Hand Surgery Fellowship

Goal

The goal of the ACGME accredited Institute for Plastic Surgery Hand Surgery Fellowship is to prepare individuals for a successful career in academic hand surgery. The fellowship provides in-depth and comprehensive training in all areas of pediatric and adult hand and wrist surgery.

Faculty

The fellow is supported by three Institute for Plastic Surgery hand fellowship (hand certified?) plastic surgeons, including Drs. Michael Neumeister, Reuben Bueno and Nada Berry and one clinical faculty member Dr. Robert Russell. They also work closely with our Hand Therapy Center, comprised of four certified hand therapists.

Clinical Exposure

The diversity of faculty allows the hand surgery fellow to be exposed to an array of complex hand and wrist problems over the course of the fellowship, including:

• Reconstruction of the hand, wrist, forearm
• Upper extremity transplantation
• Acute and non-acute trauma, including hand, wrist, brachial plexus, replantation
• Arthroscopy of the hand and wrist
• Congenital hand and upper extremity, pediatric brachial plexus, cerebral palsy
• Arthroplasty in the hand and wrist Research Interests of the Faculty
• Flap prefabrication
• Hand trauma outcomes
• Microsurgical training
• Nerve Regeneration
• Skin regeneration
• Surgical Education
• Tissue engineering
• Wound Healing
  

Hand Fellow

Yevgeny Shuhatovich, D.O.
Where are you from? – Originally from Russia, but home is Houston, Texas.
What brought you to SIU? – Great hand fellowship with world-renowned hand and reconstructive surgeons.
What is your area of interest/research? – Piano performance, classical/flamenco/acoustic guitar performance, voice performance, photography, reading, art, mountain biking, soccer, hockey, marathon running, computer assembly, informatics, programming, web design, auto repair, network design. yshuhatovich@siumed.edu