COMPREHENSIVE HAND CENTER
In its short history, the Comprehensive Hand Center has been greeted with multiple achievements and opportunities. Hand Surgery at Michigan Medicine has transformed over the past decade and our international prominence as a center of excellence has grown as a result. The Comprehensive Hand Center planning is underway. I hope within a few years, I can welcome you to our building that will house not only hand surgery, but will include hand therapy, PM&R, operating suites, and a number of other specialists. This facility will truly be a Hand Center with the comprehensive and collaborative character that we envisioned over the past 20 years. We are proud to start this process and include all of hand surgery, regardless of specialty affiliations.
Above all, Hand Surgery at the University of Michigan is dedicated to excellent patient care. Our clinical enterprise continues to grow, now offering comprehensive care of the hand and upper extremity.
FELLOWSHIPS
The University of Michigan Hand Surgery Fellowship was established in 2010 as the only Hand Fellowship in the State of Michigan and it remains the sole program in our state today. This one-year fellowship provides comprehensive clinical and research training in hand surgery for two trainees per year. Our fellowship has rapidly become recognized as a very competitive program and the candidates coming to interview are highly accomplished. We have recruited excellent candidates through the match for multiple cycles and we are proud of this before, during and after their fellowship. In general, hand surgery training is also becoming more competitive as the number of applicants exceeds the spaces available for training every year.
HAND CENTER PLANNING
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The Hand Center is currently in the early planning phases. It will take our virtual hand center and create a physical space for Orthopedic and Plastic surgery trained hand surgeons, doctors, and occupational therapy. Providers will include specially trained PAs to work alongside the hand surgeons. The plan for the center will include several exam room “pods” with approximately 30 exam rooms in total and up to 7 procedure rooms for outpatient surgery. Radiology will be adjacent to the center and Occupational Therapy will be housed within the center for ease of access for patients. The Comprehensive Musculoskeletal Center will also share neighboring space to fully provide care of the total upper extremity.
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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND PHYSICAL THERAPY RESIDENCY PROGRAM
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The University of Michigan Health System Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy Division is proud to offer a comprehensive hand therapy residency program. This fellowship program is designed to provide occupational therapists with the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the field of hand therapy.
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