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Dr. Harold E. Kleinert |
Dr. Joseph E. Kutz |
Dr. Thomas W. Wolff |
Dr. Tsu-Min Tsai |
Dr. Luis R. Scheker |
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Dr. Warren C. Breidenbach |
Dr. B. Thomas Harter |
Dr. Margaret Napolitano |
Dr. Rodrigo Moreno |
Dr. Tuna Ozyurekoglu |
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Dr. Huey Y. Tien |
Dr. Sunil Thirkannad |
Dr. Michelle D. Palazzo |
Dr. Rodrigo N. Banegas |
Dr. Erdogan Atasoy |
Harold E. Kleinert, MD, FACS
Dr. Kleinert graduated from Temple University Medical School in 1946 and received its Distinguished Alumni Scientific Achievement Award in Surgery in 1987. His postgraduate training was completed at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.
Dr. Kleinert founded the University of Louisville Hand Clinic in 1953 for comprehensive care of hand patients. In 1960, the Christine M. Kleinert Fellowship in Hand Surgery was established for those residents desiring postgraduate training. Over 1050 surgeons from 51 countries have now trained as Fellows in Hand Surgery.
Dr. Kleinert is clinical professor of surgery at the University of Louisville and at Indiana University-Purdue University, and served as president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in 1976. He was the recipient of the Scientific Achievement Award from the American Medical Association in 1980. Dr. Kleinert was appointed a National Consultant in Hand Surgery to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force in 1973. He has written more than 200 scientific publications.
Joseph E. Kutz, MD, FACS
Dr. Kutz is a past director of the Christine M. Kleinert Fellowship in Hand Surgery. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1958, received his postgraduate training at the University of Louisville, and served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow for one year in 1963. He received the President's Cabinet Award in 1979 and the Science Alumnus of the Year in 2002, both from the University of Detroit Mercy. In addition, he was awarded the Ephraim McDowell Physician of the Year Award presented by the Caritas Foundation in 1999.
Dr. Kutz is Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive, Hand) at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and is past president of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, past president of the Jefferson County Medical Society and past treasurer for the International Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery.
Dr. Kutz has 77 publications, 15 of which have appeared in textbooks.
Thomas W. Wolff, MD
Dr. Wolff is the Program director of the Christine M. Kleinert Fellowship in Hand Surgery. He graduated from Indiana University in 1969 and received his postgraduate training in Orthopedics at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in North Carolina. He served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow in 1976.
Dr. Wolff is currently assistant clinical professor of surgery (Orthopaedics) at the University of Louisville. He is an active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Tsu-Min Tsai, MD
Dr. Tsai graduated from National Taiwan University, Republic of China, in 1961. He received postgraduate training at both National Taiwan University Hospital and the University of Louisville Hospital. Dr. Tsai served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow in 1976. He is now Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Louisville and Director of the Division of Hand Surgery, University of Louisville. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, holds memberships in the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery and the International Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, and is an active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Dr. Tsai has more than 90 publications to his credit and is actively engaged in research at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery.
Luis R. Scheker, MD
Dr. Scheker graduated from the University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and received his postgraduate training in plastic and reconstructive surgery in London, England and the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
He served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow in 1982 and then as a Research Fellow with the Louisville Institute for Hand and Microsurgery. Dr. Scheker is currently associate clinical professor of surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive) at the University of Louisville and assistant consulting professor of surgery at Duke University.
Dr. Scheker's special interests include microvascular reconstruction, congenital anomalies, the carpometacarpal joint, the distal radioulnar joint and the proximal radioulnar joint
Warren C. Breidenbach, MD, FRCS(C)
Dr. Scheker graduated from the University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and received his postgraduate training in plastic and reconstructive surgery in London, England and the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
He served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow in 1982 and then as a Research Fellow with the Louisville Institute for Hand and Microsurgery. Dr. Scheker is currently associate clinical professor of surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive) at the University of Louisville and assistant consulting professor of surgery at Duke University.
Dr. Scheker's special interests include microvascular reconstruction, congenital anomalies, the carpometacarpal joint, the distal radioulnar joint and the proximal radioulnar joint
B. Thomas Harter, MD
Dr. Harter graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1975. He completed a General Surgery Residency and Surgical Research Fellowship from New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center from 1975 to 1982. He completed a Plastic Surgery Residency from Duke University Medical Center in 1984. Served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow in 1983.
Dr. Harter was certified by the American Board of Surgery in 1984 and the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1986. He received Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand in 1989 and 1998.
Currently, Dr. Harter is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with the University of Louisville, and has served as Past President of the Jefferson County Medical Society. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Margaret Napolitano, MD, FACS
Dr. Napolitano graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine in 1993 where she received the Outstanding Student Plastic Surgery Department Award. She completed a general surgery residency in 1998 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She then completed a plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship at the University of Florida Department of Surgery in 2000 followed by a hand and microsurgery fellowship at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dr. Napolitano is certified in Advanced Trauma Life Support, Advanced Burn Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, board certified in general surgery and plastic surgery. She is also boarded in Hand surgery having her CAQ. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and is a member of the American Medical Association, Interplast, Kentucky Medical Association, Lexington Medical Society, Jefferson County Medical Society, American Society for Surgery of the Hand and American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Her special interests include general plastic surgery and hand surgery.
