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Dr. Amy L. Ladd M.D., Hand Surgeon
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Dr. Amy L. Ladd M.D.

Hand Surgeon | Hand Surgery

4/5(17)
1000 Welch Rd Suite 100 Mc 5357 Palo Alto CA, 94304
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About

Dr. Amy Ladd is a hand surgeon practicing in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Ladd specializes in caring for hand, wrist and forearm problems without the option of surgery unless necessary. Many hand surgeons are also experts in diagnosing and caring for shoulder and elbow problems and tend to suggest non-surgical treatments such as hand therapy or physical therapy.

Education and Training

Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Syracuse, Coll of Med, Syracuse Ny 1984

Upstate Medical University/ College of Health Professions 1984

Board Certification

Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand

Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS

Provider Details

FemaleEnglish 33 years of experience

Expert Publications

Data provided by the National Library of Medicine

Awards

  • San Jose Mercury News & Women s Fund 1997 Woman of Achievements award 
  •  2007-2013 Best Doctors in America database, Selected by peers 
  • Cowell Student Health Center, Stanford University 1998 Outstanding Faculty Physician Award 
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2000-2001 Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship 
  •  2003 Best Scientific Content Honorable Mention, American Society for Surge 
  •  2004 Iris Litt Fund, Instititute for Women & Gender at Stanford 
  • OREF/RJOS/DePuy 2010 Career Development Award 
  • Stanford University 2010 Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching 
  •  2012 Outstanding Scientific Paper, Twentieth Century Orthopaedic Associati 
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2012 Emanuel B. Kaplan Excellence in Anatomy Award 
  •  2014 Nicolas Andry Award: significant contribution to musculoskeletal rese 

Treatments

  • Congenital Anomalies Of Upper Limb, Hand Problems

Fellowships

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA    1990
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School MA    1990

Publications

  • Clinical orthopaedics and related researchEditorial comment: symposium: thumb carpometacarpal arthritis.2014
  • Clinical orthopaedics and related researchIntra- and interobserver reliability of the eaton classification for trapeziometacarpal arthritis2014
  • Clinical orthopaedics and related researchFunctiol task kinematics of the thumb carpometacarpal joint.2014
  • CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCHUltrastructure and Innervation of Thumb Carpometacarpal Ligaments in Surgical Patients With2014
  • Clinical orthopaedics and related researchGuest Editorial : The Robert's View: A Historical and Clinical Perspective.2014
  • Clinical orthopaedics and related researchLet's Talk About Sex, Baby: Gendered Innovations in Orthopaedic Science.2014
  • ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERYRecommendation for measuring clinical outcome in distal radius fractures2014
  • Jourl of wrist surgeryTrapezial topography in thumb carpometacarpal arthritis.2013
  • Jourl of wrist surgeryThumb carpometacarpal ligaments inside and out2013
  • jourl of hand surgeryTrapezium trabecular morphology in carpometacarpal arthritis.2013
  • Orthopedic clinics of North AmericaThe scaphoid.2013
  • Instructiol course lecturesThe thumb carpometacarpal joint: atomy, hormones, and biomechanics.2013
  • ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICAThe Scaphoid2013
  • JOURL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEMacroscopic and Microscopic Alysis of the Thumb Carpometacarpal Ligaments A Cadaveric Study of2012
  • JOURL OF HAND SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMETitanium Integration With Bone, Welding2012
  • JOURL OF HAND SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEInnervation Patterns of Thumb Trapeziometacarpal Joint Ligaments2012
  • jourl of hand surgeryInnervation patterns of thumb trapeziometacarpal joint ligaments.2012
  • CELLS TISSUES ORGANSImmunofluorescent Triple2012
  • JOURL OF APPLIED BIOMECHANICSRotatiol Biomechanics of the Elite Golf Swing: Benchmarks for Amateurs2011
  • INJURY-INTERTIOL JOURL OF THE CARE OF THE INJUREDMeasuring wrist and hand function: Common scales and checklists2011
  • GAIT & POSTURETemporal-spatial parameters of the upper limb during a Reach & Grasp Cycle for children2010
  • GAIT & POSTUREThree-dimensiol kinematics of the upper limb during a Reach and Grasp Cycle for children2010
  • jourl of bone and joint surgery. American volumeUpper-limb evolution and development2009
  • JOURL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEMuscle moment arms in the first dorsal extensor compartment after radial malunion - A cadaver study2008
  • Jourl of hand therapyReprint of diagnostic imaging of the shoulder.2007
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH ACM/IEE JOINT CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIESThe David L. Bassett Stereoscopic Atlas of Human Atomy2007
  • MEDICAL EDUCATIONEvaluation of a surgical simulator for learning clinical atomy2004
  • JOURL OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERYInitial evaluation of a shoulder arthroscopy simulator: Establishing construct validity2004
  • JOURL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMENorian SRS cement compared with conventiol fixation in distal radial fractures - A randomized study2003
  • American jourl of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)Magnetic resonce imaging in diagnosis of chronic posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow.2003
  • CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCHThe effect of protion and supition on the minimally displaced scaphoid fracture2003
  • 2003 JOINT CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES, PROCEEDINGSEducatiol tools in support of the Stanford MediaServer2003
  • PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERYReconstruction of the hand in Apert syndrome: A simplified approach2002
  • ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICAThe role of bone graft and altertives in unstable distal radius fracture treatment2001
  • CARS 2000: COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOLOGY AND SURGERYDymic evaluation of shoulder instability using open MR imaging2000
  • jourl of the American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsUse of bone-graft substitutes in distal radius fractures.1999
  • JOURL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEBiomechanical evaluation of fixation of intra1999
  • AMERICAN JOURL OF ROENTGENOLOGYMR arthrography of the wrist1998
  • JOURL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMARepair of five distal radius fractures with an investigatiol cancellous bone cement1997
  • CLINICAL JOURL OF SPORT MEDICINEClinical comments1997
  • jourl of hand surgerySurgical treatment and postoperative splinting of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.1996
  • CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCHReconstructive osteotomy for malunion of the distal radius1996
  • -Functiol Restoration of the Upper Extremity in Tetraplegia in Surgery of the Hand and Upper0
  • Clinical Orthopaedics and Related ResearchReconstructive Osteotomy for Malunion of the Distal Radius1996
  • Jourl of hand therapyDiagnostic imaging of the shoulder.1994
  • AMERICAN JOURL OF ROENTGENOLOGYDUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE1993
  • ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISMINSITU HYBRIDIZATION STUDIES OF STROMELYSIN AND COLLAGESE MESSENGER1991

Experience & Accolades

  • MemberChief of Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center
  • Member Chief of the Children's Hand Clinic
  • Member Chief, Hand and Upper Extremity Section, Department of Surgery
  • Member1990 - 1998 Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
  • Member2013 - 2014 Assistant Dean for Student Advising, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Professor 2005 - 2014 Med Center Line
  • Member2005 - 2014 Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Member1991 - 2014 Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

Dr. Amy L. Ladd M.D.'s Practice location

Amy Ladd

1000 Welch Rd Suite 100 Mc 5357 -
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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