In the photograph: Salem Samra, M.D., plastics resident (standing); Sepehr Sajjad, M.D., hand fellow (sitting left); J. Grant Thomson, M.D., plastics/hand attending (sitting right).
Hand Surgery Fellowship Program
The Yale University / Yale-New Haven Medical Center Hand Fellowship is listed under Plastic Surgery - Hand Surgery, located in Connecticut, in the ACGME program search. The 10-digit ACGME program number is 3630831027.
Director Information
J. Grant Thomson, M.D., M.Sc.
Yale University School of Medicine
Section of Plastic Surgery
330 Cedar St., BB 330C
New Haven, CT 06519
phone: (203) 737-5130
fax: (203) 785-5714
email: grant.thomson@yale.edu
Coordinator Information
Deidre Pender (Administrative Assistant)
phone: (203) 737-5130
fax: (203) 785-5714
email: deidre.pender@yale.edu
Accreditation and General Information
Program Format: standard
Program Requires Prior or Additional GME Training: yes
Number of Prior or Additional Years Required: 5
Program Requires Dedicated Research Year: no
Government Affiliation: no military or government affiliation
Number of Positions: 1
Present Hand Fellow
Sepehr Sajjad, M.D., (2008-2009) graduated from University of California at San Diego and received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. He completed general surgery residency at State University of New York at Stony Brook. View CV in PDF format. Dr. Sajjad may be reached by email at sepehr.sajjad@yale.edu.
Past Hand Fellows
David Refermat, M.D., (2007-2008) completed plastic surgery residency at University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. After graduating from our hand fellowship program, he went on to an academic plastic and hand surgery practice at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA.
Julio Arias, M.D., (2006-2007) returned to Panama, his home country, to practice hand surgery.
Pradeep Mohan, M.D., (2005-2006) went on to practice plastic surgery in St. Louis, MO.
John Safanda, M.D., (2004-2005) went on to orthopedic and hand surgery practice at Kaiser Permanente.
Erik Marques, M.D., (2001-2002), born in New York City, attended college at Cornell University and medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, NJ. After completing general surgery residency at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ, he completed plastic surgery training at University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center.
Sunny Waitze, M.D., (2000-2001), a native of Connecticut, graduated from Duke University in Durham, NC, and received her medical degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Sunny completed general surgery and plastic surgery training at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She was also involved in basic science research in transplant immunology at Emory University before coming to Yale University for further training in hand and microsurgery. She went on to practice general plastic surgery as well as hand and microsurgery in Waterbury, CT.
Sohel Islam, M.D., (1999-2000) received his undergraduate education from New York University and his medical education form Cornell University School of Medicine in New York City. After completing residency in general surgery at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center in New York, Sohel went on to receive training in plastic surgery at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA. He is currently practicing plastic and hand surgery in Danbury, CT.
Harvey Bluestein, M.D., (1998-1999) hails from Pittsburgh, PA. He received his undergraduate training at Carnegie-Mellon University and earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He also attended the School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh where he studied radiation and medical physics. He completed general surgery training at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, CT, before training in plastic surgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. After completion of hand and microsurgery training at Yale, he went on to practice in Fairfield County, CT.
Kevin Tomany, M.D., (1997-1998) attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned an undergraduate degree in neurobiology. From there, he progressed to Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, to earn his medical degree before completing orthopedic surgery training at the University of Connecticut in Farmington. He was the first hand and microsurgery fellow at Yale University. Kevin now practices in Massachusetts.
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