About Me
Laura Sonoda, MD, MPH
Work
Tri-Valley Orthopaedic Specialists , Pleasanton, San Ramon and Tracy, CA
Orthopaedics and Hand Surgeon ( 2023 to present )
Honors
Tsutayo Ichioka and Satsuki Nakao Charitable Foundation Scholarship
2012
AMA Foundation Seed Grant Research Program
2011
USC Town and Gown Scholarship
2011
Mackenzie Scholarship
2011, 2010
Baxter Fellowship
2010
New Hope Scholarship
2009
Bayanihan Clinic Volunteer of the Year
2008
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
2007
UC Davis Citation Award for Outstanding Achievement
2007
UC Davis President’s Undergraduate Fellowship
2007, 2006
National Society for Collegiate Scholars
2005
Education
University of California, Davis Medical Center , Sacramento, CA
Clinical Fellow in Hand, Upper Extremity and Microvascular ( 2018-2019 )
University of California, Irvine Medical Center , Orange, CA
Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery ( 2017-2018 )
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA
Doctor of Medicine ( 2013 )
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine , New Orleans, LA
Master of Public Health, emphasis in Epidemiology ( 2009 )
University of California, Davis , Davis, CA
Bachelor of Science with High Honors, Genetics ( 2007 )
Additional Information
Dr. Laura Sonoda is a board-certified Orthopaedic surgeon with subspecialty training in hand and upper extremity surgery. In addition to her practice, Dr. Sonoda has been involved in depositions and IMEs. She also boasts several publications describing novel techniques, clinical review, and cadaver anatomical biomechanical studies.
Dr. Sonoda completed her fellowship in Sacramento at UC Davis, her orthopedic surgery residency in Orange, CA at UC Irvine, and her medical school training at USC Keck School of Medicine. She also spent a year in New Orleans obtaining a Masters in Public Health degree with emphasis in epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
Dr. Sonoda was raised in the East SF Bay Area, and is happy to return to the area to raise her family. During childhood, she trained as a competitive gymnast and maintains an understanding of the mindset of an athlete. During her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family, working out and traveling.
