Dr. David Evan Ruchelsman M.D.
Orthopedist
2000 Washington St Blue 201 Newton Lower Falls MA, 02462Rating
3/5
About
Dr. David Ruchelsman, MD, FAAOS is a highly trained and qualified Orthopedic Surgeon with an extensive expertise in all facets of his work, especially in hand and wrist surgery, and peripheral nerve and microsurgery. He is a Partner at Hand Surgery PC in Newton, Massachusetts, and is affiliated with Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is Chief of Hand Surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital/Partners Healthcare System. He provides expert surgical treatment for a wide range of conditions relating to the hand, wrist, forearm and elbow, and is particularly renowned as an expert in the treatment of upper extremity sports injuries, including tendon surgery and peripheral nerve surgery. Dr. Ruchelsman is at the vanguard of the use of ultrasound-guided cortisone and in the use of PRP injections to the hand and wrist, and also serves as Hand and Wrist Medical Consultant for the New England Patriots and the Athletic Teams of Harvard University, Boston College, Brandeis University, and Babson College.
Education and Training
NEW YORK UNIV SCH OF MED 2004
New York University School of Medicine 2004
Board Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Genu valgum secondary to focal fibrocartilaginous dysplasia of the distal femur.
- Total hip arthroplasty in sickle cell hemoglobinopathies.
- Preoperative use of recombinant human erythropoietin in pediatric orthopedics: a decision model for long-term outcomes.
- Minimizing osteotomy related complications for abductor sparing periacetabular osteotomy using C-arm image intensification.
- Subacromial corticosteroid injections.
- Isolated tuberosity fractures of the proximal humeral: current concepts.
- Iatrogenic spinal accessory nerve injury in children.
- Persistent posterior interosseous nerve palsy associated with a chronic type I Monteggia fracture-dislocation in a child: a case report and review of the literature.
- Functional outcome in adult patients following Bernese periacetabular osteotomy.
- Brachial plexus birth palsy: an overview of early treatment considerations.
- Outcome following spinal accessory to suprascapular (spinoscapular) nerve transfer in infants with brachial plexus birth injuries.
- Glenohumeral deformity in children with brachial plexus birth injuries.
- Outcome after tendon transfers to restore wrist extension in children with brachial plexus birth injuries.
- Sensory restoration by lateral antebrachial cutaneous to ulnar nerve transfer in
- Treatment of symptomatic distal interphalangeal joint arthritis with percutaneous
Awards
- Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Treatments
- Trigger Finger
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Ganglion Cyst
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