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Research & Education

Research

The Indiana Hand Center’s team of board certified orthopedic surgeons and Fellows are committed leaders in conducting and participating in clinical research programs related to all aspects of the entire upper extremity. Through these research efforts, we have been able to improve overall patient care as well as our clinical outcomes. Our surgeons and Fellows continually participate in the development and invention of new prosthetic devices, cutting-edge surgical techniques and state-of-the-art treatment solutions.

Some of our research efforts include:

• Development of elbow replacement
  
• Assisting with development of new internal fixation devices for fracture care
  
• Investigation of better options for treatment of wrist arthritis
  
• Investigation of treatments for nerve compression syndromes
  
• Participation in studies looking at new treatments for Dupuytren's contracture
  
• Assisting in developing devices used for treatment of radius fractures
  
• Development of safer and more innovative uses of wrist arthroscopy
  
• Evaluation of treatments for basilar thumb arthritis
  
• Evaluation of treatments for tendon ruptures and repairs

Education

Dedication to teaching and providing higher education to other physicians and healthcare professionals is the epicenter of The Indiana Hand Center’s vision.

Our multi-disciplinary post-graduate Fellowship Education Program for hand and upper extremity is currently one of largest of its kind in the world.

The Indiana Hand Center sponsors and conducts the Association for the Study of Internal Fixation Resident and Fellow Course in Indianapolis each year. This annual course is offered by our Center to Indiana Hand Center Fellows, Indiana University School of Medicine Residents and other individuals interested in internal screw and plate fixation of fractures in the hand and wrist.

For more than 20 years, we have been conducting “Hand Care: Clinical Approaches to Rehabilitation for the Upper Extremity”, a bi-annual meeting geared toward occupational therapists, physical therapists, physicians, and nurses with a special interest in hand rehabilitation. This national meeting is recognized as one of the leading hand therapy conferences in the country.

The Indiana Hand Center’s surgeons also regularly conduct continuing education workshops, seminars and cadaver labs for physicians, athletic trainers, EMTs, paramedics and workman’s compensation professionals.

The Indiana Hand Center established a Ruth A. Lilly Library to support research and education relating to surgery of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. This library is used by our physicians and Fellows, orthopaedic residents and medical students. It houses over 1,100 books pertaining to the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, microsurgery, plastic surgery, sports medicine and general orthopaedics, as well as 200 teaching videos/DVDs. We also subscribe to 24 journals and have access to thousands of others through our database systems. The Indiana Hand Center employs a part-time research librarian with a degree in library science who has organized a complete reprint file consisting of over 12,000 articles.