Amy L. Ladd, MD

Amy L. Ladd, MD has been a member of our Board of Directors since August 2019. Dr. Ladd has spent three decades practicing orthopedic surgery at Stanford University. She has served as the Elsbach-Richards professor of surgery since December 2017, and as Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, as well as professor of medicine (Immunology & Rheumatology), by courtesy, at the Stanford University Medical Center since 2003.

Dr. Ladd has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Perry Initiative since September 2013.She also served as the chair of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Specialty Societies from March 2018 to March 2019 and previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the AAOS from March 2016 to March 2019.

Currently Dr. Ladd is second vice president of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons and was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Allakos, Inc., a biotechnology company, in August 2022. She also serves on the Board of Directors for several not-for-profit organizations and a private company.

Dr. Ladd earned her MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University, completed her orthopedic residency at the University of Rochester, and completed the Harvard Combined Hand Surgery Fellowship. Dr. Ladd was a fellow at L'Institut de la Main in Paris, France prior to joining the Stanford University faculty in 1990. She earned her AB in history from Dartmouth College.