The faculty of the Robert A. Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center are active in clinical and basic science research. With the assistance of Postdoctoral Scholars, Hand and Upper Limb Fellows, Orthopaedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery residents, Stanford University Medical Students, Visiting Research Scholars (International and Domestic) and other research staff, they further the knowledge of the field. Our researchers participate regularly in professional organizations focusing on the study of the hand and upper limb, and every year our faculty and their students present on and publish their findings.

• Modulation of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta in scarless flexor tendon wound healing and tissue engineered flexor tendon grafts for hand reconstruction
   

Margaret Cooke, MD

• Disorders of the upper extremity, fracture healing, congenital hand.
   

Catherine Curtin, MD

• Health services research with a focus on maintaining the upper extremity health of people with spinal cord injury
   

Brady Evans, MD

• Focuses on Upper extremity disorders.
   

Paige Fox, MD, PhD

• Focuses on utilizing tissue engineering approaches for improving outcomes after hand and upper extremity trauma. Examines ways to optimize care for hand infection patients.
   

Vincent R. Hentz, MD

• Focuses on nerve regeneration and repair, evaluation of repair methods, modalities to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration development of improved methods to analyze regeneration.
   

Robin N. Kamal, MD

• Mechanisms of carpal stability and health services/quality research in hand and orthopedic surgery.
   

Amy L. Ladd, MD

• Multimodal imaging, kinematics, and immunohistochemistry of the upper limb, especially the thumb CMC joint.
   

Subhro K. Sen, MD

• Microvascular and reconstructive hand surgery, peripheral nerve, innovative use of multimedia in medicine.
   

Jeffrey Yao, MD

• Innovative arthroscopic and minimally-invasive surgical techniques for the hand and upper limb; use of stem cells in the treatment of tendon injuries.