is a prominent hand surgeon who was President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2007-2008. He is the Director of Hand Surgery at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, the Director of The C.V. Starr Hand Surgery Center and Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia University. Dr. Glickel received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School after which he
did an internship and residency in General Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He completed a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Program which included the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital. After residency, he returned to New York and did a Research Fellowship in Microsurgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center followed by a Fellowship in Hand and Reconstructive Surgery at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center with J. Eaton, M.D.. He joined the staff at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center in 1984 and has remained there since. In 2007-2008, Dr. Glickel was President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the leading specialty society devoted to surgery of the hand and upper extremity in the world. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand and has been President of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand. Dr. Glickel has been listed in the New York Magazine Best Doctors in New York every year since 1996, American's Top Doctors yearly since 2001. His practice is devoted to surgery of the hand, wrist, forearm and elbow with a particular interest in reconstructive surgery, trauma, nerve compression, elbow surgery and sports injuries. Dr. Glickel has contributed extensively to the literature in hand and orthopedic surgery and is a frequent lecturer and visiting professor at other Medical Centers. Most recently, he was the Invited Speaker of the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand, the Edward Nalebuff Professor at the New England Baptist Hospital and the Richard J. Smith Lecturer at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
