Clinical Specialty

Hand Surgery

Clinical Interests

All problems related to the hand, wrist or forearm. In the adult, this includes arthritis and other inflammatory conditions, nerve compressions, wrist pain and fractures of the hand, wrist and forearm bones and joints, and injuries to tendons and nerves. In children, this includes hand problems related to congenital anomalies, cerebral palsy and other spastic conditions, and trauma to the hand.

Research Interests

Flexor Tendon, Congenital hand abnormalities

Background

Member of numerous national and international professional organizations related to hand surgery. Author of more than 200 original articles and book chapters related to hand and upper extremity surgery. Editor of the Journal of Hand Surgery. Director of Hand Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital for Children. Listed by St. Louis Magazine as a “Top Doc” in hand surgery. Former Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program Director and Director of Hand Surgery Fellowship at Washington University

Awards

President's Award, Valparaiso University, 1960 Alpha Omega Alpha, Washington University School of Medicine, 1985 Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Valparaiso University, 1985 Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award, Kappa Delta Paper – American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons/Orthopedic Research Society, 1985 Nicholas Andry Award for Orthopaedic Research, Association of Bone & Joint Surgeons, 1991 Palma Chironis Resident Teaching Award, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University, 2006

Board Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1974; Certificate of Added Qualification (Hand Surgery), 1989; Recertified, 1999

Medical Degree

Washington University School of Medicine

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University

Fellowship

Hand Surgery, University of Louisville