David Lowenberg, MD

David W. Lowenberg, MD is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. 

 Prior to this he was Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and served as the Chief of the Orthopaedic Trauma Service at Stanford from June 2010 until January 1, 2016.  He is Emeritus Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma at Stanford University School of Medicine.   He is a past President of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society of North America, Past President of the Foundation for Orthopaedic Trauma and Past-President of the Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care Foundation International (OTC International) which is composed of 24 chapters around the world with a membership of over 4,000 orthopaedic traumatologists.  He is a Distinguished Landstuhl Scholar with the Department of Defense.  His clinical and research interests are in the treatment of osteomyelitis and nonunions, fracture biomechanics, and basic science of musculoskeletal infections and biofilm. He is well published in the field of limb salvage and the treatment of devastating limb injuries.  He is also co-director of the Buncke Microsurgical Research Laboratory, where his research was on perfecting techniques for limb transplantation via immunotolerance.    He has  80 peer reviewed articles and book chapter publications and over 450 regional, national, and international lectures on osteomyelitis, nonunions, malunions, and trauma.  He has an active basic science research lab studying musculoskeltal infection and biofilm physiology and modulation at Stanford.  

Dr. Lowenberg moved from Stanford back to UCSF in September of 2024 to assist in the treatment and education of care for musculoskeletal infections and nonunions with the goal of carrying on in perpetuity the treatment methods he has developed.  He has also established an Endowed Chair for the Study and Treatment of Osteomyelitis and Limb Salvage at UCSF, which is the first of its kind in the United States.

Dr. Lowenberg received his undergraduate degree at UC Davis, his medical degree at UCLA and did his internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery at UCSF.