David Edelstein is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Edelstein is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Trigger Thumb, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Synovitis, and Tenosynovitis.

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.

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.

Dan Zlotolow is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Zlotolow is highly rated in 36 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Brachial Plexopathy, Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Congenital Contractures, Osteotomy, and Bone Graft. Dr. Zlotolow is currently accepting new patients.

Vipul Patel is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Patel is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Rhizarthrosis, Tennis Elbow, and Trigger Thumb.

Steve Lee is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Lee is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Brachial Plexopathy, Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophy, Erb's Palsy, Bone Graft, and Osteotomy.

Duretti Fufa is a Hand Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Fufa is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Trigger Thumb, Dupuytren Contracture, Nerve Decompression, and Osteotomy.

John Capo is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in Jersey City, New Jersey. Dr. Capo is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Kienbock's Disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Mononeuritis Multiplex, Bone Graft, and Osteotomy.

Lana Kang is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Kang is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Rhizarthrosis, Contracture Deformity, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Radial Nerve Dysfunction.

Michael Lacqua is a Plastic Surgeon and a Hand Surgeon in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Lacqua is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Ganglion Cyst and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Mukund Patel is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider 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.

Nationally and internationally renowned hand surgeon Dr. Steven Beldner is Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Hand and Wrist Surgery Center of Lenox Hill. He was recruited to build a world class hand and wrist center for NSLIJ after he succeeded in starting and building a similar program at Mt. Sinai/Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC where he has practiced for 20 years.A fellow of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons, he is board-certified in Orthopedics and credentialed in Hand Surgery. Dr. Beldner was elected President of the New York Society of the Hand by his tristate peers and has served on its board. He has published and lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally, on problems related to the hand, wrist and elbow. His expertise is frequently sought by professional chefs, fashion designers, musicians, artists and athletic teams in the NHL, NBA and New York State Athletic Commission.Dr. Beldner earned his medical degree from Rutgers Medical School in 1991 and was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and was also elected its president. His postgraduate training included a surgical internship at NYU Medical Center, followed by an Orthopedic Surgery residency and Hand Fellowship also at NYU. Upon graduation, he became an active NYU staff member. At Beth Israel/ Mt Sinai Medical Centers, he was an original founder of their hand fellowship and served as their director of education. For over a decade, he was responsible for training plastic surgery residents from Albert Einstein College of Medicine about managing problems of the hand and wrist.An active member of the International Wrist Investigators Workshop, Dr. Beldner is part of a select group of physicians from around the globe who are invited to help develop and lead research of complicated wrist conditions and share their experiences. Dr. Beldner is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Trigger Thumb, Dupuytren Contracture, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Tennis Elbow.

Daniel Polatsch is an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Polatsch is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Dupuytren Contracture, Trigger Thumb, and Ganglion Cyst.

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

Aaron Daluiski is a Hand Surgeon in Ny, New York. Dr. Daluiski is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Polydactyly, Tennis Elbow, Syndactyly, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.

Robert Kayal is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in North Bergen, New Jersey. Dr. Kayal is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis, Bursitis, and Knee Replacement.

Jaehon Kim is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Kim is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Rhizarthrosis, Scaphoid Non-Union, Fasciotomy, and Osteotomy.

Michael Hausman is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Hausman is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Ganglion Cyst, Dupuytren Contracture, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Nerve Decompression.

Samir Sodha is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in North Bergen, New Jersey. Dr. Sodha is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Synovitis, Rhizarthrosis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Tenosynovitis.

Richard Mackessy is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in Linden, New Jersey. Dr. Mackessy is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ganglion Cyst, Rhizarthrosis, and Trigger Thumb.

Robert Pae is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider 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.

Jacques Hacquebord is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Hacquebord is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Erb's Palsy, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Mononeuritis Multiplex, Osteotomy, and Vaginectomy.

Robert Hotchkiss is a Hand Surgeon and an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Hotchkiss is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Radioulnar Synostosis, Dupuytren Contracture, Rhizarthrosis, Contracture Deformity, and Fasciotomy.

Scott Wolfe is a Hand Surgeon in Ny, New York. Dr. Wolfe is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Scaphoid Non-Union, Kienbock's Disease, Radial Nerve Dysfunction, Bone Graft, and Osteotomy.

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, Desmoid Tumor, Congenital Generalized Fibromatosis, Infantile Myofibromatosis, and Fasciotomy.