Our Team
William Maloney, MD
Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Maloney is the Elsbach-Richards Professor of Surgery and became Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2004. He specializes in orthopaedic surgery with a subspecialty in joint replacement surgery. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. Maloney graduated from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in 1983 and completed a Stanford internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery in 1988. He subsequently completed a Harvard research fellowship in reconstructive hip surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1989, practiced orthopedics at Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
Prior to returning to Stanford Dr. Maloney was also Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University, and served as chief-of-service and head of joint replacement surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. His current research focuses on cartilage regeneration for patients with cartilage defects or early osteoarthritis.
Dr. Maloney has been recognized nationally and internationally for his contributions to improving the understanding of the failure of surgical joint replacement. The Hip Society has recognized Dr. Maloney several times for his research in the area of joint replacement, and he has been a Visiting Professor at various universities and teaching institutions across the United States and Asia.
Stuart Goodman, MD, PhD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Goodman specializes in Orthopaedic Surgery and has a special interest in arthritis surgery of the lower extremity as well as joint replacement and revision joint replacement of the hip and knee.
Prior to joining Stanford in 1985, Dr. Goodman graduated from the University of Toronto in 1978, and completed his residency there in 1984. He then completed a fellowship in at Wellesley Hospital and Sunnybrook Medical Center in Toronto, Canada.
He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a Fellow at the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.
As an academic orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Goodman has been the author of numerous medical journal and orthopaedic textbook articles. His interests center on adult reconstructive surgery, including total joint replacement.
He sees patients and conducts research, and his current research focuses on total joint replacement, osteoarthritis, how bone interfaces with orthopaedic implants and biomaterials, and how mechanical stimulation effects mesenchymal tissue differentiation.
James Huddleston, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Huddleston was recruited as an orthopaedic surgery specialist to Stanford in 2005 following a fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital on the Adult Reconstruction Service and in the Harris Biomechanics & Biomaterials and Total Joint Outcomes Laboratory.
He graduated from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1999. After medical school he completed an internship in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a residency in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. He graduated from Yale University in 1994.
Dr. Huddleston specializes in hip and knee replacement surgery. He offers patients a wide array of medical and surgical treatments for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, failed total hip and knee replacements, osteonecrosis, periprosthetic fractures, infected joint replacements, fractures, and hip dysplasia.
He has a special clinical interest in minimally-invasive surgical techniques, partial joint replacements, alternative bearing surfaces, computer-assisted surgery, surface replacements, and revision hip and knee replacements.
David Schurman, MD
Director, Total Joint Replacement Fellowship
Dr. Schurman specializes in orthopaedic surgery with a special interest in total joint replacement. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and has been at Stanford since 1973.
Dr. Schurman attended Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, graduating in 1965. He served his residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center from 1966 to 1967, and was then at UCLA Medical Center until 1973. He also completed a residency at Baylor University in Houston.
Dr. Schurman has published over 160 journal articles and numerous book chapters over his career. Some of his research has examined and compared different methods of total hip replacements with different incision types to determine the best recovery rates for his patients undergoing these surgeries. He has also studied changes in cartilage cell metabolism that preceed the loss of joint function in osteoarthritis.
Steven Woolson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Woolson specializes in orthopaedic surgery, with an emphasis on total joint replacement. He has practiced medicine at Stanford for over 22 years, and has been an attending surgeon in the Stanford University Joint Replacement Fellowship Program since 1992.
He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and is a member of both the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and The Hip Society.
Dr. Woolson graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor in 1970 and finished his orthopaedic residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals in 1975. He finished a Harvard University fellowship in hip replacement surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1982.
Dr. Woolson has published over 64 journal articles and book chapters, and is a reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the Journal of Arthroplasty, and Clinical Orthopaedics.
He is active in ongoing clinical research projects relating to total hip and knee replacement. His special research interests include leg length equalization, prevention of deep venous thrombosis, blood conservation, practical methods of improving results of hip and knee replacement, and ethical implications of minimally invasive hip and knee replacement surgery.
Clinical Staff
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Christina BergerSurgical Coordinator |
Susie ImriePhysical Therapist |
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Cher MullinMedical Assistant |
Gloria WolfeSurgery Scheduler |
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Jack O'MalleyOffice Manager |





