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Amy Ladd
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Member, Bio-X
- Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Hand & Upper Extremity Clinic 450 Broadway Street, MC 6342 Pavilion A, 2nd floor, Dept A26 Redwood City, CA 94063 Tel Work (650) 723-5643 Fax (650) 721-3420Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Tel (650) 721-7626Alternate Contact Donna San Juan Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-721-7626Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Hand Surgery
- Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pediatric Hand Problems
Administrative Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line (by courtesy), Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery (2005 - 2013)
- Chief of Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center, Stanford University School of Medicine (2005 - 2013)
- Chief of the Children's Hand Clinic, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (1991 - 2013)
- Head of Outreach, SUMMIT (Stanford University Medical Media Information Technologies) (2001 - 2004)
- Chief, Hand and Upper Extremity Section, Department of Surgery, Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA (1990 - 1998)
Honors and Awards
- Compere Award, Outstanding Scientific Paper, Twentieth Century Orthopaedic Association (2012)
- Emanuel B. Kaplan Excellence in Anatomy Award, American Society for Surgery of the Hand (2012)
- Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Stanford University (2010)
- Career Development Award, OREF/RJOS/DePuy (2010)
- Best Doctors in America database, Selected by peers (2007-2012)
- Iris Litt Fund, Instititute for Women & Gender at Stanford (2004)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA USA (06/30/1990) |
| Board Certification: | Hand Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (1994) |
| Board Certification: | Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (1992) |
| Residency: | University of Rochester School of Medicine NY (1989) |
| Internship: | Pacific Medical Center,Seattle (1986) |
| Medical Education: | SUNY Upstate Medical University NY (1984) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
- Chinle Navajo Reservation, Chinle, AZ
- Interplast, VIetnam
Internet Links
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1. The kinematics and forces associated with thumb carpometcarpal (CMC) function and pathology: current RO1 NIH grant evaluating the thumb position for normal functional tasks as determined with CT scans. The study evaluates normal subjects, and subjects with early arthritis over a 3 year period. Several related studies are underway.
2. The anatomy, microstructure, and immunofluorescent characteristics of the thumb CMC joint: The ligaments of the thumb CMC joint are purportedly looser in women, and wear out in arthritis. Our studies to date do not fully support this concept, and we approach further study through a variety of quantitative techniques. These include anatomical dissection, histomorphometric analysis, immunofluorescent staining to determine proprioceptive mechanoreceptors, and the histology and micro-CT analysis of trabecular wear.
3. Pathomechaniics of CMC arthritis: biomechanical wear, injury, genetic, and environmental causes: A variety of studies, including biomechanical testing, demographic analysis, and co-institutional study is underway.
4. Archiving, vitalizing, and innovating medical and surgical knowledge, most recently with innovative iBook monographs: a thumb CMC arthritis iBook and Anatomy iBook for patient education will be published in 2013, and the next iBook planned is congenital anomalies of the hand.
Publications
- The thumb carpometacarpal joint: anatomy, hormones, and biomechanics. Instr Course Lect. 2013: 165-79
- Trapezium trabecular morphology in carpometacarpal arthritis. J Hand Surg Am. 2013; (2): 309-15
- Immunofluorescent triple-staining technique to identify sensory nerve endings in human thumb ligaments. Cells Tissues Organs. 2012; (5): 456-64
- Innervation patterns of thumb trapeziometacarpal joint ligaments. J Hand Surg Am. 2012; (4): 706-714.e1
- Macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the thumb carpometacarpal ligaments: a cadaveric study of ligament anatomy and histology. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012; (16): 1468-77
- The scaphoid. Orthop Clin North Am. 2013; (1): 107-20
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