Hand and Upper Extremity Center

Why Choose Us

The multidisciplinary team of the Hand and Upper Extremity Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center treats children and adolescents with issues involving the hand and upper arm, including:

Traumatic injury to a hand
Hand fractures
Tendon, nerve and vascular injuries
Neuromuscular problems, including cerebral palsy
Tumors of the hand
Congenital malformations

Full-time Pediatric Hand Surgeon

Comprehensive care for all hand and upper extremity diagnoses is provided by a coordinated team of experts. Our co-director, Roger Cornwall, MD, is one of only six full-time pediatric hand surgeons in the United States. Learn more about our full team of pediatric hand experts.

Multidisciplinary Team of Hand Experts

The Hand and Upper Extremity Center provides a unique service that is offered at very few pediatric medical facilities in the country. Coordinated care for our pediatric patients is provided by experts in:

Experienced Pediatric Hand and Plastic Surgeons

Major pediatric hand trauma and complex congenital problems require expertise in both musculoskeletal and plastic surgery. Our multidisciplinary team includes Roger Cornwall, MD, Mohab Foad, MD, Kevin Yakuboff, MD, Christopher Gordon, MD, and Jesse Taylor, MD, experts from both orthopaedic surgery and plastic surgery, who together accomplish this synergy for optimal outcomes. The success of hand and upper extremity surgery is also keenly dependent on expert occupational and physical therapy.

Drs. Cornwall, Foad, and Yakuboff are also members of the Brachial Plexus Center at Cincinnati Children's, which is co-directed by Charles Mehlman, DO, Orthopaedics, and Linda Michaud, MD, Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that provides movement and feeling to the shoulder, arm and hand. When injuries occur to the brachial plexus, it is typically during the delivery of a baby and most commonly during a vaginal birth.