Matthew J. Enna, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgeon

Matthew J. Enna, M.D.

Dr. Matthew J. Enna was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. An interest in both the humanities and pre-medical education led him to Washington University in Saint Louis, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English Literature in 1997. He spent his senior year of college at Oxford University, where he studied Shakespeare, Dickens and Leonardo da Vinci. He matriculated at Tulane University School of Medicine in 1997. During his time in New Orleans, he was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, which acknowledges the top academic achievers in the graduating medical class. He was also elected president of the Owl Club, which is the oldest student - faculty liaison in the United States. It was during medical school that he became an avid runner, completing his first two marathons.

Upon graduating from Tulane in 2001, he moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where he performed his general surgery internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at Brown University. After completing his residency in 2006, he performed a one-year fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at Brown. During his training at Brown, he was an assistant team physician for the Brown University varsity football, hockey and lacrosse teams, and for the Providence Bruins hockey team. He has lived in eight states and three countries, and he has traveled throughout Europe and the United States. His favorite locations are Italy and Southern California. Thus, after completing his trauma fellowship, he undertook a hand and microsurgery fellowship at UCLA, with the hope of establishing his orthopaedic career in Southern California.

After completing his fellowship at UCLA in 2008, he accepted a position at Sansum Clinic, in Santa Barbara. During his three years in Santa Barbara, he gained valuable experience in advanced techniques in arthroscopic, hand, and trauma surgery. In 2011, he became one of a select few physicians in California to achieve subspecialty certification in both hand surgery and sports medicine.

In his free time, he is an avid runner, having completed 16 marathons, including a personal record of 3:04:25 at the 2012 Ojai to Ocean Marathon. He also enjoys golf, guitar playing, and learning to speak Italian. He became a dual United States-Italian citizen in November of 2011.

Education:

• Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
  B.A., English Literature 1992-1997
   
• Oxford University, New College Oxford, England
  Study Abroad 1995-1996
   
• Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana
  M.D., 1997-2001

Educational Honors:

• Tulane University School of Medicine
  AOA, 2001

Medical Training:

• Surgical Internship Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
  2001-2002
   
• Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
  2002-2006
   
• Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
  2006-2007
   
• Orthopaedic Hand/Microsurgery Fellowship University of California, Los Angeles
  2007-2008

Board Certification

• ABOS Step I
  2006
   
• ABOS Step II
  2010

Subspecialty Certification

• Hand Surgery, 2011
• Sports Medicine, 2011

Membership in Professional Societies

• Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - 2012

Publications, Presentations, and Ongoing Research:

“Scaphoid Excision with Four-Corner Fusion”, Enna, M., Hoepfner, P., Weiss, A.P. (2005) Hand Clinics Nov;21(4):531-538

“Isolation and expression of a rat brain cDNA encoding glutamate carboxypeptidase II”, Luthi-Carter, R., Berger, U., Barczak, A., Enna, M., & Coyle, J.T., (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 3215-3220

“Bone Morphogenetic Proteins”, Brown University Department of Orthopaedics, Grand Rounds Presentation, January 12, 2005

“Prospective, Randomized, Multi-Center Feasibility Trial of rhPDGF-BB Versus Autologous Bone Graft in a Foot and Ankle Fusion Model”, Christopher W. DiGiovanni, Judy Baumhauer, Sheldon S. Lin, Wayne S. Berberian, Sam Flemister, Matthew Enna, Peter Evangelista, June Newman

• Presentation, Brown University Department of Orthopaedics, Murray S. Danforth Oration, April 25, 2007
   
• Abstract, AOFAS Annual Meeting, July 12-15, 2007, Toronto, Canada
   
• Abstract, AAOS Annual Meeting, March 5-9, 2008, San Francisco, CA
   
• Published, Foot & Ankle International, Vol. 32, No. 4/April 2011

Positions and Class Offices:

• Assistant Team Physician Men’s Varsity Football, Hockey and Lacrosse Brown University
  2004-2006
   
• Assistant Team Physician Providence Bruins Hockey Team (AHL)
  2005-2007
   
• Assistant Course Instructor AANA Shoulder/Knee Resident Course Orthopaedic Learning Center, Rosemont, IL
  March 17-20, 2005
   
• Owl Club (student/faculty liaison) Tulane University School of Medicine
  Class coordinator 1997-1999 President 1999-2000

Employment:

• Golden State Bone and Joint Clinic
  2011-present
   
• Sansum Clinic, Santa Barbara, CA
  2008-2011

Personal Interests and Hobbies:

Marathon running: New Orleans 2000 and 2001, New York City 2004, Bar Harbor 2006, Big Sur 2008, Kaua’i 2009 (finished 8th), Sacramento 2009, L.A. 2010, Palos Verdes 2010, Missoula 2010, Nice-Cannes 2010, Boston 2011 (3:06:35), San Francisco 2011, Malibu 2011 (finished 14th), Boston 2012, Ojai to Ocean 2012 (3:04:25), golf.