Tim McAdams, MD

Clinical Focus

• Sports Medicine
• Sports Injuries
• knee surgery
• Knee Injuries
• shoulder and elbow surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Team Physician, San Francisco 49ers (2007 - present)
• Team Physician, Stanford Men's Basketball (2004 - 2007)
• Program Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (2002 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ), Sports Medicine (2007)
• Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ), Hand Surgery (2004)
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Georgetown University School of Medicine (1994)
• Magna Cum Laude, Georgetown University School of Medicine (1995)
• Teacher of the Year Award, Stanford Orthopaedic Surgery (June 2002)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Orthopedic Surgery

Research Interests

Athlete's shoulder: Dynamic open MRI evaluation of "peel-back" SLAP lesions of the shoulder.

Elbow MCL: Biomechanical comparison of two techniques for reconstruction of the elbow MCL with palmaris autograft.

Athlete's knee articular cartilage: Investigation of articular cartilage replacement techniques

Scaphoid fractures: CT and arthroscopic study of effect of pronation-supination on scaphoid fractures. Also investigating placement of percutaneous screw fixation of screw.

Elbow arthroscopy: Arthroscopy lab set up in Anatomy building (both wrist and elbow). Looking at lateral ligament complex of the elbow and its role in stability.

Rotator cuff: Rabbit study in which massive rotator cuff tears are simulated and grafted with either fascia lata alone, or fascia lata with a deltoid flap procedure. Histological and Biomechanical analysis of specimens at 3 and 6 months post-operatively.

Publications

• An analysis of four ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction procedures with cyclic valgus loading. Shah RP, Lindsey DP, Sungar GW, McAdams TR. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2009 Jan-Feb; 18 (1): 58-63
• Arthroscopic treatment of triangular fibrocartilage wrist injuries in the athlete. McAdams TR, Swan J, Yao J. Am J Sports Med. 2009; 37 (2): 291-7
• Articular Cartilage Injury in the Athlete Kai Mithoefer, Timothy R McAdams, Bert Mandelbaum. Clin Sports Med. 2009; 28 (1): 25-40
• Tibial aperture bone disruption after retrograde versus antegrade tibial tunnel drilling: a cadaveric study. McAdams TR, Biswal S, Stevens KJ, Beaulieu CF, Mandelbaum BR. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2008; 16 (9): 818-22
• Articular cartilage regeneration in the knee McAdams TR, Mandelbaum BR. Current Opinions in Orthopaedics. 2008: 19 37-43