Clinical Specialty

Hand and Wrist Surgery

Clinical Interests

The evaluation and treatment of sports-related injuries (including arthroscopic assessment), work-related injuries, degenerative and rheumatic arthritis conditions,nerve compression syndromes, traumatic reconstruction, congenital and upper extremity abnormalities

Research Interests

Dr. Goldfarb's primary research interests include reconstruction for degenerative and rheumatoid conditions, congenital deformities, and nerve compression syndromes of the upper extremity

Background

Dr. Goldfarb received his undergraduate degree from Williams College and his medical doctorate degree from the University of Alabama. He completed his surgical internship and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Goldfarb completed fellowship training in orthopaedic hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Cincinnati before joining the orthopaedic faculty at Washington University. He has served as an Assistant Team Physician for the St. Louis Rams Professional Football Team and currently serves as the Consulting Physician for injuries of the hand and wrist.

Awards

Leonard J. Marmor Surgical Arthritis Foundation Award, 2001. Jerome J. Gilden Distinguished Physician Award, 2007. Best Doctors 2007, 2008. 2009 recipient of the Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship in Hand Surgery.

Board Certifications

Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand.

Medical Degree

University of Alabama School of Medicine

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children’s Hospital GME Consortium

Fellowship

Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, University of Cincinnati