The UCLA Orthopaedic Trauma Service provides 24-hour state-of-the art care for all orthopaedic-trauma-related emergencies as well as complex tertiary trauma reconstructive procedures.
The UCLA Trauma Service was established in 1978 to provide dedicated faculty leadership and support to UCLA's Level 1 Trauma Center. Dr. Eric Johnson has developed the service since 1982 with specialization in axial skeletal fractures, extremity nonunion and malunion, pelvic and acetabular fractures and complex poly-trauma management. The Orthopaedic Trauma Service has extensive experience in salvage of previous failed orthopaedic trauma surgery with an international reputation in reconstructive expertise in malunion, nonunion, and correction of deformity.
The orthopaedic trauma team has tremendous experience with fractures and is highly integrated with the general surgery, hand surgery, spine surgery, and neurosurgery trauma teams.
The orthopaedic trauma team maintains an aggressive surgical approach to all fractures admitted to the UCLA Emergency Medicine Center either as paramedic transports or as transfers from community hospitals. AO Surgical Principles are used in all fracture stabilization procedures. Minimally invasive approaches are utilized whenever possible. Physicians and hospitals receiving complex orthopaedic trauma cases are encouraged to call for consultation 24 hours a day.
Kodi Azari, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Prosper Benhaim, MD
Director, Hand Surgery Program
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Devon Jeffcoat MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Trauma
Eric E. Johnson, MD, FRCSI (Hon)
Mullikin Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, UCLA Orthopaedic Trauma Service
Trauma Reconstruction and Anterior Hip Replacement
Nick Shamie, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spinal Trauma and Fractures
Nelson SooHoo, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Foot and Ankle Trauma
Appointments: (310) 319-1234
Radiology imaging: (310) 794-1450
Physical therapy: (310) 794-1323
Santa Monica Radiology imaging: (310) 319-5164 x249
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Westwood
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Orthopaedic Center
100 Medical Plaza, Suite 755
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6907
Santa Monica
UCLA Orthopaedic Hospital Associates
Orthopaedic Center
1250 16th Street, Suite 2100
Santa Monica, CA 90404