Our program is designed to provide a broad experience in hand and upper extremity surgery, including trauma, posttraumatic reconstruction, arthritis, congenital, brachial plexus, and microsurgery. The Fellow is an integral member of a very active clinical service involving surgery, outpatient evaluations, and emergency care. The service is well supported including a full clinical staff and a large ambulatory surgery center. The fellow may choose, according to his/her desires and goals, whether to be involved in a broad spectrum of elbow and shoulder reconstructive surgery that our service also regularly provides. The fellow is encouraged to engage in research, in either a clinical or laboratory investigation. A dedicated one-week course in microsurgery is provided. Candidates must be board-eligible in orthopedic or plastic surgery. Upon completion of the program, the fellow will have achieved a sound knowledge base and competent surgical skills to pursue a comprehensive hand and upper extremity surgery practice.

University of Iowa Hand Surgery Fellowship Facts

• The department has had a hand surgery fellowship training since 1981
• Four full-time dedicated orthopedic hand and upper extremity surgeons
• Fellows are supported to attend a one-week microsurgery course and the annual ASSH meeting
• Opportunity for an overseas missionary trip, providing pediatric upper extremity surgery
• The Hand and Upper Extremity service has a collaboration with the Plastic Surgery Department

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