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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.
David Colen, MD
Program Director
Yale School of Medicine
The Yale hand fellowship page identifies him as its programme director.
Official university or hospital faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Andrea Halim, MD, BA
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster.
Official university or hospital faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Elspeth Hill, MBChB, PhD, MRes, MD, MRCS
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster.
Official university or hospital faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
J. Grant Thomson, MD, FACS, MSc
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster.
Official university or hospital faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Kenneth Donohue, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster; an individual portrait was not verified in this review.
Official programme — named faculty ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Lisa Lattanza, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster; an individual portrait was not verified in this review.
Official programme — named faculty ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Xuan Luo, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster; an individual portrait was not verified in this review.
Official programme — named faculty ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Adnan Prsic, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster; an individual portrait was not verified in this review.
Official programme — named faculty ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Rey Ramirez, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster; an individual portrait was not verified in this review.
Official programme — named faculty ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Carrie Swigart, MD
Hand fellowship faculty
Yale School of Medicine
Named on Yale’s hand and upper-extremity fellowship faculty roster; an individual portrait was not verified in this review.
Official programme — named faculty ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship.
- Leadership as published
- David Colen, MD
- Evidence reviewed
- 15 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Yale School of Medicine
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 Surgery Fellowship
A two-position combined plastic and orthopaedic fellowship covering trauma, replantation, congenital differences, brachial plexus disorders and microsurgical reconstruction.
- Location
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Duration
- 12 months
- Clinical participation
- Confirm the clinical role and privileges with the programme
- International applicants
- Requires US or Canadian residency training; overseas residency graduates excluded by the programme
- Funding
- Current salary or funding is not published in the reviewed source
- Application timing
- Application deadline: 15 November (ASSH application and NRMP Hand Surgery Match); interviews are held in February. Year not stated; the page is marked as updated 19 August 2025.
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
The Yale programme page lists 2 positions; applications are made at least 16 months before matriculation. The page is marked as updated 19 August 2025.
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Completed ACGME-accredited or Canadian-equivalent residency in plastic, general or orthopaedic surgery. Graduates of residency programmes outside the US and Canada cannot be considered.
Published training
- Hand trauma and replantation
- Brachial plexus and nerve compression
- Microsurgical and congenital hand reconstruction
Application route
Apply through ASSH and register with the NRMP hand match. November 15 is the published recurring deadline; confirm the relevant cycle.
Published application documents
- ASSH online fellowship application
- NRMP Hand Fellowship Match registration
Published contact note: Lisa Varipapa, MPH, residency/fellowship coordinator: lisa.varipapa@yale.edu
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
Official sources
- Carrie Swigart, MD — Official programme — named faculty ↗
- Yale fellowship overview and duration ↗
- David Colen, MD — Official university or hospital faculty profile ↗
- Andrea Halim, MD, BA — Official university or hospital faculty profile ↗
- Elspeth Hill, MBChB, PhD, MRes, MD, MRCS — Official university or hospital faculty profile ↗
- J. Grant Thomson, MD, FACS, MSc — Official university or hospital 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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