Get to know Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Richard T. Steffen, who serves patients in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Steffen is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with Sports Medicine Associates of San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas. He is also affiliated with Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio, The Center for Special Surgery at TCA, and Methodist Healthcare in San Antonio, Texas.. He specializes in sports medicine and the surgical treatment of shoulder, hip, and knee injuries. After earning an undergraduate degree in 1987 at the University of Miami, Dr. Steffen received his medical degree in 1991 at the University of Miami School of Medicine.  After a one-year internship at Keesler Medical Center (1991 – 1992), he completed his orthopedic surgery residency at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium/Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB (1994 – 1998). Dr. Steffen performed his fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio (2000 – 2001). In the US Air Force Medical Force, he served as USAF Flight Surgeon at McConnell AFB in Kansas, Theater Flight Surgeon in Restore Hope (Somalia, Africa), and Teaching Staff for Emory Riddle University in Florida.  Dr. Steffen attained board certification in orthopedic surgery through the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS).