Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship

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Plastic Hand Fellow - Program Director, Michael F. Angel, MD

Fellowship Program Information:

The goal of this program is to enhance and broaden the skills of the fellow in diagnosis and management of the upper extremity injuries. The fellow will learn the diagnosis of hand injuries, diseases, and afflictions while learning to perform appropriate surgical and non-surgical management, follow-up care and rehabilitation with supervised hands-on experience training.

This fellowship covers the full range of hand surgery; tendon repair and reconstruction, tumors/ nerve repair and reconstruction, infections, vascular injuries and disorders, and microvascular surgery.

Fellow has a schedule with plastic surgeons at the University of MS Medical Center and the VA, and rotates with members of the Department of Orthopedics and several members of the community.

Fellow gives weekly conference and participates in the formal management of patients and gets involved in clinical planning and treatment.

Hand Fellowship Application Information