Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
The Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Program at Children’s Hospital offers diagnosis, treatment, and comprehensive patient-centered care for infants, children and adolescents. We treat congenital hand and upper extremity differences as well as acquired hand conditions from trauma, tumors, infection and athletic injuries.
Conditions We Treat
We treat all hand and upper extremity conditions, including:
- Apert hand
- Arm weakness
- Benign lesions
- Brachydactyly
- Burns (minor)
- Camptodactyly
Meet Your Care Team
Izabela A. GaldynMD
- Cleft Lip and Palate, Craniofacial Surgery, Ear Deformities, Facial Paralysis, Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Michael S. GolinkoBS, MD
- Cleft Lip and Palate, Craniofacial Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
John B. HillMD
- Fractures, Hand Reconstruction, Hand Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery
Wesley P. ThayerMD, PhD
- Acute and Reconstructive Burn, Aesthetics, Burn, Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Hand and Upper Extremity Program
- Experienced care
Our program features a double fellowship-trained doctor in pediatric hand surgery, upper extremity surgery and reconstructive microsurgery.
- Team approach
We use a team approach to care, working closely with our Pediatric Plastic Surgery program, our Brachial Plexus and Nerve Clinic, our Vascular Anomalies Clinic and The Fetal Center. Your child and family have access to a wealth of specialists in Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, General Surgery, Urology, Otolaryngology, Rehabilitation, Obstetrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and other areas. We work together to offer the best care according to your child’s specific needs.
- Full range of services
Whether your child’s condition is congenital, neuromuscular, sports-related, soft tissue and microvascular, traumatic or tumor-related, we have the expertise to care for you.