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Albert Lea, MN
Hospital and Clinic
404 W. Fountain St., Albert Lea, MN 56007Austin, MN
Hospital and Clinic
1000 First Drive NW, Austin, MN 55912Provider's Bio
I am originally from Boston, Massachusetts. I enjoy sports, reading, running, traveling, playing tennis, and spending time with my husband and family!
Every patient is unique. It is my goal to understand and acknowledge the individual experiences, expectations, and goals of each patient in order to provide optimal clinical care.
Every patient is unique. It is my goal to understand and acknowledge the individual experiences, expectations, and goals of each patient in order to provide optimal clinical care.
Training & Credentials
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Internship
- Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program
Residency
- Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program
Fellowship
- Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, The Curtis National Hand Center
Certification
- Orthopedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Memberships:
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Association for Hand Surgery
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society
Academic Appointment
- Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Special Interests
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (endoscopic carpal tunnel release), cubital tunnel syndrome, nerve compression disorders
- Community education
- DeQuervain's and other hand, wrist, and forearm tendinopathies
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Finger, thumb, wrist arthritis
- Finger/thumb/hand, wrist, forearm, elbow fractures - adult and pediatric
- Nerve, tendon, ligament, and blood vessel injuries
- Rheumatoid arthritis and deformities
- Sports injuries including scapholunate ligament injuries, TFCC injuries
- Trigger fingers
- Thumb ligamentous injuries
- Ulnocarpal abutment syndrome
- Upper extremity amputations
- Upper extremity care for athletes
Research & Publications
- Orthobiologics in hand surgery, 2021.
- Outcomes of treating proximal pole scaphoid nascent nonunions and nonunions with or without local bone graft, 2020.
- The effect of bisphosphonates on the clinical and radiographic outcomes of distal radius fractures in women, 2018.
- Time from injury to surgical fixation of diaphyseal humerus fractures is not associated with the risk of iatrogenic radial nerve palsy, 2017.
- Acute Fight Bite, 2013.