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Email

scott.mitchell@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Orthopedic Surgery
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Faculty Senator

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

Addresses

Ben Taub Hospital (Hospital)

Room: BTGH-5th floor
Mail Stop: BCM616
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine Medical Center (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge, Suite 10 A
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 986-6016

Education

Fellowship at University of California Los Angeles

07/2009 - Los Angeles, California, United States

Hand Surgery

Residency at University of California Los Angeles

07/2008 - Los Angeles, California, United States

Orthopaedic Surgery

MD from Washington University School of Medicine

05/2002 - St Louis, Missouri, United States

BA from Duke University

05/1998 - Durham, North Carolina, United States

Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Subspecialty Certification in Hand Surgery

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Professional Interests

• Traumatic and degenerative conditions of the hand, wrist, forearm and elbow
• Fractures and dislocations of the hand, wrist, and elbow
• Peripheral nerve injuries and compressive neuropathies
• Arthritis of the hand and wrist
• Dupuytren's contracture

Websites

Selected Publications

• Herrera FA, Benhaim P, Suliman A, Meals R, Mitchell SA. " Cost comparison of open fasciectomy versus percutaneous needle aponeurotomy for treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture. " Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2013 Apr ;
• Lee DJ, Ghodasra J, Mitchell SA. " Failure of fixation of volar locked plating of distal radius fractures. " Journal of Hand Surgery. 2015 Sep ;
• Ricci WM, Bolhofner BR, Loftus T, Cox C, Mitchell S, Borrelli J Jr. " Indirect reduction and plate fixation, without grafting, for periprosthetic femoral shaft fractures about a stable intramedullary implant. " JBJS. 2005 Oct ;
• Herrera FA, Mitchell SA, Elzik M, Roostaeian J, Benhaim P. " Modified percutaneous needle aponeurotomy for the treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture: early results and complications. " Hand. 2015 Feb ;
• Meals RA and Mitchell SA, Eds. " One Hundred Orthopedic Conditions Every Doctor Should Understand, 2nd Edition. " QMP Publishing. 2006 ;
• Hartzell TL, Benhaim P, Imbriglia J, Shores J, Goitz R, Balk M, Mitchell S, Rubinstein R, Gorantla V, Schneeberger S, Brandacher G, Lee WP, Azari KK. " Surgical and Technical Aspects of Hand Transplantation: Is it Just Another Replant?. " Hand Clinics. 2011 Nov ;
• Bernthal NM, Mitchell S, Bales JG, Benhaim P, Silva M. " Variation in practice habits in the treatment of pediatric distal radius fractures. " Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B. 2015 Sep ;

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Memberships

American Society for Surgery of the Hand

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons