Harmeeth Uppal, MD, MS, FACS, FAAOS

Dr. Harmeeth S. Uppal is an orthopedist in San Diego, California, and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Scripps La Jolla Hospitals and Sharp Memorial Hospital. He received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Uppal is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery with extensive fellowship training in Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery. His clinical interests include polytrauma care, complex periarticular fractures, pelvis and acetabular fractures, malunions, nonunions, and infections.

After successful completion of his Orthopaedic Residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Dr. Uppal completed his Orthopaedic Trauma fellowship at the very busy University of Southern California and Los Angeles County Hospital. In addition, he completed a lengthy AO Trauma Pelvis and Acetabular Fellowship at the country’s busiest Level 1 trauma center, The University of Texas-Houston Memorial Hermann Hospital, under the mentorship of Milton “Chip” Routt Jr., MD, who is regarded as one of the world’s best pelvic surgeons.

He has also spent considerable time studying at the University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center, one of the best trauma hospitals in the world. Dr. Uppal has practiced as an attending orthopaedic trauma surgeon since 2013 and serves as Co-Director of the San Diego Trauma Fellowship. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, AO Trauma faculty, and an active member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association.