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The Mary S. Stern Hand Surgery Fellowship is a comprehensive, 12 month post graduate ACGME accredited fellowship. It is designed for orthopedic, plastic and general surgical residents who have completed their residency training.

The fellowship provides a comprehensive clinical education in hand surgery and is affiliated with TriHealth and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The fellowship is divided into four major rotations including the “Stern Service,” “TriHealth Hand Surgery Specialist Service," “University Service” and "Children's Service."

Present, Future and Past Fellows:

Current Fellows (2023-2024)

  1. Jordan Gard, MD
  2. Madeline Lyons, MD
  • Ramin Lalezari, MD
Future Fellows (2024-2025)

  1. Rachel Guest, MD
  2. Ryan Davenport, MD
  3. Taylor Shackleford, MD
Past Fellows

John C. Carrozzella, MD – 1988-1989
Residency: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Paul R. Fassler, MD – 1989-1990
Residency: Vanderbilt University Hospitals

Mark C. Clawson, MD – 1990-1991
Residency: Brown University

John D. Wyrick, MD – 1991-1992
Residency: Wright State University College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati

Bertrand F. Jones, MD – 1992-1993
Residency: University of Colorado College of Medicine

Henry H. Lin, MD – 1992-1993
Residency: Washington University

Robert L. Bass, MD – 1993-1994
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

John I.B. Pyne, III, MD – 1993-1994
Residency: University of Vermont

Jon J. Cherney, MD – 1994-1995
Residency: University of Wisconsin Medical School

Joel D. Krakauer, MD – 1994-1995
Residency: Mayo Clinic

Steven E. Kann, MD – 1995-1996
Residency: University of Pittsburgh

R. Bradley Wyrsch, MD – 1995-1996
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Mark A. Deitch, MD – 1996-1997
Residency: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Leslie J. Schwendeman, MD – 1996-1997
Residency: University of Pittsburgh

Marcus Fulcher, MD – 1997-1998
Residency: Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical Center

Michiyuki Kono, MD – 1997-1998
Residency: UCLA School of Medicine

Kostas J. Constantine, MD – 1998-1999
Residency: University of Pittsburgh

David B. Fulton, MD – 1998-1999
Residency: Indiana University Medical Center

Brian J. Hartigan, MD – 1999-2000
Residency: Northwestern University

Steven B. Huish, MD – 1999-2000
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern

Michael J. Forseth, MD – 2000-2001
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center

Richard Kang, MD – 2000-2001
Residency: University of Pittsburgh

Charles A. Goldfarb, MD – 2001-2002
Residency: Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Rafael M. M. Williams, MD – 2001-2002
Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Matthew S. Bliss, MD – 2002-2003
Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Michael L. DiDonna, MD - 2002-2003
Residency: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Jon D. Hernandez, MD – 2003-2004
Residency: Duke University Medical Center

Anthony M. Sestero, MD – 2003-2004
Residency: University of Minnesota

Scott P. Olvey, MD - 2004-2005
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine

Harrison G. Tuttle, MD - 2004-2005
Residency: Fletcher Allen Healthcare, University of Vermont

Scott D. Burgess, MD – 2005-2006
Residency: University of North Carolina

Victoria D. Kubik, MD – 2005-2006
Residency: St. Louis University – School of Medicine

Alexander S. Croog, MD – 2006-2007
Residency: New York University/Hospital for Joint Disease

Denise M. Durant, MD – 2006-2007
Residency: Fletcher Allen Healthcare, University of Vermont

Soma I. Lilly, MD – 2006-2007
Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ryan P. Calfee, MD – 2007-2008
Residency: Brown University

John C. Elfar, MD – 2007-2008
Residency: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Joshua P. Moss, MD – 2007-2008
Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

James A. Foley, MD – 2008-2009
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin

