

He is a member of the prestigious American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons society, which honored his research with the Charles S. Also, his peers have placed him on the Top Doctors list in San Francisco and Marin counties for the past 10 years. Ma has received many awards for his patient care, teaching and research, including the UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award UCSF Excellence in Teaching Award O'Donoghue Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Patellofemoral Research Excellence Award from the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and New Investigator Recognition Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society. He subsequently completed a fellowship in shoulder and knee surgery and sports medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He completed a residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also completed a fellowship in musculoskeletal research. Ma earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has published extensively on the improvement of outcomes following rotator cuff surgeries and replacements. His work has focused on early detection of cartilage injuries following ACL reconstruction surgery and improving ACL reconstruction outcomes. Ma is involved in research on cartilage imaging and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of knees with injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). He serves as vice chair of adult clinical operations at the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Benjamin Ma is a Professor and Vice Chairman of Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopic shoulder surgeries to repair rotator cuff tears and ligament instability, shoulder replacement, knee ligament reconstruction, and procedures to address meniscus and other cartilage injuries.
