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Contact Person For Application:
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Vicki Allen
1313 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205
United States
205-930-8494
vicki.allen@ortho.uab.edu
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Fellowship Type:
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Primary Hand Programs
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Fellowship Title:
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UAB Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship
1313 13th Street
Birmingham, AL 35205
United States
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Geographic Region:
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Southeast
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Number of years this fellowship has existed:
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More than 10 years
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Fellowship Director:
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Thomas R. Hunt, III, M.D.
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Additional Faculty:
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Jean Oakes, M.D.; Richard Meyer, M.D.; Nicholas
Mansuetta, M.D.; Jobe Fix, M.D.; James Long, M.D.;
Ekkehard Bonatz, M.D.; Joseph Sherrill, M.D.; James Floyd, M.D.
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Duration and Calendar Year of Fellowship:
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August 1 to July 31
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Clinical Work:
(total # of cases per year for all fellows)
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Free Flaps: 52
Complex Non-Microsurgical Reconstruction: 70
Nerve Repairs: 52
Replants: 12
Head and Neck: 60
Breast Implant Reconstruction: 15
Upper Extremity: 1500
Autologus Tissue Breast Reconstruction: 25
Trunk: 0
Thoracic Outlet/ Brachial Plexus: 40
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Specialty Cases:
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Kienbocks - 4; Vascular bone grafts for scaphoid fracture - 6
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Number of Fellows Accepted per year:
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3
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Stipend (Annual):
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$49,629
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Night and Weekend Call:
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approximately 10 times per month
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Laboratory Research Opportunities (available or required):
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Available
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Clinical Research Opportunities:
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Up to one day per week
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Prerequisite/requisite training required:
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Completion of orthopaedic surgery or plastic surgery residency
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Application Deadline:
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March 01
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Interview Period:
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April 1 to May 1
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Additional Program Information:
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This program participates in the Hand Match.
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| *For information on previous fellows, please contact the fellowship institution
directly.
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