Michael Padilla MD is from San Diego, California. He completed his Bachelor of Biological Sciences degree from Stanford University. He then attended Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts graduating in 2007. He completed an accredited orthopedic surgery residency at University of California in San Diego and completed a sports medicine fellowship at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, California in 2015. Dr. Padilla joined OSC in 2018.

Dr. Padilla is board certified by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (FAAOS).

Dr. Padilla has special interests in sports medicine and general orthopedics. Dr. Padilla also performs total hip, knee, and shoulder surgeries along with arthroscopic meniscal and cartilage repair and/or transplantation. He also has an interest in arthroscopic repair of the knee and shoulder along with upper and lower extremity fracture care.