Aviram M. Giladi, MD, MS

Aviram M. Giladi, MD, MS is a fellowship-trained hand and upper extremity surgeon at The Curtis National Hand Center, and holds appointments of Associate Professor in both the Departments of Plastic Surgery and of Orthopaedic Surgery at Georgetown University, and is Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Johns Hopkins University. He is the Research Director for The Curtis National Hand Center and Scientific Director for Orthopedics at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. He sees patients at The Curtis National Hand Center at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Giladi’s research includes work on surgical outcomes, measuring post-traumatic impairment and disability, payment models, delivery of upper extremity surgical care, trauma systems, and networks, and how these elements affect care implementation and policy. He also works heavily in data systems, predictive analytics, and areas where technology integration can enhance surgical care and outcomes. As Research Director, he coordinates basic science, animal, biomechanics, and clinical outcomes studies through the Hand Center collaborative efforts across specialties and institutions. His clinical focus is on upper extremity trauma, wrist fractures, nerve and vascular problems, neuroma/nerve pain, arthritis care, and care for patients with amputations.  He is also the surgical lead for the MedStar North Bone Health and Fracture Prevention Service.

His ongoing academic work centers on the interaction between upper extremity treatment outcomes, patient satisfaction, care delivery, costs, data systems, and technology integration, and how these various elements contribute to optimizing outcomes and measuring quality and value.  He also leads clinical trials on managing nerve pain (neuromas) after amputations, using wrist-worn sensors to track limb function, and big data studies aimed at preventing opioid addiction. He has received research grant funding from the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and the Plastic Surgery Foundation.

Dr. Giladi is board-certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery and holds the subspecialty certification for surgery of the hand. He is involved with many professional societies and is a Member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Association for Hand Surgeons, and the Plastic Surgery Research Council. He sits in one of four member-at-large seats on the Council for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Dr. Giladi completed his medical degree at Vanderbilt University and his integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at The University of Michigan. During his residency, he completed a Master’s in Health and Health Care Research through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar’s Program at the University of Michigan. He then completed a hand and upper extremity fellowship in the Department of Orthopaedics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center within the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Training Programs.

In 2023 and 2024, Baltimore magazine named him a Top Doctor.

Research Interests

Dr. Giladi’s research interests include the following:

• Data systems
• Health services research
• Surgical outcomes
• Neuroma management
• Nerve pain
• Predictive analytics
• Machine learning
• Machine vision
• Patient-reported data
• Patient-reported outcomes
• Wearables

Selected Research

A DoD-funded prospective study looking at a novel surgical technique (RPNI) for treating post-amputation neuromas of the fingers/hand, including physical and mental health outcomes.

NIH funded a wrist study using a wrist-wearable device to track function and recovery after distal radius fracture surgery. 

ARPA-H funded study looking at identifying measurements of pain in carpal tunnel syndrome patients. 

Using patient-reported data in predictive models to identify high-risk patients and predict surgical outcomes. 

View Dr. Giladi's publications on PubMed.

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