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Charles Goldfarb, MD

Daniel Osei, MD

Lindley Wall, MD

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Orthopedics / Hand and Wrist

Richard H. Gelberman, MD

Current Position
Fred C. Reynolds Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Specialty Areas
Orthopedic Surgery, Hand Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery, Hand and Wrist
Hand and Upper Extremity (Orthopedic)

Additional Features & Interviews with Dr. Gelberman:

Visit Dr. Gelberman's page on the Orthopedic Surgery website
Patients Seen At
Peterson Hand Center
Orthopedic Surgery Center
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, A, 6
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-514-3500
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Peterson Hand Center
Washington University Orthopedics
14532 S. Outer 40 Drive
Chesterfield, MO  63017
314-514-3500
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Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8233
St. Louis, MO  63110

Academic Office
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
11300 West Pavilion, One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-747-2531
Fax:   314-747-2599

Areas of Clinical Interest
All orthopedic conditions of the hand, wrist and elbow in adults and children. Traumatic and degenerative conditions of the hand and wrist, fractures of the carpus and radius, brachial plexus palsy, tendon and nerve injuries, congenial deformities, wrist and elbow deformities due to rheumatoid arthritis.
Board Certification
Orthopedic Surgery -- Certified
Hand Surgery -- Certified

Medical Education
B.S.: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1965
Medical Degree: University Of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, 1969
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1975
Fellowship: Hand/Microsurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1977
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopedics, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1986
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Awards and Honors
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)

Listed in America's Top Doctors,  2002-2012 (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)

Emmanuel Kaplan Award for Anatomical Excellence, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2008

President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2006-2007

Elected to the Institute of Medicine, 2003

President of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 2001

Sumner Koch Award American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Seattle, WA, 1989

Emanuel Kaplan Award for Anatomical Excellence, American Society for Surgery for the Hand, Anaheim, California, 1983

Disclosure of Financial Interests with Industry
Washington University and its physicians are committed to ensuring integrity and objectivity in medical decision-making. Some of our physicians work collaboratively with pharmaceutical or medical device companies to develop innovative ideas and products that can improve health care delivery and clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, our faculty physicians are paid by these commercial companies to provide advice on product design or to speak about the use of medications, devices, equipment or procedures. These payments may include: a) compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, b) equity, and/or c) royalties for products invented by our faculty. Any payments to Washington University physicians must be based on tangible services and may not exceed fair market value for their work. In addition to disclosure on this web site, physicians earning more than $10,000 per year must disclose their corporate financial relationship in writing to patients when prescribing or using that company's products.

Dr. Richard H. Gelberman reported the following earned financial interests during calendar year 2011. Move your mouse over a header for more info.
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Royalties
Royalties: When a faculty member invents or conceives a new or improved process or product, the company that manufactures the product will make royalty payments to the faculty member. Royalty payments usually are a small percentage of the company’s revenue related to that product.
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Speaker Fees
Speaker Fees: Companies may pay faculty to speak to professional audiences about their products.
Medartis $25,001-$50,000   
To learn more about Washington University's policies on collaborations with industry, click here.

Editorial Responsibilities

Reviewer
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Gelberman RH. "Hand Surgery's Research Dilemma: A Lesson From Philip Hench." J Hand Surg Am. 2012 Sep;37(9):1824-9.

Thomopoulos S, Kim HM, Silva MJ, Ntouvali E, Manning CN, Potter R, Seeherman H, Gelberman RH. "Effect of bone morphogenetic protein 2 on tendon-to-bone healing in a canine flexor tendon model." J Orthop Res. 2012 May 22.

Nelson GN, Potter R, Ntouvali E, Silva MJ, Boyer MI, Gelberman RH, Thomopoulos S. "Intrasynovial flexor tendon repair: A biomechanical study of variations in suture application in human cadavera." J Orthop Res. 2012 Oct;30(10):1652-9.

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Dec 1;92(17):2801-8. "Calfee RP, Manske PR, Gelberman RH, Van Steyn MO, Steffen J, Goldfarb CA."

Calfee RP, Van Steyn MO, Gyuricza C, Adams A, Weiland AJ, Gelberman RH. "Joint leveling for advanced Kienböck's disease." J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Dec;35(12):1947-54.

Thomopoulos S, Kim HM, Das R, Silva MJ, Sakiyama-Elbert S, Amiel D, Gelberman RH.

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Oct 6;92(13):2285-93. "The effects of exogenous basic fibroblast growth factor on intrasynovial flexor tendon healing in a canine model."

Pike JM, Gelberman RH. "Zone II combined flexor digitorum superficialis and flexor digitorum profundus repair distal to the A2 pulley." J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Sep;35(9):1523-7.

Kim HM, Nelson G, Thomopoulos S, Silva MJ, Das R, Gelberman RH. "Technical and biological modifications for enhanced flexor tendon repair." J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Jun;35(6):1031-7; quiz 1038.

Gelberman RH, Samson D, Mirza SK, Callaghan JJ, Pellegrini VD Jr. "Orthopaedic surgeons and the medical device industry: the threat to scientific integrity and the public trust." J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Mar;92(3):765-77.

Thomopoulos S, Das R, Sakiyama-Elbert S, Silva MJ, Charlton N, Gelberman RH. "bFGF and PDGF-BB for tendon repair: controlled release and biologic activity by tendon fibroblasts in vitro." Ann Biomed Eng. 2010 Feb;38(2):225-34.

Thomopoulos S, Zampiakis E, Das R, Kim HM, Silva MJ, Havlioglu N, Gelberman RH. "Use of a magnesium-based bone adhesive for flexor tendon-to-bone healing." J Hand Surg Am. 2009 Jul-Aug;34(6):1066-73.

J Orthop Res. 2009 Sep;27(9):1209-15. "Thomopoulos S, Das R, Silva MJ, Sakiyama-Elbert S, Harwood FL, Zampiakis E, Kim HM, Amiel D, Gelberman RH."

Wilczynski MC, Gelberman RH, Adams A, Goldfarb CA. "Arthroscopic findings in gout of the wrist." J Hand Surg Am. 2009 Feb;34(2):244-50.

Shah NR, Wilczynski M, Gelberman R. "Osteochondroma of the capitate causing rupture of the extensor digiti minimi: case report." J Hand Surg Am. 2009 Jan;34(1):46-8.

Sakiyama-Elbert SE, Das R, Gelberman RH, Harwood F, Amiel D, Thomopoulos S. "Controlled-release kinetics and biologic activity of platelet-derived growth factor-BB for use in flexor tendon repair." J Hand Surg Am. 2008 Nov;33(9):1548-57.

For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Richard H. Gelberman
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