Dr. Thomas Sampson of San Francisco's Post Street Surgery Center Elected President of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy

Thomas G. Sampson, MD, medical director of hip arthroscopy at the Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco, was recently elected president of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy, according to an AAOS Now report.

Dr. Sampson is also medical director of the total joint center of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. He is a founding member of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy.

Dr. Sampson is known for helping devise, with his associate James M. Glick, MD, the lateral approach to hip arthroscopy. He has developed numerous procedures, including the iliopsoas release and arthroscopic reshaping of hips with femoroacetabular impingement, and has been an innovator on instrument and equipment design.

Post Street Surgery Center opened in 2001. It is orthopedic outpatient ambulatory surgery center.

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