A. Lee Osterman, M.D. is one of
the country’s leading hand experts. Born in Wheeling,
West Virginia, Dr. Osterman graduated from Yale University
summa cum laude before earning his M.D. at the University
of Pennsylvania. After a surgical internship at Mt. Sinai
Medical School in New York City, Dr. Osterman returned
to the University of Pennsylvania for an Orthopedic Residency
and a Hand Surgery Fellowship, followed by a Microvascular
Surgery Fellowship at Duke University.
By this time, as a professor and a
consultant,
Dr. Osterman had begun sharing his considerable
knowledge of orthopedics and the hand, and by
the age of 33 he was on the attending staff of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia, Graduate Hospital, Fitzgerald
Mercy Hospital, and Presbyterian Hospital. He has since
added Delaware County Memorial Hospital and Mercy Haverford
Hospital to this list, and is currently Professor of Orthopedic
and Hand Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
As one of the world’s foremost
hand specialists, Dr. Osterman has published numerous
scientific papers and chapters, delivered dozens of national
and international presentations, and taught or helped
teach scores of post-graduate courses across the country,
all dealing with orthopedics and the hand. In addition,
he has held numerous graduate course chairmanships, visiting
professorships, guest lectureships, and editorships; sat
on various committees; helped create instructional videos
and audio tapes; participated in cutting edge research;
and won myriad awards and honors, including selection
to the prestigious “Best Doctors in America.”
In 1993, he joined the renowned hand experts of The Hand
Centers to provide the premiere care for every aspect
of medical treatment for the hand.
