Assistant Professor
University of California San Francisco
Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA is an assistant professor in the department of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his DO degree from Touro University of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, CA and completed neurosurgery residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA. He completed a research fellowship in minimally invasive spine surgery and a clinical fellowship in neurotrauma and neurocritical care, both at UCSF. His clinical practice is based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, the county-run safety-net hospital for San Francisco. There, he the director of Spinal Neurotrauma and his practice covers both cranial and spinal trauma and has an elective minimally invasive spine surgery practice for Medicaid patients. He also serves as an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant for the National Football League and the lead neurotrauma consultant for the San Francisco 49ers.
Dr. DiGiorgio obtained a master’s in Health Administration from LSU and has served as a healthcare policy fellow in the US Senate for Bill Cassidy (R-LA). He is also a delegate to the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies representing California as well as a delegate to the California Medical Association representing San Francisco & Marin. He serves on the executive committees of the California Association of Neurological Surgeons as a Director for Northern California and the Council of State Neurological Societies as chair of the Public Relations committee.
Along with his clinical research in spinal neurotrauma, he is involved in socioeconomic and policy research. His policy and health services research focus on Medicaid and access to care. He has published numerous socioeconomic and policy articles evaluating access to neurosurgical care along with several op-eds. He has a grant from the Mercatus Institute for policy research and serves as affiliated faculty in the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF.