Hand and wrist surgery

All disorders related to the hand and wrist.

Microvascular epiphyseal plate transplantation. (He is currently evaluating techniques of cold preservation of epiphyseal plates following harvest.)

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Dr. Boyer completed high school and medical school in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated first in his medical school class and completed his orthopedic surgery residency as 'Most Outstanding Graduate'. After completing two hand surgical fellowships, he has made St. Louis and Washington University his home since 1997.

Nicolas Andry Award; John J. Fahey MD Memorial North American Traveling Fellowship from the American Orthopaedic Association; and Cody Gold Medal; 2002 Palma Chironis Award for excellence in Teaching from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. 1995 Best Paper International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand, Helsinki, Finland; 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, Washington University Medical School; 2002 Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, Washington University School of Medicine; 2003 The Lee T. Ford Award, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University Medical School; 2003, 2004 Clinical Lecturer of the Year Award Washington University School of Medicine; 2003 Julian M. Bruner Award for Outstanding Poster, American Society for Surgery of the Hand; 2004 Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Award in Medical Student Education; 2005 AOA Lecturer at Washington University School of Medicine; 2006-2007 Loeb Teaching Fellowship.

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, 1995; American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2000; Certificate of Added Qualifications (Hand Surgery), American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2001

University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto

Upper Extremity & Trauma, Sunnybrook Medical Center, University of Toronto
Hand & Microsurgery, Indiana Hand Center, Indiana University