Reid Draeger, MD

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003 - 2008

RESIDENCY

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008 - 2013

FELLOWSHIP

• University of Cincinnati, 2013 - 2014
• Area: Mary S. Stern Hand Surgery Fellowship

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

• Indiana University, 2013 - 2013
• Area: Microsurgical Training Course-Plastic Surgery

EXTERNSHIP

• Mayo Clinic, 2014

• Carpal tunnel release
• Cubital tunnel and other nerve decompression surgeries of the upper extremity
• Thumb basal joint (CMC) arthritis surgery
• Treatment of complex fractures about the hand, wrist, and forearm
• Wrist and elbow arthroscopy
• Treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture with both surgical and nonsurgical methods, including collagenase (Xiaflex) injections
• Treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis of the hand, wrist, and elbow
• Arthroscopic treatment of triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) tears
• Microsurgical nerve and vascular repair
• Flexor and extensor tendon repair
• Treatment of tendonitis about the wrist and elbow, including DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis and lateral epicondylitis
• Total elbow arthroplasty
• Trigger finger release

• Health literacy
• Hand, wrist, and elbow arthritis
• Trauma to the hand and wrist
• Post-operative pain perception and control
• Infections of the hand
• Dupuytren’s contracture
• Patient-centered orthopaedic care
• Patient access to orthopaedic care

• ASSH Leadership Program Participant, 2017
• AAOS/OREF/ORS Clinical Scholar Career Development Program, 2015
• UNC School of Medicine Musculoskeletal Course Faculty Teaching Cup Winner, 2015
• UNC Hospitals Resident Research Award, 2013
• UNC School of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha, Gamma Chapter, 2007
• UNC School of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship, 2007
• UNC School of Medicine Howard Holderness Distinguished Medical Scholar, 2006-2008
• UNC School of Medicine University Research Day Outstanding Visual Presentation Award, 2005
• UNC School of Medicine NIH NIDDK Short Term Research Training Grant, 2004
• UNC School of Medicine John B. Graham Medical Student Research Travel Award, 2004
• UNC School of Medicine Michiko Kuno Outstanding Presentation Award, 2005
• UNC School of Medicine John B. Graham Student Research Society, 2004

• Acute hand infections.
  Osterman M, Draeger R, Stern P. J Hand Surg Am. 2014 Aug;39(8):1628-35; quiz 1635. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.03.031.
  PMID: 25070032
• In reply.
  Osterman M, Draeger RW, Stern PJ. J Hand Surg Am. 2014 Dec;39(12):2550. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.10.014. Epub 2014 Nov 21.
  PMID: 2545996

Reid Draeger

Hand & Wrist