Tim Costales

I am a board certified, fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement currently in Philadelphia, PA. I received a BS in Biochemistry with Honors at Georgetown University. I received his medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society.

I underwent his orthopaedic surgery residency training at the University of Maryland Medical System / R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. I completed a fellowship in adult hip and knee reconstruction and joint replacement at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School. I specialize in hip & knee reconstructive surgery and am experienced in direct anterior total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, partial knee arthroplasty, robotic total knee and total hip arthroplasty, and revision total joint replacement.

9/2022—Present Faculty

Academic Clinician Track, Assistant Professor in Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Director/Chief of Joint Replacement Program, Philadelphia-Wilmington VA Medical Centers

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

7/2021—7/2022 Staff

Assistant in Orthopedic Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) / Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD M.D., Cum Laude, 05/2016

Georgetown University, Washington, DC B.S. Biochemistry with Honors, Cum Laude, 05/2010

Montgomery College, Rockville, MD A.A. General Studies, A.A. Pre-Medicine, Summa Cum Laude, 05/2008, Montgomery Scholars Honors Program, Full Tuition Scholarship