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The University of Michigan Hand Fellowship is an ACGME accredited program open to board-eligible orthopedic and plastic surgeons:
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2011: Nathan S. Taylor, MD. Current position: Advanced Center for Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery; Marquette, MI
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2012: Jennifer F. Waljee, MD, MPH, MS. Current position: Associate Professor; Section of Plastic Surgery; Department of Surgery; University of Michigan Medical School, Director of Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy; Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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2013: Kate W. Nellans, MD, MPH. Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Orthopaedics; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; Hempstead, NY
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2014: Joshua M. Adkinson, MD. Current position: Assistant Professor and Chief of Hand Surgery; Division of Plastic Surgery; Department of Surgery; Indiana University School of Medicine; Indianapolis, IN
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2015: Erika D. Sears, MD, MS. Current position: Assistant Professor; Section of Plastic Surgery; Department of Surgery; University of Michigan Medical School
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2016: Matthew S. Brown, MD. Current position: Basin Orthopedic Surgery Specialists; Odessa, TX
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2016: Brett F. Michelotti, MD. Current position: Assistant Professor; Division of Plastic Surgery; Department of Surgery; University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Madison, WI
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2017: Kate E. Elzinga, MD. Current position: Clinical Lecturer; Section of Plastic Surgery; Department of Surgery; Cummings School of Medicine; University of Calgary; Calgary, AB​
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2017: Paymon Rahgozar, MD. Current position: Assistant Professor; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Department of Surgery; University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
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2018: Brian P. Kelley, MD. Current position: Seton Ascension Healthcare; Buda, TX
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2018: Xuan Elizabeth Qiu, MD. Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Department of Surgery; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine Hofstra/Northwell, East Garden City, NY
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2019: Phillip R. Ross, MD. Current position: Assistant Professor, Division of Hand Surgery; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Cincinnati, OH
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2019: Sarah E. Sasor, MD. Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Plastic Surgery; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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2020: David W. Grant, MD.
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2020: S. Peir Johnson, MD. Current position: Trinity Health IHA Medical Group; Ann Arbor, MI
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2021: Matthew M. Florczynski, MD, MSc. Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Cincinnati, OH
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2021: Brian W. Starr, MD. Current position: Chief Resident in General & Plastic Surgery Integrated Surgery; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Cincinnati, OH
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RESEARCH FELLOWS
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2000-2001: Amy K. Alderman, MD, MPH, FACS. Current position: North Atlanta Plastic Surgery; Atlanta, GA
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2002-2004: Catherine M. Curtin, MD. Current position: Professor of Surgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Stanford University School of Medicine; Palo Alto, CA
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2006-2008: Christi M. Cavaliere, MD. Current position: Department of Plastic Surgery; Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, OH
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2009-2011: Jae W. Song, MD, MS. Current position: Assistant Professor; Division of Neuroradiology; Department of Radiology; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Philadelphia, PA
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2011-2013: Oluseyi Aliu, MD, MS. Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD
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2012-2014: Aviram M. Giladi, MD, MS. Current position: Research Director; Curtis National Hand Center; Baltimore, MD
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2014-2016: Frank Yuan, MD, MS. Current position: PGY-8; Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery; Department of Surgery; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Cincinnati, OH
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2015-2017: S. Peir Johnson, MBBS. Current position: PGY-6; Department of Plastic Surgery; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN
2016-2018: Chelsea A. Harris, MD, MS. Current position: PGY-4; Department of Surgery; University of Maryland; Baltimore, MD
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2018-2020: Hoyune E. Cho, MD. Current position: PGY-4; Department of Plastic Surgery; UC Irvine School of Medicine; Irvine, CA
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2020-2022: Jacqueline Byrd, MD, MPH. Current position: PGY-4; Department of Surgery; UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas, TX
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INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS ​
International Fellows spend anywhere from 6 month to 2 years with us to gain research and clinical experience to further their careers at their home institutions. The relationship lasts beyond the fellow's time here and has led to several cross-cultural comparison studies and other research collaborations.
