Dr. Melvin Rosenwasser is the Director of the Orthopaedic Hand and
Trauma Service at New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus.
He holds the academic title of Robert E. Carroll Professor of Orthopaedic
Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He
has lectured nationally and internationally and has acted as Chairman
of many national and local hand and trauma meetings.
Locally, Dr. Rosenwasser is currently serving as President-Elect
of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand. He has been recognized
in New York Magazines "Best Doctors in New York" Hall
of Fame. He has also been co-principal investigator on numerous
NIH grants and awards. Dr. Rosenwasser has had numerous publications
on surgery of the upper extremity as well as trauma-related surgery
for both upper and lower extremities.
His specialties of orthopaedic hand and trauma surgery combine
to make him a unique specialist in that he can accommodate any traumatic
orthopaedic extremity problem as well as arthritic and congenital
anomalies of the upper extremity.
1982-1983
Senior Annie C. Kane Fellow and Visiting Clinical Fellow in Hand Surgery,
The New York Orthopaedic Hospital at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, New York,
New York
Residency:
1981-1982
Chief Resident, The New York Orthopaedic Hospital at Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical Center, New York, New York
1981-1982
Resident and Junior Annie C. Kane Fellow in Orthopaedic Surgery, The
New York Orthopaedic Hospital at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center,
New York,
New York
1979-1981
Assistant Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, The New York Orthopaedic
Hospital at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York
1977-1979
Resident in General Surgery, The Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New
York
Internship:
1976-1977
Surgical Internship, The Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York
Board Certified:
National Board of Medical Examiners
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
2002 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Added Qualification in
Surgery of the Hand
MEDICAL LICENSES:
New York and New Jersey
Professional Associations:
Member, Orthopaedic Trauma Association
Member, Eastern Orthopaedic Association
Member, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
Member, American Orthopaedic Association
Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Member, American Medical Association
Member, American Orthopaedic Society
Member, American Society for Peripheral Nerve
Member, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Member, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Member, Frank E. Stinchfield Club
Member, International Society for Fracture Repair
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
Member, New York County Medical Society
Member, New York Society for Surgery of the Hand
Member, New York State Medical Society
Member, New York State Microsurgery Club
Member, New York State Society for Orthopaedic Surgery
