Brian J Harley, MD, FRCSC

Brian J Harley, MD, FRCSC
Appointed 08/01/00
Upstate Bone and Joint Center
6620 Fly Road
East Syracuse, NY 13057

315 464-8632

Current Appointments

Hospital Campus

  • Downtown
  • Community

Clinical Section Affiliations

  • Orthopedic Surgery: Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Trauma Surgery
  • Pediatrics: Orthopedic Surgery

Clinic/Unit

Web Resources

Education & Fellowships

  • Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, 2001, Hand and Microsurgery
  • Fellowship: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children-Dallas, 2001, Congenital/pediatric hand surgery
  • Residency: University of Alberta, Canada, 2000, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Internship: University of Alberta, Canada, 1996, Surgery
  • MD: University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine, Canada, 1995
  • BS: University of Alberta, Canada, 1993, Medical Sciences

Clinical Interests

  • Pediatric hand surgery: hypoplastic thumb, syndactyly, polydactyly, cerebral palsy, deformity.
    Adult hand surgery: elbow, forearm and wrist fracture, wrist sprains/instability, wrist arthroscopy, hand fractures, hand reconstruction, tendon and nerve injury, brachial plexus injury, microvascular techniques.
    Trauma and extremity reconstruction: lower extremity fracture repairs and reconstruction, free flaps, nonunions of long bones, bone and soft tissue infections, bone reconstruction and Ilizarov techniques.

Research Interests

  • Wrist and forearm ligament instability and biomechanics, wrist and carpal fractures, orthopedic trauma, thumb ligaments, congenital/pediatric hand surgery

Specialties & Certification

  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Hand Surgery
  • Trauma Reconstruction

Diseases & Conditions Treated

  • Achilles Tendon Injury
  • Amputation
  • Aneurysmal Bone Cysts
  • Animal and Human Bites
  • Ankle Sprain
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
  • Arterial/Venous/Lymphatic Malformation
  • Arthritis
  • Baker's Cyst
  • Baseball Finger
  • Bone Cancer
  • Bone Chips in the Elbow
  • Bone Chips in the Knee
  • Bowlegs and Knock-Knees
  • Brachial Plexus Injury
  • Brachial plexopathy
  • Broken Ankle
  • Broken Arm
  • Broken Collarbone
  • Broken Elbow
  • Broken Finger
  • Broken Leg
  • Broken Toe
  • Broken Wrist
  • Bruise
  • Bruised Hip
  • Bunion
  • Bursitis
  • Calcific Tendonitis
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Cat Scratch Disease
  • Cellulitis
  • Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (HMSN-1)
  • Cuts, Scrapes, and Scratches
  • Diabetes and Nerve Damage
  • Diabetic Foot Complications
  • Dislocated Elbow
  • Dupuytren's Contracture
  • Ewing Tumor
  • Finger Dislocation
  • Finger Sprain
  • Fracture
  • Fractures and Dislocations of Hand
  • Frostbite
  • Frozen Shoulder
  • Ganglion Cyst
  • Golfer's Elbow
  • Gout
  • Growth Delay or Disorder
  • Hamstring Strain
  • Hip Fracture
  • Infections of Bones and Joints
  • Ingrown Toenail
  • Jumper's Knee
  • Knee Cartilage Tear
  • Knee Pain
  • Knee Sprain
  • Lateral Collateral Ligament Sprain
  • Leg Deformities
  • Leg Length Differences
  • Leg Pain
  • Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
  • Little Leaguer's Elbow
  • Medial Collateral Ligament Sprain
  • Microdactyly
  • Muscle Strain
  • Nail Infection
  • Neuropathy
  • Osgood-Schlatter Disease
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta
  • Osteopenia
  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Paget's Disease of Bone
  • Pediatric Fractures
  • Peripheral Artery Disease
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Polydactyly
  • Pulled Elbow in Children
  • Radial Dysplasia
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Rotator Cuff Injury
  • Runner's Knee
  • Septic Arthritis
  • Shin Pain
  • Shoulder Bursitis
  • Shoulder Dislocation
  • Shoulder Injuries
  • Shoulder Separation
  • Skin Infection Around Fingernail or Toenail
  • Skin or Soft Tissue Abscess
  • Skin/Soft Tissue Infections
  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
  • Spasticity
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
  • Sprains
  • Stress Fractures
  • Symbrachydactyly
  • Syndactyly
  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Tendonitis
  • Tennis Elbow
  • Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
  • Thoracic radiculopathy
  • Thumb Sprain
  • Trauma
  • Trigger Finger
  • Ulnar Dysplasia
  • Ulnar neuropathy
  • Wrist Sprain

Treats

  • Adults and Children

Treatments/Services

  • Bone Grafting
  • Burn Surgery and Reconstruction
  • Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
  • Debridement
  • Fracture Treatment of Ankle
  • Fracture Treatment of Arm
  • Fracture Treatment of Clavicle
  • Fracture Treatment of Elbow
  • Fracture Treatment of Femur
  • Fracture Treatment of Foot
  • Fracture Treatment of Hand
  • Fracture Treatment of Hip
  • Fracture Treatment of Patella
  • Fracture Treatment of Shoulder
  • Fracture Treatment of Tibia
  • Fracture Treatment of Wrist
  • Joint Aspiration
  • Limb Salvage
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Reconstructive Surgery
  • Skin Graft and Flaps
  • Sports Medicine
  • Trauma Care
  • Wound Care
  • X-Ray

Associations/Memberships

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

Current Hospital Privileges

  • Upstate University Hospital
  • Crouse Hospital

Web Resources

Research Abstract

Distal radius fracture - Clinical Studies

Carpal Nonunion repairs - Clinical Studies

Wrist Arthritis - Clinical Studies and Biomechanical Study

Open long bone fractures - Clinical Study

Thumb collateral ligament repair - Biomechanical Study

Madelung's deformity - Surgical Correction Clinical Study

Forearm ligament biomechanical properties - Biomechanical study

Clinical Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/findadoc/harleyb
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/harleyb