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2005-2006: Seong Eon Kim, MD, PhD. Pohang SeMyeong Christianity Hospital; Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
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2002-2006: Kenji Kawamura, MD, PhD. Current Position: Associate Professor; Limb Trauma Center; Nara Medical University; Kashihara, Japan
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2006-2007: Maria Skvortsova, MD. Current Position: Assistant Unit Coordinator; Trillium Health Partners; Toronto, ON
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2007-2008: Huynt Thi Linh Thu, MD. Current Position: Department of Traumatology; Trauma Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City; Vietnam
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2008-2009: Takashi Oda, MD, PhD. Sapporo Medical University; Sapporo, Japan
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2009-2011: Sandeep J. Sebastin, MBBS, MS. Current Position: Assistant Professor; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; National University of Singapore
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2009-2011: Pao-Yuan Lin, MD. Current Position: Associate Professor; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan
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2010-2012: Shimpei Ono, MD, PhD. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery; Nippon Medical School; Tokyo, Japan
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2013-2016: Shady Abdel-Rehim, MD, MS. Current Position: PGY-4; Department of Surgery; University of Texas Health Sciences Center; San Antonio, TX
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2013-2016: Yang Guang, MD; Doctor of Hand Surgery; Department of Hand Surgery; China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University; Changchun City, China
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2013-2014: Keming Wang, MD. Peking Union Medical College; Beijing, China
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2013-2014: Yirong Wang, MD. Current Position: Plastic Surgeon; United Family Healthcare; Beijing, China
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2013-2015: Takeshi Ogawa, MD. Tsukuba University; Tsukuba, Japan
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2014-2015: Takanobu Nishizuka, MD, PhD. Current Position: Assistant Professor; Department of Hand Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Nagoya, Japan
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2016-2017: Michiro Yamamoto, MD, PhD. Current Position: Associate Professor; Department of Hand Surgery; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Nagoya, Japan
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2016-2017: Nasa Fujihara, MD. Current Position: Assistant Professor; Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Nagoya, Japan
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2016-2017: Yuki Fujihara, MD, PhD. Current Position: Assistant Professor; Department of Hand Surgery; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Nagoya, Japan
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2016-2017: Taichi Saito, MD, PhD. Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Okayama, Japan
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2016-2017: Sirichai Kamnerdnakta, MD. Current Position: Faculty of Medicine; Plastic Division; Department of Surgery; Siriraj Hospital; Mahidol University; Bangkok, Thailand
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2017-2018: Hidemasa Yoneda, MD. Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Nagoya, Japan
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RESEARCH ASSISTANTS ​
Research Assistants (RAs) generally spend 2 years with us to gain both research and clinical experience as they prepare for graduate and professional school entrance exams and applications. Over the years our RAs have gone on to medical and dental school as well as basic science PhD, pharmacology, and physicians’ assistant programs.
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2006-2008: Elizabeth (Petruska) Knapp, MS, PA-C. Current position: Physicians Assistant; Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Department of Otolaryngology; Oregon Health and Science University; Portland, OR
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2008-2009: Allison (Pushman) Close, MD. Current position: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Helen DeVos Children's Hospital; Grand Rapids, MI
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2008-2013: Lauren E. Franzblau, MD. Current position: PGY-2; Department of Internal Medicine; UT Southwestern; Dallas, TX
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2009-2010: Lillian T. Bellfi, PharmD. Current position: Trauma and Critical Care Pharmacist; University Medical Center New Orleans; New Orleans, LA
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2009-2010: Phillip J. Clapham, MD. Current position: Fellow; Division of Infectious Diseases; Department of Internal Medicine; University of Illinois Hospital; Chicago, IL
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2009-2011: Pouya Entezami, MD. Current position: PGY-5; Department of Neurosurgery; Albany Medical Center; Albany, NY
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2011-2012: Bradley P. Larson, MD. Current position: PGY-5; Department of Anesthesia and Preoperative Medicine; Beaumont Health System; Royal Oak, MI
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2011-2013: Evan Kowalski, DDS. Current position: Comstock Family Dental; Kalamazoo, MI
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2012-2013: Allison Ho Kowalsky, PhD. Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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2012-2014: Evan P. McGlinn, MD. Current position: PGY-3; Department of Emergency Medicine; Western Michigan University; Kalamazoo, MI
