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Thomas M DeBerardino, MD

Professor/Clinical

Sports Medicine

Department of Orthopaedics

Dr. Thomas M. DeBerardino is an Orthopaedic Surgeon, Retired US Army Veteran specializing in Arthroscopic Surgery of the knee, shoulder, hip and Reconstructive procedures of the knee and shoulder.

Dr. DeBerardino graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY in 1985. He attended New York Medical College, where completed his internship, and Orthopaedic residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. He completed his training with the two-year John A. Feagin, Jr, Sports Medicine Fellowship at both Brooke Army Medical Center, and the United States Military Academy’s Keller Army Hospital. He returned to Brooke Army Medical Center in 1997, where he became the Chief of the Sports Medicine Service before moving back to West Point in 2001.

Dr. DeBerardino completed his 24-year Army career at the rank of Colonel. He served as Director of the West Point Sports Medicine Fellowship and Head Team Physician for Army Athletics before his retirement from the Army in 2009. He came back to San Antonio after seven years from 2009-2016 as an Associate Professor, Assistant Sports Medicine Fellowship Director, and Orthopaedic Team Physician for the Orthopaedic Surgery Department at the University of Connecticut Medical Center and the UCONN Athletic Department.

Dr. DeBerardino has pioneered several open and arthroscopic knee and shoulder procedures, is a frequent speaker and teacher at national and international medical symposia on these procedures. He is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. His research interests focus on clinical outcome studies mostly of the shoulder and knee. He has authored over 95 peer reviewed papers and many book chapters.

Dr. DeBerardino moved back to San Antonio in 2016 and is currently Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Health San Antonio, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

 

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 1997 - Fellowship - Sports Medicine - United State Military Academy, West Point, NY
    • 1996 - Fellowship - Sports Medicine - US Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, TX
    • 1995 - Residency - Orthopaedic - Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
    • 1989 - MD - Medicine - New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
    • 1985 - BS - US Military Academy, West Point, NY
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