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Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship Program.
- Leadership as published
- F. Thomas D. Kaplan, MD (Fellowship Director)
- Evidence reviewed
- 31 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center
Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.
Training context
Published programme focus
These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.
Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship Program
For over 50 years, the partners of the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center have been committed to providing postgraduate fellowship education to surgeons from across the United States. The experience is shoulder to fingertip, acute trauma to reconstruction, with over 50 lectures given by 12 teaching faculty, weekly Logic sessions, and hands-on labs on nerve repair and transfer, flaps, tendon transfers, arthroscopy and arthroplasty.
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Duration
- One fellowship year (six two-month rotations)
- Clinical participation
- One-on-one mentorship model; fellows are given progressive responsibility and graduated autonomy and receive privileges in their core specialty at partner hospitals
- International applicants
- Eligibility must be confirmed with the programme
- Funding
- No salary or stipend is listed on the page; it lists a $3,000 educational allowance under additional perks
- Application timing
- About 15 November annually; interviews about February and March; start about end of July
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
6 positions available; start about the end of July
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Applicants must be board eligible, having completed formal training in orthopedic surgery or plastic surgery.
Published training
- Microsurgery (replant, revascularization, nerve surgery, free flaps)
- Nerve surgery (repair, transfer, TMR, neuroma management)
- Upper extremity trauma (clavicle to fingertip)
- Arthroscopy and joint arthroplasty (small joint, wrist, elbow, shoulder)
- 1-week microvascular training course at the Mayo Clinic
- One-on-one research project presented at a regional conference
Application route
Current application route should be confirmed with the programme; questions to Cassidy Handy at (317) 471-4337.
No programme-specific document checklist is recorded. Follow the current official instructions.
Published contact note: Cassidy Handy, (317) 471-4337
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 31 Oct 2026
Official sources
Source review: 31 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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