The hand trauma call schedule includes a dedicated attending and a hand fellow daily. Hand call includes replantation / microvascular emergency services, for which our institution is a major referral center for the entire southeastern United States. Our faculty values a mentorship relationship with fellows, who are expected to participate in teaching residents and students and to gradually assume greater responsibilities in patient care over the course of the fellowship year under the direct supervision of faculty. Highlights of clinical exposure include:

• Adult reconstruction includes experience in the treatment of osteoarthritis (including post-traumatic) and rheumatoid arthritis for the upper extremity, arthroplasty of the elbow, wrist, and hands, Dupuytren’s contracture, nerve compression syndromes, scleroderma, vascular insufficiency, and tendon reconstructions. In association with the orthopaedic oncology service, treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the upper extremity is included in the education of the residents and fellows.
• Trauma includes treatment of fractures and dislocations of the upper extremity, flexor and extensor tendon injuries, nerve injuries, compartment syndromes, and replantation / microvascular emergency services. Experience is obtained for acute, sub-acute, and chronic injury presentation.
• Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injuries include the evaluation and management of both adult and pediatric patients with traumatic and birth-related brachial plexus injuries, as well as the treatment of acute and chronic peripheral nerve injuries.
• Congenital hand includes treatment of all birth-related injuries, such as congenital absence of the thumb, radial and ulnar club-hand, syndactyly, and cerebral palsy.
• Free-tissue transfer includes extensive experience in free vascularized fibular grafting and soft-tissue reconstruction using local, regional, and distant tissue transfers.
• Shoulder includes treating common shoulder conditions and developing innovations. Common surgical procedures performed include proximal humerus ORIF, shoulder arthroplasty, arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs, superior capsule reconstructions, and shoulder instability repairs. Fellows will gain experience with common conditions and experience the latest innovations of reconstruction using a new prosthesis and 3-D imaging to create solutions to increasingly challenging problems in shoulder and elbow surgery. 
• Sports injuries include the management of sports-related and overuse injuries of the upper extremity. Common surgical procedures include Tommy John surgery, distal biceps tendon repair, TFCC repair, and UCL repair of the thumb. Fellows will gain significant experience with wrist and elbow arthroscopy.