Vincent Ruggiero, M.D., is a board certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic hand and upper extremities specialist. He joined Healthcare Associates in Medicine's hand specialist team in 1999, following the completion of his fellowship studies. Today, Dr. Ruggiero serves as Director to the Hand Center at Healthcare Associates in Medicine, a division of the Orlin & Cohen Medical Specialists Group. He was recognized by Castle Connolly for his excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery and awarded Regional Top Doctor 2019-2021 and Top Doctor NY Metro Area 2019-2021.As a New York native, Dr. Ruggiero attended Pace University and graduated Summa Cum Laude in Biology. Dr. Ruggiero earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine while achieving two accolades, the Richmond County Medical Society Scholarship Award and the American Heart Association Medical Student Fellowship. He completed his Orthopaedic residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, a Level I Trauma Center, where he was named Administrative Chief Resident and received the Resident Teaching Award 1998. At SUNY Health Science Center, Dr. Ruggiero obtained sub-specialty training in Orthopaedic Hand Surgery in Syracuse, NY under the tutelage of Dr. Andrew K. Palmer. Additional fellowship training in Pediatric Orthopaedics was completed at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, TX.As Director of the Hand Center at Healthcare Associates in Medicine, Dr. Ruggiero takes a special interest in returning his patients to a high functioning lifestyle using operative and non-operative solutions tailored to each injury. He has authored numerous peer reviewed publications, presented at national conferences, and conducted research on orthopaedic topics with special attention to flexor tendon repairs and adult septic arthritis. Dr. Ruggiero has served as Honorary Police Surgeon to the New York City Police Department for over 10 years, as well as team physician for Wagner College Athletics and various high school athletic teams. Additionally, he has served as the clinical instructor of the SUNY Downstate Orthopedic Residency Program and as instructor of hand and wrist surgery at Staten Island University Hospital from 2010 to the present. Presently, he is the Director of the Hand Center at Healthcare Associates in Medicine, a division of Orlin & Cohen Medical Specialists Group. Dr. Ruggiero is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Trigger Thumb, Ganglion Cyst, and Dupuytren Contracture.

Aaron Rubinstein is an Orthopedics provider in Linden, New Jersey. Dr. Rubinstein is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Synovitis, Tennis Elbow, Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis, and Fasciotomy. Dr. Rubinstein is currently accepting new patients.

Lauren B. Grossman, M.D., is a board certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in hand and upper extremity problems. She is the Associate Director of the Hand Center at Healthcare Associates in Medicine, a division of Orlin & Cohen Medical Specialists Group. Dr. Grossman joined Healthcare Associates in Medicine s hand subspecialist team in 2013, from the Stony Brook University Hospital Medical Center. She was recognized by Castle Connolly for her excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery and awarded Regional Top Doctor 2019-2021, Top Doctor NY Metro Area 2019-2021, and Exceptional Women in Medicine 2020.She attended Emory University in Atlanta, GA where she achieved the Emory University Dean s List 2001- 2003 and was accepted in the Alpha Kappa Delta: International Sociology Honor Society. Dr. Grossman traveled to Boston, MA to obtain her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine. Her academic success earned her the George L. Howland Prize and she graduated with clinical honors in Hand Surgery, Orthopedic Trauma, Surgical Anatomy, Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Family Medicine. She completed her residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center under the tutelage of Dr. William P. Urban, Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Following the completion of her residency, Dr. Grossman remained in New York for specialized training in Hand and Microsurgery with Dr. Lawrence C. Hurst, Chief of the Division of Hand Surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center.Dr. Grossman enjoys the opportunities presented to her as a hand specialist, from performing highly specialized and delicate elective microsurgery for trauma injuries, to helping patients in need globally through humanitarian surgical missions. Dr. Grossman has presented multiple research projects at different meetings including a new way to train microsurgical technique, carpal tunnel release techniques, scaphoid fixation and fixation of femur fractures. She enjoys teaching and mentoring, having presented an extensive online lecture series in 2020 through the Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (AO North America) and looks forward to providing additional lectures in 2021. As a member of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand, Dr. Grossman also presented at the Society s 2018 and 2020 meetings. In conjunction with her tenure at Healthcare Associates in Medicine, a division of Orlin & Cohen Medical Specialists Group, Dr. Grossman has spent time in developing countries, volunteering her skills to help those who are unable to receive hand surgical care. She traveled to Honduras in 2018 with the Touching Hands Project, an ASSH program funded by the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand, to provide free hand care to adults and children with upper extremity issues. Dr. Grossman is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Trigger Thumb, Rhizarthrosis, and Ganglion Cyst.

Rodolfo Colaco is a General Surgeon and a Vascular Surgeon in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Dr. Colaco is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, Gallstones, Colostomy, and Small Bowel Resection.

Mukund Patel is a Hand Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Patel is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Trigger Thumb, Synovitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Tenosynovitis.

Joseph Barmakian is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in Westfield, New Jersey. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Rhizarthrosis, Tennis Elbow, and Osteoarthritis.

Marc Urquhart is a Hand Surgeon in Bayonne, New Jersey. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, Tennis Elbow, and Hip Replacement.

Robert Pae is a Hand Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Pae is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Tendinitis, Synovitis, Trigger Thumb, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Hip Replacement.

Nadeem Chaudhry is a Plastic Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Chaudhry is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hemangiopericytoma, Congenital Generalized Fibromatosis, Infantile Myofibromatosis, Desmoid Tumor, and Fasciotomy.

Nelson Botwinick is a Hand Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Botwinick is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Synovitis, Rhizarthrosis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Tenosynovitis.

Matthew Zornitzer is a Hand Surgeon in West Orange, New Jersey. Dr. Zornitzer is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Trigger Thumb, Tennis Elbow, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Rhizarthrosis, and Osteotomy.

Evan Fischer is a Hand Surgeon in Montclair, New Jersey. Dr. Fischer is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ganglion Cyst, Rhizarthrosis, and Dupuytren Contracture.

Alter Todd is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in Jersey City, New Jersey. Dr. Todd is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Mononeuritis Multiplex, Tenosynovitis, and Acute Pain. Dr. Todd is currently accepting new patients.

Ronald Solomon is a Hand Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Solomon is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Trigger Thumb, Rhizarthrosis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Ganglion Cyst.

Peter Andrade is a Plastic Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Staten Island, New York.

Emily Pflug is a Hand Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. Her top areas of expertise are Mononeuritis Multiplex, Radial Nerve Dysfunction, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Nerve Decompression.

Jadie De Tolla is a Hand Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. Her top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Rhizarthrosis, Tennis Elbow, and Ganglion Cyst.

Enrique Monsanto is a Hand Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. His top areas of expertise are Tennis Elbow, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tendinitis, and Tenosynovitis.

Tariq Radwan is a Hand Surgeon in Madison, New Jersey.

Bishoy Saad is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in Hoboken, New Jersey. Dr. Saad is currently accepting new patients.

Armando Martinez is a Hand Surgeon in Secaucus, New Jersey.