David Ring, M.D., Ph.D.

David Ring, MD, PhD, FAOA, FAAOS, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and the Upper Extremity Clinical Director of UT Medicine’s Musculoskeletal Institute. He specializes in surgery spanning from the hand to the shoulder, addressing common issues such as pain, numbness, injury, infection, or a bump. Additionally, Dr. Ring is a professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care and a courtesy professor in both the Dell Medical School Department of Health Social Work and the Dell Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the Associate Dean for Comprehensive Care for the Dell Medical School Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care.

Dr. Ring earned his medical degree from The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and his doctorate in psychosocial aspects of arm illness from the University of Amsterdam. He completed a residency in orthopedics at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program and a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Ring is nationally recognized and achieved the rank of Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He has more than 700 peer-reviewed original research publications and is a deputy editor for the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.