| Specialty Care for the Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist & Hand | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HAND SURGEONS NEUROLOGY |
Hill Hastings II, M.D.
Dr. Hastings is co-inventor of the Biomet Discovery™ Elbow System, currently the most-advanced total elbow replacement system. He designed and invented, in collaboration with the AO Hand Study Group, the AO Wrist Fusion Plate, now the gold-standard method for wrist fusion. He helped develop in collaboration with the AO Hand Study Group the Distal Radius Plating System, the current AO Modular Hand Set, and the Percutaneous Screw Fixation Forceps System, which have received the AO/ASIF Innovation Prize. He consulted on the Combi Distal Radius Plating System; worked out the biomechanics of the PIP joint, which now form the basis for dynamic external fixation of the PIP joint; and researched the Axis of PIP Flexion/Extension, Results of Different Fracture-Management Methods for PIP Fracture/Dislocations, which led to current methods for handling complex PIP fracture/dislocations. He designed the Hemicondylar Hamate Resurfacing Arthroplasty, which is now widely utilized. He co investigated the vascularity of the distal radius, looking into Vascularized Techniques for Bone Grafting, Particularly to the Scaphoid, which changed the face of surgery for difficult avascular scaphoid fractures and nonunions. He developed the Lateral Approach to the Elbow for Release of Complex Contractures, followed by the Lateral Collateral Ligament-Preserving Technique, one of the gold-standard methods for surgical correction of complex elbow contractures. He developed a New Classification System for Primary Osteoarthritis of the Elbow. Dr. Hastings is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Association, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, the International College of Surgeons, as well as other local, national, and international societies. He has been awarded honorary memberships to the Canadian Hand Society, the Venezuelan Hand Society, and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand. Dr. Hastings is also a Medical Consultant for the USA Gymnastics National team. He has contributed extensively to research and teaching of fracture care, serving as an international trustee of the AO/ASIF Foundation based in Switzerland, which focuses on research and education pertaining to fractures and deformities of the musculoskeletal system. Dr. Hastings organizes instructional courses for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand [ASSH] pertaining to internal fixation of the hand and wrist. In 1989, he received the prestigious honor to represent the ASSH as the Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellow. In 1994, he received the Summer L. Koch Award which was presented by the Chicago Society for Surgery of the Hand, for the lecture judged to have "the greatest future clinical application to the practice of hand surgery." He also received the Emanuel B. Kaplan Award, presented by the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand, for the lecture representing, "anatomical excellence in surgery of the hand." In 2003 Dr. Hastings organized the annual meeting of the ASSH program as the Program Chair. His academic research and lectures take him all over the world for training and educating of other physicians. Dr. Hastings has over 79 publications to his credit, and has given over 450 presentations. Dr. Hastings enjoys horses, skiing, biking, wind surfing, mountain climbing, fishing and hiking in the outdoors with his family. |
Hill Hastings II, M.D., has been in practice at The Indiana Hand Center since 1981, having completed orthopaedic surgery training at Harvard University. He is a Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Indiana University Medical Center. Dr. Hastings has special expertise in arthroscopy, reconstruction and replacement surgery of the elbow, wrist and hand. His special interests also include fracture management, elbow and wrist reconstruction, and the treatment of paralytic upper extremity disorders.