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Faculty profiles and official portraits
Explore individually sourced roles, affiliations and portraits. Where a portrait is unavailable in reviewed evidence, it is marked below.
Jerry I. Huang, MD
Program Director
Professor
University of Washington
Named on the University of Washington combined hand fellowship teaching roster. The university faculty page publishes the clinical academic appointment shown here.
Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Chelsea Boe, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Named on the University of Washington combined hand fellowship teaching roster. The university faculty page publishes the clinical academic appointment shown here.
Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Jeffrey Friedrich, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Professor
University of Washington
Named on the University of Washington combined hand fellowship teaching roster. The university faculty page publishes the clinical academic appointment shown here.
Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Nicholas Iannuzzi, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Associate Professor
University of Washington
Named on the University of Washington combined hand fellowship teaching roster. The university faculty page publishes the clinical academic appointment shown here.
Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Stephen Kennedy, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Associate Professor; Orthopaedic Residency Program Director
University of Washington
Named on the University of Washington combined hand fellowship teaching roster. His programme director appointment on this profile refers to the orthopaedic residency, not the hand fellowship.
Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Erin Miller, MD, MS
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Named on the University of Washington combined hand fellowship teaching roster. The university faculty page publishes the clinical academic appointment shown here.
Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Yusha Katie Liu, MD, PhD
Hand fellowship faculty
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Named on the University of Washington combined hand fellowship teaching roster. The university faculty page publishes the clinical academic appointment shown here.
Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Christopher Crowe, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Named on the University of Washington combined hand fellowship teaching roster. The university faculty page publishes the clinical academic appointment shown here.
Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Combined Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship.
- Leadership as published
- Jerry I. Huang, MD (Program Director, UW Combined Hand Fellowship); Erin Miller, MD, MS (Associate Program Director)
- Evidence reviewed
- 15 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- University of Washington
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
Combined Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship
Four fellows train across Harborview, UW Medical Center, Northwest Hospital and Seattle Children's in an integrated plastic and orthopaedic programme.
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Duration
- 12 months, 1 August – 31 July
- Clinical participation
- Confirm the clinical role and privileges with the programme
- International applicants
- International eligibility, licensing and visa support are not confirmed
- Funding
- Salaries and benefits provided; confirm the current UW GME scale
- Application timing
- The UW application page states the application deadline is 17 November via the ASSH platform; the same page lists interview dates of 24 and 25 February 2026, so confirm it refers to the current cycle.
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
The fellowship begins on 1 August and ends on 31 July; the programme includes four hand surgery fellows per year.
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Following completion of residency in orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery or general surgery. Review the linked UW eligibility and selection criteria page for current institutional rules.
Published training
- Rotations at Harborview (Level I trauma), UW Medical Center, Northwest Hospital and Seattle Children's
- Replantation, microvascular flaps, nerve surgery, tendon reconstruction and congenital hand differences
- Trauma, arthroscopy and certificate-of-added-qualifications pathway exposure
Application route
Submit through the ASSH online fellowship application platform and register separately with NRMP. Contact the hand fellowship team for cycle-specific questions.
Published application documents
- ASSH online fellowship application
- Personal statement
- Curriculum vitae
- Medical school transcript
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (Dean's letter)
- Four letters of recommendation
- USMLE transcript (Step 1 and Step 2 reports)
Published contact note: Hand fellowship team: uwhand@uw.edu
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
Official sources
- University of Washington hand fellowship ↗
- UW Orthopaedics — hand fellowship contact ↗
- Christopher Crowe, MD — Official host or university — named faculty profile ↗
Source review: 15 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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