Exhibit 24
                               December 16, 2015

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Martin A. DiLoreto, Jr., James S. Rowe and Wayne E. Williams,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (i)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as
an officer and/or director and/or owner of greater than 10% of the outstanding
Common Stock of RTI Surgical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder, as amended from time to time ("the Exchange
Act"); (ii) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, including The NASDAQ
Stock Market; and (iii) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-
in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys- in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of date first written above.

                                       Christopher R. Sweeney

                                       /s/ Christopher R. Sweeney