Dr. Paul L. Benfanti

Paul L. Benfanti, M.D. joined our practice in April 2011 after retiring from the Armed Services. He graduated from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD in 1990. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Eisenhower Army Medical Center Ft. Gordon, GA in 1997 and a
Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics and Spinal Deformity at the Shriner's Hospital for Children in Greenville, SC in 2001. Dr. Benfanti is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the USF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. Dr. Benfanti is board certified and has been recertified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

He recently retired from the US Army as a Colonel. During his career he served as Orthopaedic Surgery Program Director from 2003-2009 and Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery from 2010-2011 at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Surgeons. He is an active member of the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.

Dr. Benfanti enjoys all aspects of pediatric orthopaedics and has a special interest in sports medicine and hip preservation.

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1999 Recertified, 2009
• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1991

• Undergraduate: St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York 1986
  B.S.
• Medical: Uniformed Services University, School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland 1990
  M.D.
• Internship: Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia 1991
  Transitional
• Residency: Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia 1997
  Orthopaedic Surgery
• Fellowship: Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, Greenville, South Carolina 2001
  Pediatric Orthopaedic and Spinal Deformity Surgery

• All Children's Hospital | Saint Petersburg, Florida
• Bayfront Medical Center | Saint Petersburg, Florida
• St. Joseph's Children's Hospital | Tampa, Florida

• Carillon Surgery Center | St. Petersburg, Florida

• Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
  University of South Florida, College Of Medicine

• American College of Surgeons
• American Academy of Pediatrics

• American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
• Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons

• Order of Military Medical Merit
• Pinellas County Medical Society
• Hillsborough County Medical Society

Army Commendation Medal, Army Service Ribbon x 2, National Defense Service Medal x 2, Army Superior Unit, Overseas Service Ribbon x 2, Army Achievement Medal x 3, Global War on Terror x 1, DDEAMC Transitional Intern Research Award 1991, Clarence M. Yeargin Award for Outstanding Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, DDEAMC 1997, Doctors of Distinction: Tampa Bay Metro, Aug/Sept. 2011