Paul L. Benfanti, MD

After 14 years of dedicated service to the children and families of the community, Dr. Paul L. Benfanti decided to retire in January 2025. He moved out of the state to be closer to family. He retired from Armed Services in April 2011. We are thankful for his accomplisments and achievements in support of children and families here in the Suncoast region.

Paul L. Benfanti, M.D. was continuously named in the Best Doctors in America from 2011-2018. He is listed in America’s Top Orthopedists and America’s Top Surgeons. He has been affiliated with the USF School of Medicine and was an Affiliate Associate Professor in the USF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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 board certified and has been recertified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

He 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 American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.