About Dr. Donthineni
Dr. Rakesh Donthineni is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon. After completing his orthopaedic residency, Dr. Donthineni went on to complete a fellowship in orthopaedic oncology at Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts General Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Boston). He has been on faculty at the Department of Orthopaedics, as an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and at the University of California, Davis. While at UC Davis, he developed the Orthopaedic Oncology division. In 2007, Dr. Donthineni broadened his knowledge and skills into both spine oncology and general spine surgery in the department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery at Ospedale Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy.
Dr. Donthineni now has a private orthopaedic surgery practice specializing in both Adult Spine Disease and Orthopaedic Oncology. The focus is managing patients with spine diseases (including neck and back pain; disc herniations; degenerative spine disease etc.), as well as on spine and extremity tumor management (bone and soft tissue tumors, including benign, primary and metastatic diseases affecting adults and pediatrics).
Rakesh Donthineni MD MBA
| 1985 – 1992: | Medical Degree, University of Wales College of Medicine |
| 1992 – 1994: | Post-doctoral research fellow at La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation & UC San Diego, Department of Orthopaedics |
| 1994 – 1999: | Residency training in Orthopaedics, UC San Diego |
| 1999 – 2000: | Fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology at Harvard Medical School |
| 2000 – 2003: | Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
| 2003 – 2006: | Assistant Professor at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, |
| 2007: | Spine surgery & Spine Oncology Fellowship, Bologna, Italy |
| 2008 – Present: | Private practice – Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Oakland, and Alameda Hospital |
