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James Distefano is a Sports Medicine specialist and an Orthopedics provider in Alameda, California. Dr. Distefano is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, and Hip Replacement.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

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