Gamradt is on the editorial board of the journal: Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Sports Medicine Highlights.

Awards

  • ACESS: Elected to Association of Clinical Elbow and Shoulder Surgeons, 2014
  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons: Elected to American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, 2014
  • America’s Top Doctor’s Award, 2015
  • Sports Health: David T. Sisk Award for Best Original Research, 2015
  • Los Angeles Magazine: Super Doctor, 2016
     – 2022
  • Castle Connolly: America’s Top Doctors, 2016
     – 2017
  • Pasadena Magazine: Top Doctor, 2021

Publications

  • Articular cartilage repair using a resorbable matrix scaffold. Instr Course Lect. 2008; 57:563-71.. View in PubMed
  • Incidental findings in cerebral imaging: arachnoid cyst in a professional football player. Clin J Sport Med. 2008 Jan; 18(1):97-9.. View in PubMed
  • Arthroscopic intratendinous repair of the delaminated partial-thickness rotator cuff tear in overhead athletes. Arthroscopy. 2008 Aug; 24(8):961-5.. View in PubMed
  • Kidney injuries in professional American football: implications for management of an athlete with 1 functioning kidney. Am J Sports Med. 2008 Jan; 36(1):85-90.. View in PubMed
  • Health-related quality of life outcomes improve after multilevel surgery in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2007 Sep; 27(6):653-7.. View in PubMed
  • Tracking expression of virally mediated BMP-2 in gene therapy for bone repair. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 Sep; 450:238-45.. View in PubMed
  • Overexpression of noggin inhibits BMP-mediated growth of osteolytic prostate cancer lesions. Bone. 2006 Feb; 38(2):154-66.. View in PubMed
  • Influence of BMPs on the formation of osteoblastic lesions in metastatic prostate cancer. J Bone Miner Res. 2005 Dec; 20(12):2189-99.. View in PubMed
  • The effects of RANK blockade and osteoclast depletion in a model of pure osteoblastic prostate cancer metastasis in bone. J Orthop Res. 2005 Nov; 23(6):1475-83.. View in PubMed
  • Lentivirus-mediated gene transfer induces long-term transgene expression of BMP-2 in vitro and new bone formation in vivo. Mol Ther. 2005 Mar; 11(3):390-8.. View in PubMed