Medical Staff

Brian J Harley, M.D., FRCSC
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
STE128 550 Harrison Center
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 464-8632
Lab/Professional Web Site

Education and Clinical Training

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

Clinical Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery, Certified: 2004
Hand Surgery
Trauma Reconstruction

Clinical Department/Section Affiliations

Orthopedic Surgery/Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Orthopedic Surgery

Clinical Interests

Pediatric hand surgery: hypoplastic thumb, syndactyly, polydactyly, cerebral palsy, deformity.
Adult hand surgery: wrist fracture, wrist sprains/instability, wrist arthroscopy, hand reconstruction, brachial plexus injury, microvascular techniques.
Trauma and extremity reconstruction: free flaps, nonunion, infections, Ilizarov techniques.

Research Program and Department Affiliations

Orthopedic Surgery

Research Interests

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

Research Abstract

Distal radius fracture - Clinical Studies

Wrist Arthritis - Clinical Studies, Biomechanical Study

Open long bone fractures - Clinical Study

Thumb collateral ligament repair - Biomechanical Study

Madelung's deformity - Surgical Correction Clinical Study

Hypoplastic thumb reconstruction - Clinical Study

This profile was last updated on 08/26/2009

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