DOCSF25– Digital Orthopaedics Conference San Francisco 2025, presented in partnership with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCSF!
DOCSF25 provided a full day of learning and networking with digital orthopaedics and technology experts. This one-day event was Friday, Oct 3, 2025.
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Why Attend
DOCSF?
DOCSF is a one-day conference at the intersection of orthopedics and digital health. The program brings together surgeons, innovators, investors, and technologists to explore the latest in AI, workflow automation, robotics, wearables, and medtech frontiers. Through keynotes, startup showcases, and two blocks of interactive breakout sessions, attendees will gain valuable insights and practical tools to implement digital transformation in their practices.
Program
Friday, October 3, 2025 | 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Morning Sessions
- Opening Remarks with Benjamin Ma, MD & Stefano Bini, MD
- Focus Session: AI and Workflow Automation
- The Promise of Virtual Scribes
- The Role of Agents in Health Care Automation
- Bringing Light into the OR
- AI-Driven Workflow Automation in a Highly Efficient Practice
- Focus Session: Med Tech Frontiers — Approaching the Boundaries of Science Fiction
- Who is Pushing the Boundaries Outside of Ortho?
- Explaining Contextual AI, Spatial Computing & Semantic AI
- The Future of Surgical Robotics is Autonomous
- Physical AI- The Next Frontier is at Our Doorstep
- The Future of Surgical Robotics Is Autonomous
- DOCSF Science: The Research in 2025 That Changed Everything
- The State of the Deal with Orrick: The Financial Climate for Orthopedic Innovation
- Startups We Love
Afternoon Sessions
- Med Techs We Love
- Leadership Keynote by Joshua Liu: Lessons Learned Driving Adoption of New Technologies
- Bootcamp Breakout Part 1:
- Innovating in Arthroplasty
- Innovating in Sports
- Leveraging AI Tools in Research
- IDEO: Bringing Innovation to Your Teams
- Bootcamp Breakout Part 2:
- Innovating in Spine
- How to Build an Agent
- Integrating Tech Platforms in the OR: A Case Study
- IDEO: Bringing Innovation to Your Teams
- Getting to YES with Mohan Nair
- Best Papers Awards with OREF
- Closing Remarks
- Happy Hour & After Party
StartUps
We Love
Every year at DOCSF we feature startup companies with technology that will revolutionize Orthopaedics.
At DOCSF25, we will feature the following startup companies:
- XY.ai — Agentic AI to automate office operations in healthcare
- Hip Insight — Mixed Reality-based digital surgery platform for hip surgery
- Ventcreativity — The Digital Twins Surgery Company
- EverEx — Personalized rehabilitation for everyone: bringing AI into rehab
- VitVio — The future is AI-powered operating rooms
- Tempida — Merging digital scribes, editors, and workflow tools into one platform
- Ospitek — Seamless AIoT to automate patient navigation
- The Commons Clinic — Digital innovation to deliver integrated value-based care
Medtech
We Love
A fast-paced showcase of cutting-edge medical technologies shaping the future of orthopedic care.
At DOCSF25, we will feature the following Medtech companies:
- TracPatch — Wearable sensors for better outcomes through remote patient monitoring
- Proprio — The future of spine navigation using light field technology and AI
- Visie — 3D computer vision and spatial computing in orthopedics
- THINK Surgical — Miniature wireless robotic knee systems
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Firmly anchored in MSK as the use case, at DOCSF25 we focused on AI in the clinic and the latest in MedTech. We featured bootcamp breakout sessions focused on orthopaedics specialties including arthroplasty, sports, spine, and trauma. Additional breakout sessions focused on AI tools in research, technology in the OR, and other hot topics. DOCSF Science shed light on the latest research trends. And we heard from MedTech companies and startups about their groundbreaking technologies.
Meet the
speakers
Founder & Chair, Digital Orthopædics Conference San Francisco (DOCSF)
Dept. Orthopaedic Surgery Surgical Director, UCSF Mount Zion Hospital
Co-Chair, DOCSF24
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery UCSF
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Center for AI Research in Orthopaedics (CAIRO)
Chief Medical Office,r OrthoLazer Orthopedic Laser Centers
UCSF
Exponential Medicine / Digital.Health / NextMed
Everex
Ospitek Inc.
Vent Creativity: The Digital Twin Surgery Company
StartUp Health
Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company
Founder & CEO @ Lumirai
Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign
California State University, Long Beach
Abridge
Total Joint Specialist
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Mount Sinai Health System
Commons Clinic
XY.AI Labs
Orrick Technology Companies Group
Archetype AI
VISIE Inc.
VitVio
THINK Surgical
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
Tempida LLC
HealthMe
TracPatch Health, LLC
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
XY.AI Labs
Thank you Sponsors
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- san francisco
join the revolution
Be part of our community: register for the conference and join the digital orthopaedics revolution.
The Digital Orthopaedics Conference San Francisco (DOCSF) has been radically redesigned to create an immersive look into the future of musculoskeletal care, outline the transformational tools needed to transition to digital orthopaedics, and highlight the translation research providing the evidence for change.
The Venue
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
Conveintly located a few minutes from SFO Airport. Take advantage of our group booking rate: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/SFOBU/G-DOCS
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010
Group rate: $229/night plus taxes