Eric Fynn-Thompson, MD – 2008-2009
Residency: Brown University

Andrew C. Trueblood, M.D. – 2008-2009
Residency: University of Chicago

Adam Z. Franklin, M.D. – 2009-2010
Residency: Keck School of Medicine – University of Southern California

David K. Mikolyzk, M.D. – 2009-2010
Residency: Loyola University of Chicago Health System

Michael R. Paczas, Jr., M.D. – 2009-2010
Residency: University Hospitals of Cleveland

Safi R. Faruqui, D.O. – 2010-2011
Residency: St. Vincents Mercy Medical Center

Jessica H. Peelman, M.D. – 2010-2011
Residency: Northwestern University

Joyce M. Wilson, M.D. – 2010-2011
Residency: Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Joshua G. Bales, M.D. – 2011-2012
Residency: University of California, Los Angeles

Stephen A. Hoover, M.D. – 2011-2012
Residency: University of North Carolina

Lindley B. Wall, M.D. – 2011-2012
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis

John C. Berschback, M.D. – 2012-2013
Residency: Northwestern University

Timothy B. Larson, M.D. – 2012-2013
Residency: Carolinas Medical Center

Chirag M. Shah, M.D. – 2012-2013
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis

Reid W. Draeger, MD — 2013-2014
Residency: University of North Carolina

Meredith N. Osterman, MD — 2013-2014
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philip To, MD — 2013-2014
Residency: Vanderbilt University

Brandon Devers, MD – 2014-2015
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Benjamin Gray, MD – 2014-2015
Residency: Washington University – Barnes-Jewish Hospitals

John Lien, MD – 2014-2015
Residency: University of Michigan Health System

Laith Al-Shihabi, MD - 2015-2016
Residency: Rush University Medical Center

Orrin Franko, MD - 2015-2016
Residency: University of California, San Diego

Andre Ivy, MD - 2015-2016
Residency: Northwestern McGaw Medical Center

Elizabeth A. King, MD – 2016-2017
Residency: University of Michigan Health System

Dennis S. Lee, MD - 2016-2017
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jonathan B. Slaughter, MD - 2016-2017
Residency: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

Ashley Nord, MD – 2017-2018
Residency: Spectrum Hospital/Saint Mary’s

Caroline N Wurtzel, MD – 2017-2018
Residency: University of Michigan

Wenjing Zeng, MD – 2017-2018
Residency: Univ of Rochester Med Center

Joseph A Rosenbaum, MD – 2018-2019
Residency: Ohio State University

Derek B Smith, MD – 2018-2019
Residency: Oregon Health and Science University

Alan K Swenson, MD – 2018-2019
Residency: Univ of Washington, Seattle

Christopher M Bates, MD – 2019-2020
Residency: John Peter Smith Orthopaedic Residency

Phillip T Kirn, MD – 2019-2020
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina

Rameez Qudsi, MD – 2019-2020
Residency: Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program

Keith T Aziz, MD – 2020-2021
Residency: John Hopkins Hospital

Paul R Hutchison, MD – 2020-2021
Residency: University of Missouri

Daniel A London, MD – 2020-2021
Residency: Icahn School of Med at Mount Sinai Med

Charles Banfield, MD – 2021-2022
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth Univ Medical Center

Andrew Bridgforth, MD – 2021-2022
Residency: University of Virginia

Nicolas Satariano, MD – 2021-2022
Residency: University of California

Megan Rudolph, MD – 2022-2023
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Health School of Medicine

Aaron Roberts, MD – 2022-2023
Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center

Jamie Furness, MD – 2022-2023
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital

Madeline Lyons, MD – 2023-2024
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center

Jourdan Gard, MD – 2023-2024
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital

Ramin Lalezari, MD, 2023-2024
Residency: Keck School of Medicine

Ryan Davenport, MD – 2024-2025
Residency: University of Michigan

Rachel Guest, MD – 2024-2025
Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center

Taylor Shackleford, MD – 2024-2025
Residency: West Virginia University

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