Palo Alto Center
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California 94301
Phone: (650) 853-2951
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Department: |
Orthopedics
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Specialty: |
Hand Surgery
* Open, physician is currently accepting new patients
Orthopedic Surgery, Board Certified
* Please contact the physician's office to find out if the doctor is accepting new patients at this time
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Affiliation: |
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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Education/training: |
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Medical education: |
University of Michigan, 1990 |
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Internship: |
General Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, CT |
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Residency: |
Orthopaedic Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, CT |
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Fellowship(s): |
Hand and Microsurgery, Joseph Boyes Hand Fellowship, University Southern California Medical Center/Los Angeles County Medical Center |
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Special training: |
Certificate of added qualification in Hand Surgery (Board Certified in Hand Surgery) |
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Professional interests: |
Scaphoid fractures, distal radius fracture, arthroscopy of the hand and wrist, treatment of orthopaedic infections and treatment of complex upper extremity trauma |
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Community activities: |
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University. Member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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Personal interests: |
Dr. Gutow and his wife, an internal medicine physician, have three children. As a family they are active bicycling, sailing and attending children's sports activities. |
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Philosophy of care:
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Andrew Gutow, M.D., is actively involved in the field of orthopedic medicine at the national level teaching other surgeons how to best care for their patients' hand problems through scholarly writings and lectures.
Dr. Gutow was the co-editor of an issue of Hand Clinics, which was dedicated to the treatment of distal radius (wrist) fractures, a common injury to the wrist.
He regularly speaks at national meetings, including the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, lecturing on the treatment of scaphoid fractures of the wrist.
He has authored or co-authored publications on the complications of distal radius fractures and principles of treatment of distal radius fractures.
Dr. Gutow has also published on emerging treatments for scaphoid fractures. |
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