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2014-2016: Brianna L. Maroukis, BS. Current position: M4; University of Michigan Medical School
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2014-2016: Alexandra L. Mathews, BS. Current position: M4; Stritch School of Medicine; Loyola University; Chicago, IL
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2015-2017: Meghan E. Lark, BS. Current position: M3; University of Toledo College of Medicine; Toledo, OH
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2016-2018: Helen E. Huetteman, BS. Current position: M2; Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine; Rochester, MI
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2016-2018: Jennifer M. Sterbenz, BS. Current Position: Three Babes Bakeshop; San Francisco, CA
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2017-2019: Jacob S. Nasser, BS. Current Position: M4; George Washington University Medical School; Washington, DC
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2018-2020: You (Sharon) Kim, BS. Current Position: M2; Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center; Chicago, IL
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2019-2021: Natalie B. Baxter, BSE. Current Position: M2; University of Michigan Medical School; Ann Arbor, MI
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2019-2021: Shannon M. Wood, BS. Current Position: MPH Student; Bloomberg School of Public Health - Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD
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2021-2022: Anne V. Seyferth, BS. Current Position: M1; Sidney Kimmel Medical College - Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA
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MEDICAL STUDENTS ​
Medical students generally join our group via the University of Michigan Medical School Student Biomedical Research Program (SBRP). Over the years students have completed various projects including qualitative research, survey research, and big data projects. Frequently students continue to work with our group throughout their medical school career to gain research experience to enhance their residency prospects.
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1999-2001: Elizabeth S. (Kim) Akiyama, MD. Current position: Bakersfield Pathology Medical Group; Bakersfield, CA
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2002-2005: Andrew J. Watt, MD. Current position: Assistant Fellowship Program Director; The Buncke Clinic; San Francisco, CA
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2003-2006: Erika D. Sears, MD, MS. Current position: Assistant Professor; Section of Plastic Surgery; Department of Surgery; University of Michigan Medical School
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2003-2004: Frank H. Lau, MD. Current position: Associate Professor; Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Department of Surgery; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; New Orleans, LA
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2005-2006: Anjali S. (Arora) Gresens, MD. Current position: Department of Surgery; Inova Fairfax Hospital; Falls Church, VA
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2005-2006: Jared P. Wagner, MD, Current position: Medical Director; Wenatchee Pain Relief, East Wenatchee, WA
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2005-2006: Naveen K. Ahuja, MD. Current position: Plastic Surgery Arts of New Jersey; New Brunswick, NJ
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2007-2009: Ahmer K. Ghori, MD. Current position: SpineONE; Fort Wayne, IN
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2007-2013: Lee Squitieri, MD, PhD, MS. Current position: PGY-5; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Department of Surgery; Keck Medical School of the University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA
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2007-2009: Daniel Saddawi-Konefka, MD, MBA. Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Anesthesia; Critical Care and Pain Management; Harvard Medical School; Cambridge, MA
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2008-2009: Ashwin N. Ram, MD. Current position: Department of Radiation Oncology; California Skin Institute; San Francisco, CA
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2008-2009: Hriday M. Shah, MD. Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Radiology; UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas, TX
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2009-2010: Dennis S. Lee, MD. Current position: Physician; IHA Hand Surgery; Ypsilanti, MI
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2010-2011: Justin A. Steggerda, MD. Current position: PGY-5; Division of General Pediatric Surgery; Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA
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2013-2014: Jacob R. Rinkinen, MD. Current position: Clinical Fellow; Department of Surgery; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston, MA
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2013-2017: Michael T. Nolte, MD. Current position: PGY-3; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Rush University Medical Center; Chicago, IL
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2015-2018: Peter R. Swiatek, MD. Current position: PGY-2; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University; Chicago, IL
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2019-2021: Robert L. Kane, MD. Current Position: PGY-1; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston, SC
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RESEARCH COORDINATORS
2016-2019: Catherine Lu, MPH. Current position: Clinical Research Coordinator, University of Michigan, Ambulatory and Chronic Disease and Neuroscience Sensory Clinical Trials Support Unit
2007-2020: Melissa Shauver, MPH. Current position: Northwestern University, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
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