Program Faculty

Physician Faculty:

Mark Baratz, MD - Chair

Clinical Professor and Vice Chairman

Director Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Orthopedic Specialists - UPMC

John Fowler, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

Hand and Upper Extremity University of Pittsburgh Physicians

Robert Goitz, MD

Professor of Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery, and Bioengineering

Chief, Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microsurgery University of Pittsburgh Physicians

Thomas Hughes, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Andrea Lese, MD

Assistant Professor,

J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital

Robert Kaufmann, MD

Associate Professor Department of Orthopedics, University of Pittsburgh Physicians

Alexander Spiess, MD

Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery

Department of Plastic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Physicians

John Taras, MD

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Hand Surgery, West Virginia University

UPMC Fellows:

Emily Abbott, DO

Travis Boyd, MD

Dann Laudermilch, MD

Hannah Lee, MD

Timothy Luchetti, MD

Dimitrios Papadopoulos, MD

Maharsh Patel, MD

Leigh Anne Tu, MD

Matthew Welsh, MD

Therapist Faculty:

Edward Cook, MOT, OTR/L

Megan Driscoll, MOT, OTR/L

Georgette Fogg, OTR/L, CHT

Suzanne Holsen, OTR/L, CHT

Bruce Jacobs, OTR/L

Anna Kamelin, OTR/L

Sara Kish, OTR/L

Jackie Loeffler, OTR/L, CHT

Alyssa Ligato, MOTR/L

Dennis A. Martin, OTR/L, CHT

Megan Murray, OTR/L, CHT

Lauren Oschwald, MOTR/L

Alyssa Phillips, MOT, OTR/L

P. Gregory Savolskis, MOTR/L, CHT--Co Chair

Jodi Seftchick, MOT, OTR/L, CHT – Chair

Maria Shoemaker, OTR/L

Cindy Spaid, OTR/L

Ralph Strahler, MS, OTR/L, CHT, CLT-LANA

Terry Taylor, OTR/L, CHT

Randy Van Hulten, OTR/L

Jacqueline Voegler, OTR/L, CHT

Patrick Wholey, OTR/L, CHT

Additional Faculty:

Angelique Gallion

Brian Waryck, CP, LP

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity are required to discuss all relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients.

The following relevant financial relationships were disclosed:

Mark Baratz, MD

Grant/Research Support: Elsevier

Consultant: Elizur, Integra

CE Speakers Bureau: Integra

Alex Spiess, MD

Consultant: Axogen, Renerva

John Taras, MD

Other: Owner/President Union Surgical

No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.