Kagan Ozer — Fellowship Director; named teaching team at UC, Cincinnati Children’s and TriHealth/Beacon

Kagan Ozer

Fellowship Director

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Kagan Ozer earned his medical degree at Istanbul University and completed orthopaedic training in Istanbul, followed by hand and microsurgery fellowships at Cleveland Clinic and the University of Louisville. He directs the Mary S. Stern Hand Surgery Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. His research includes composite tissue preservation, reconstructive microsurgery and outcomes after severe upper-limb injury.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Peter J. Stern

Teaching faculty — hand surgery fellowship

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Peter J. Stern earned his medical degree at Washington University, completed Harvard orthopaedic training and undertook a hand fellowship at the University of Louisville. He chaired orthopaedic surgery at the University of Cincinnati from 1991 to 2013. The current fellowship page describes his continuing participation in teaching and a weekly clinic, while identifying his former academic chair historically.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Phillip R. Ross

Teaching faculty — hand surgery fellowship

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Phillip R. Ross earned his medical degree at Ohio State University, completed orthopaedic residency at the University of Cincinnati and undertook hand surgery fellowship training at the University of Michigan. He is an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at UC Medical Center with subspecialty certification in hand surgery.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Matt Florczynski

Teaching faculty — hand surgery fellowship

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Matt Florczynski earned his medical degree at Western University, completed orthopaedic residency at the University of Toronto and undertook a hand fellowship at the University of Michigan. His work at the University of Cincinnati includes clinical epidemiology, peripheral nerve surgery, upper-extremity trauma and applications of artificial intelligence in medicine.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Sonu Jain

Teaching faculty; Chief of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit

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Sonu Jain earned his medical degree at Drexel University College of Medicine. The University of Cincinnati profile describes board certification in ENT and plastic and reconstructive surgery, additional hand-surgery qualifications and his role as an endowed professor and chief of the Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Uzair Qazi

Teaching faculty — hand surgery fellowship

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Uzair Qazi earned his medical degree at Army Medical College, NUST, in Pakistan. He completed hand and microsurgery fellowship training at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute and a burn surgery fellowship at Indiana University. He serves as an assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati’s plastic surgery and burn division.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Roger Cornwall

Teaching faculty — hand surgery fellowship

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Roger Cornwall earned his medical degree at Columbia University, completed orthopaedic residency at Mount Sinai and undertook hand and paediatric orthopaedic fellowships at Harvard and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. At Cincinnati Children’s, he directs the paediatric hand and upper-extremity fellowship and runs a laboratory studying neurological control of postnatal muscle growth.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Kevin J. Little

Teaching faculty — hand surgery fellowship

The University of Cincinnati fellowship faculty page names Kevin Little at Cincinnati Children’s. The established Kevin J. Little identity, hospital biography and reviewed local portrait are reused; no second person page is created.

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Kevin J. Little is a paediatric hand surgeon at Cincinnati Children’s and a professor in the University of Cincinnati Department of Orthopedic Surgery. The hospital biography describes work on brachial plexus injury, congenital hand differences, thoracic outlet syndrome and cerebral palsy, with research into bioresorbable orthopaedic and nerve implants.

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Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Safi Faruqui

Teaching faculty — TriHealth/Beacon hand surgery fellowship

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Safi Faruqui earned his medical degree at Midwestern University in Arizona, completed orthopaedic residency at Mercy St. Vincent in Toledo and undertook a hand fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. Before joining TriHealth, he served with the US Navy, teaching orthopaedic residents and treating military personnel.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Mohab Foad

Teaching faculty — TriHealth/Beacon hand surgery fellowship

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Mohab Foad earned his medical degree and completed orthopaedic residency at the University of Cincinnati, followed by a hand fellowship at the Indiana Center for Surgery and Rehabilitation of the Hand. He holds orthopaedic board certification and subspecialty certification in surgery of the hand.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Michael Wigton

Teaching faculty — TriHealth/Beacon hand surgery fellowship

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Michael Wigton earned his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati, completed orthopaedic residency at Allegheny General Hospital and undertook a hand fellowship at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. His professional qualifications include orthopaedic board certification and subspecialty certification in surgery of the hand.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Benjamin Kleinhenz

Teaching faculty — TriHealth/Beacon hand surgery fellowship

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Benjamin Kleinhenz earned his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati and completed orthopaedic residency at Wright State University. He undertook hand and upper-extremity fellowship training at the University of Iowa and is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Michael R. Paczas

Teaching faculty — TriHealth/Beacon hand surgery fellowship

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Michael R. Paczas studied chemical engineering and medicine at the University of Michigan. He completed internship and residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland and subsequent fellowship training with the Hand Surgery Center. The fellowship biography records certification by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Chris Chen

Teaching faculty — TriHealth/Beacon hand surgery fellowship

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Chris Chen earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine after undergraduate study at Rice University. He completed orthopaedic residency and hand surgery fellowship training at the University of Colorado and holds orthopaedic board certification with additional qualifications in hand surgery.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Wenjing Zeng

Teaching faculty — TriHealth/Beacon hand surgery fellowship

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Wenjing Zeng earned her medical degree at Washington University in St. Louis, completed orthopaedic residency at the University of Rochester and undertook hand surgery fellowship training through the Mary S. Stern programme in Cincinnati. She studied at Yale as an undergraduate and participates in the Yale Club of Cincinnati board.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026