Dr. Erik McDonald

Dr. McDonald is passionate about helping people with joint pain and arthritis improve their comfort and mobility. He finds joint replacement surgery especially fulfilling because so often we can have a great impact on a person’s quality of life. He has a particular interest in direct anterior total hip arthroplasty and enjoys the challenges of complex and revision joint replacement surgery.

Dr. McDonald earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine with Distinction, while concurrently completing a Master’s in Clinical Research. He completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the University of California, San Francisco, followed by a one-year fellowship in joint replacement surgery at Yale University.

In his free time he enjoys adventuring with his wife and two young children, making homemade pastas and breads, trail running, throwing pottery, and building and paddling wooden kayaks.