Elite Athlete’s Hand and Wrist Injury

Contributors

GUEST EDITOR

MICHELLE G. CARLSON, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery (Orthopedics),

Weill Cornell Medical College; Attending Hand

and Upper Extremity Surgeon, Division of Hand

and Upper Extremity Surgery, Hospital for

Special Surgery, New York, New York

AUTHORS

MARK E. BARATZ, MD

Division of Upper Extremity Surgery, Vice

Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic

Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital,

Pittsburgh; Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery,

Drexel University College of Medicine,

Philadelphia; Director, Allegheny General

Hospital Orthopaedic Residency and

Fellowship Programs, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania

STEVEN BELDNER, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Hand Surgery,

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth

Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor of

Clinical Surgery, Albert Einstein College of

Medicine, New York, New York

MARK R. BELSKY, MD

Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery,

Tufts University School of Medicine; Formerly

Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery, Newton-Wellesley

Hospital; Hand Surgeon to the Boston Red

Sox, Boston Bruins, New England Patriots,

Newton, Massachusetts

MICHAEL V. BIRMAN, MD

GORDON A. BRODY, MD

MICHELLE G. CARLSON, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery (Orthopedics),

Weill Cornell Medical College; Attending Hand

and Upper Extremity Surgeon, Division of Hand

and Upper Extremity Surgery, Hospital for

Special Surgery, New York, New York

CHRISTOPHER CHADDERDON, MD

Hand Consultant, Charlotte Hounds,

OrthoCarolina, Charlotte, North Carolina

KIMBERLLY S. CHHOR, MD

CARLTON CLINKSCALES, MD

RANDALL W. CULP, MD

PETER EVANS, MD, PhD, FRCSC

GARY FLINK, MSPT

Director of Sports Rehabilitation, Excel

Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Hackensack,

New Jersey

DURETTI T. FUFA, MD

Hand Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic

Surgery, Washington University School of

Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis,

Missouri

R. GLENN GASTON, MD

Hand Consultant, Carolina Panthers, Hand

Consultant, Joe Gibbs Racing, Hand

Consultant, Hendrick Racing, Hand

Consultant, Stewart-Haas Racing and

Charlotte Knights, OrthoCarolina, Charlotte,

North Carolina

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CHARLES A. GOLDFARB, MD

Associate Professor, Department of

Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University

School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital,

St Louis, Missouri

THOMAS J. GRAHAM, MD

Chief Innovation Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Innovations; Vice-Chairman, Department of

Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic,

Cleveland, Ohio

NORAH M. HARVEY, MD

BRADLEY HORAK, MD

Orthopaedic Hand Fellow, Division of Hand

Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,

Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein

College of Medicine, New York, New York

THOMAS C. HOWARD III, MD

JEFFREY B. HUSBAND, MD

Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeon, TRIA

Orthopaedic Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

CLAUDIUS D. JARRETT, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of

Orthopaedic Surgery, Emory University School

of Medicine, Emory Orthopaedic Center,

Atlanta, Georgia

JASON H. KO, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery

and Department of Orthopaedics and Sports

Medicine, University of Washington School of

Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle,

Washington

ARTHUR T. LEE, MD

Fellow, Division of Hand and Upper Extremity

Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery,

New York, New York

MATTHEW I. LEIBMAN, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic

Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine,

Hand Surgeon, Newton-Wellesley Hospital,

Hand Surgeon to the Boston Bruins, Boston

Red Sox, New England Patriots, Newton

Massachusetts

GARY M. LOURIE, MD

Chief of Hand Surgery, Atlanta Medical Center

Residency Program, The Hand and Upper

Extremity, Center of Georgia; Orthopedic Team

Physician, Atlanta Braves; Hand and Upper

Extremity Consultant, Atlanta Falcons; Hand

and Upper Extremity Consultant, Georgia Tech

Athletic Department, Atlanta, Georgia

JAMES T. MARINO, MD

Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Atlanta

Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia

CHARLES P. MELONE Jr, MD

Chief of Hand Surgery, Division of Hand

Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,

Beth Israel Medical Center; Professor of

Clinical Surgery, Albert Einstein College of

Medicine, New York, New York

KIERAN O’SHEA, MB, FRCSI

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, St James’s

Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

A. LEE OSTERMAN, MD

Professor, Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery,

President, The Philadelphia Hand Center, P.C.,

Director, Hand Surgery Fellowship Program,

Chief, Division of Hand Surgery, Department of

Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson

Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

E. ANNE OUELLETTE, MD, MBA

KHURRAM PERVAIZ, MD

DANIEL B. POLATSCH, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Hand Surgery,

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth

Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor of

Clinical Surgery, Albert Einstein College of

Medicine, New York, New York

ARTHUR C. RETTIG, MD

Methodist Sports Medicine/The Orthopedic

Specialists, Indianapolis, Indiana

MELVIN P. ROSSENWASSER, MD

DAVID E. RUCHELSMAN, MD

Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Tufts

University School of Medicine; Hand Surgeon,

Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton,

Massachusetts

STEVEN S. SHIN, MD

Director, Department of Hand Surgery,

Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic,

Los Angeles, California

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DEAN W. SMITH, MD

Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity

Surgery; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,

UT-Houston Consultant, Memorial Hermann

Sports Medicine Institute, Houston, Texas

ANDREW J. WEILAND, MD

Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for

Special Surgery; Professor of Orthopaedic and

Plastic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College,

New York, New York

THOMAS A. WIEDRICH, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery,

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,

Northwestern University Feinberg School of

Medicine, Chicago Center for Surgery of the

Hand, Chicago, Illinois

CLAUDE S. WILLIAMS IV, MD

Southern Orthopaedic Specialists; Associate

Clinical Professor, Department of

Orthopaedics, Louisiana State University,

New Orleans, Louisiana

PETER C. YEH, MD

Attending Sports Medicine, Excel Orthopedic

Specialists, Woburn, Massachusetts