Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji, MD, MBA, Plastic Surgeon
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Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji, MD, MBA

Hand Surgeon | Surgery of the Hand

3/5(77)
2111 Merritt Road Suite 101 East Lansing Michigan, 48823
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3/5

About

Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji is a hand surgeon practicing in East Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Katranji 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

Michigan State University

Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine 1999

Board Certification

SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS

Provider Details

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Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji, MD, MBA
Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji, MD, MBA's Expert Contributions
  • Does hand surgery require general anesthesia?

    I always advise people who ask me questions online to make sure they communicate their questions to the appropriate medical professionals taking care of them directly as they will be the most informed about your case and general health. With that in mind, most hand surgery cases when done electively, which means non emergency or not urgent, are performed with a form of anesthesia called MAC. This is called monitored anesthesia care. This puts you into a form of sleep similar to what people who get a colonoscopy. Think of the best nap you have ever taken. This form of amesthesia requires the use of local anesthetic such as Marcaine or Lidocaine to control the pain at the surgical site. Some people provide local infiltrarion of the numbing agents at the site of surgery while others require will perform a regional block, before the surgery, which renders the whole arm numb. The next level of anesthesia is the use of a specialized oral tube called General Anesthesia with LMA. This is between a MAC and a full General Anesthesia with an endotracheal tube, which is a tube into your airway proper. All forms have their risks and benefits. Some hand surgeons will do the procedure under regional block only without any form of sleeping medications. The decision on what level of anesthesia is directly linked to your overall medical condition so it is important to have yout medical history as updated and accurate as possible. I hope this helps and do not forget to discuss this with you hand surgeon and anesthesiologist. READ MORE

Areas of expertise and specialization

Elbow SurgeryHandWrist

Treatments

  • Trigger Finger
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Arthritis
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Neuropathy
  • Osteoarthritis

Fellowships

  • UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Hand Microvascular Surgery)  

Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji, MD, MBA's Practice location

2111 Merritt Road Suite 101 -
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
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New patients: 517-332-4263, 517-282-9358

2111 MERRITT RD -
EAST LANSING, MI 48823
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New patients: 517-332-4263, 517-364-8001
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Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji, MD, MBA has a rating of 3 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 77 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Hand Surgeon in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji, who serves patients in East Lansing, Michigan.

Dr. Katranji is a board-certified general surgeon who has over two decades of experience in the medical field. In addition to serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, he is the Medical Director of Katranji Hand Center in East Lansing, Michigan. 

The doctor is affiliated with several hospitals and medical centers in the area, including Mclaren Greater Lansing, Sparrow Clinton Hospital, Edward W. Sparrow Hospital, and Memorial Healthcare.

His medical career began back in 1999 when he earned his medical degree from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing. He then went on to complete his residency in general surgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, followed by his fellowship in hand, wrist, and microvascular surgery at the University of Connecticut. In 2005, he obtained his Master of Business Administration degree in Health Care and Resource Management from the University of Phoenix in Tempe, Arizona. 

The Michigan-based surgeon is one of the founding doctors of the Syrian American Medical Society, a large network of medical professionals dedicated to providing volunteer medical relief in Syria since the civil war started in 2011. He is also a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and the National Arab American Medical Association. 

Furthermore, Dr. Katranji is board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery, an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge. 

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care. 

Born and raised in Michigan to Syrian parents, Dr. Katranji is married with four children. He is fluent in both English and Arabic. 

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