Rodrigo Moreno, MD
Dr. Moreno graduated from the Colombian School of Medicine Bosque University in 1993. He then completed a residency in Orthopedic and Trauma surgery where he received a National Research Award. In 2001, he completed a one-year fellowship at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, Kentucky then continued as a Senior Fellow until 2004 and ultimately as Hand Scholar.
In February 2004, Dr. Moreno joined Kleinert Kutz as staff. In addition, he accepted the appointment as physician to the Commission for Children With Special Health Care Needs. He was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor with the University of Louisville Department of Surgery, Division of Hand Surgery.
His special interests include distal radius fractures, elbow pathology, and congenital surgery.
Tuna Ozyurekoglu, MD
Dr. Ozyurekoglu graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey in 1994. He completed Orthopedics and Traumatology residency in Ankara Emergency Care and Traumatology Hospital in 1998 and is certified in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology by the Turkish Ministry of Health. He completed a hand and microsurgery fellowship at Manus Hand Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey. He also completed a hand and microsurgery fellowship at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Louisville, Kentucky in 2001. Later he served as a senior fellow in 2002 and 2003.
Dr. Ozyurekoglu was awarded an educational grant by Danish Government during his residency and completed a fellowship in Hand Surgery at Rigshospital of Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark. He also received the basic science research grant award of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2001. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville Department of Surgery, Division of Hand Surgery.
His special interests include sports and traumatic injuries of the wrist and elbow joints, and their reconstruction; treatment of the peripheral nerve, and microsurgical reconstruction of upper extremity defects.
Huey Y. Tien, MD
Dr. Scheker graduated from the University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and received his postgraduate training in plastic and reconstructive surgery in London, England and the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
He served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow in 1982 and then as a Research Fellow with the Louisville Institute for Hand and Microsurgery. Dr. Scheker is currently associate clinical professor of surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive) at the University of Louisville and assistant consulting professor of surgery at Duke University.
Dr. Scheker's special interests include microvascular reconstruction, congenital anomalies, the carpometacarpal joint, the distal radioulnar joint and the proximal radioulnar joint
Sunil Thirkannad, MD
Dr. Thirkannad graduated from Bangalore Medical College, India in 1991. He subsequently completed his Residency in Orthopedic Surgery in 1996 where he was awarded the Lupin Gold Award and Natarajan Gold Medal. He obtained a Masters Degree in Orthopedic Surgery in 1996 and was certified by the National Board of Examinations in 1997. He completed a Fellowship in Hand and Microsurgery from the National University of Singapore in 2003 and from the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in 2004.
Prior to his arrival in Louisville, Dr. Thirkannad was an Assistant Professor and Board Examiner in Orthopedic Surgery at the Rajiv Gandhi Health University, Bangalore, India. He is currently Assistant Clinical Professor in Hand Surgery at the University of Louisville. He is a member of many Orthopedic and Hand Societies and has served on the Executive Council of the Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand. He has published articles in peer reviewed journals and has authored chapters in text books, including Sabistons Textbook of Surgery.
His special interests include wrist injuries, rheumatoid arthritis, congenital hand deformities and microsurgery.
Michelle D. Palazzo, MD
Dr. Palazzo graduated with two degrees in engineering from the University of Illinois and received her medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in 1999. She then completed a residency in General, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at St. Louis University, followed by a Fellowship in Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery of the Breast at Georgetown University in Washington DC. In 2006, she completed a one-year fellowship at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, Kentucky.
In September 2006, Dr. Palazzo joined Kleinert Kutz as staff and was appointed Clinical Instructor with the University of Louisville Department of Surgery, Division of Hand Surgery.
Her special interests include cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast, body contouring, fat injections, hand rejuvenation, and soft tissue injuries and tumors of the hand.
Rodrigo N. Banegas, MD
Dr. Banegas graduated from the National University of Rosario, Argentina School of Medicine, in 1994. He then completed a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Hospital de Emergencias Clemente Alvarez in Rosario, Argentina. In 2007, he completed a one-year fellowship at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, Kentucky then continued as a Senior Fellow and ultimately as Hand Scholar.
Dr. Banegas is member of the Argentinas Society of Hand Surgery, a member of the International Society for Peripheral Nerve and Brachial Plexus Injuries, as well as, candidate member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
In July 2008, Dr. Banegas joined Kleinert Kutz as staff. He was appointed gratis faculty, hand surgery clinical instructor, at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
His special interests include brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injuries, microsurgery and upper extremity fracture and soft tissue reconstruction.
Erdogan Atasoy, MD, FACS
Dr. Atasoy graduated from the University of Istanbul, Turkey in 1956, and received his postgraduate training at the University of Louisville. He served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow for one year in 1966. Dr. Atasoy is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville. He is an active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and received the certificate for Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery in January 1989. In addition to general hand surgery, Dr. Atasoy has a particular interest in upper extremity nerve compression, especially thoracic outlet compression syndrome.
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