Welcome Dr. Campbell: Expert in Hand Orthopaedic Care

Dr. Hilary Campbell is a fellowship-trained hand and upper extremity surgeon who cares for the full range of conditions affecting the hand, wrist, and elbow. Your hands are how you do almost everything, which means a problem with them rarely stays a small problem for long. Whether it is a trigger finger that catches every morning, a wrist fracture that needs to heal right the first time, numbness that wakes you at two in the morning, or an elbow that has simply stopped cooperating, Dr. Campbell wants to hear the whole story before anyone starts talking about treatment.

Dr. Campbell Education

Dr. Campbell did not start out in science. She earned her degree in philosophy at Dartmouth College, where she spent four years learning how to ask better questions and sit with hard ones. It turns out to be excellent preparation for medicine. Surgery is full of decisions that have no single right answer, and the surgeon who is comfortable saying "here is what we know, here is what we do not, and here is how I would think about it" is the one you want across the table from you. During her residency at NYU, she was awarded both the Sarah Pettrone and the Nate Bondi Awards, given to residents who exemplify teamwork, integrity, and dedication to their craft.

Dr. Campbell earned a BA in Philosophy from Dartmouth College. She completed her medical degree at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. There, she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She then completed her orthopaedic surgery residency at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital in New York City, one of the busiest and most demanding orthopaedic training programs in the country.

She went on to complete a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the renowned Rothman Orthopaedic Institute in Philadelphia, where she spent a year focused entirely on the hand, wrist, and elbow. That extra year is the difference between a surgeon who treats these conditions and a surgeon who treats nothing else.

In addition, Dr. Campbell has authored peer-reviewed publications, chapters, and national presentations on hand and upper-extremity surgery. Journal publications include the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Other journals are the Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online and the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. She has presented at the Hand Society and AAOS annual meetings. She is a member of both societies. The research matters to patients for a simple reason: it means the person treating you is the same person reading and questioning the evidence behind that treatment.

Comprehensive Hand Care

Dr. Campbell provides treatment for the full range of upper extremity conditions. Included are carpal tunnel and nerve compression, trigger finger and tendon problems, and arthritis of the thumb and wrist. She also handles fractures of the hand, wrist, and elbow and reconstruction after injuries that did not heal properly. She has a particular interest in wide-awake surgery, an approach that lets many hand procedures be done with local anesthesia alone, no tourniquet and no general anesthesia. For the right patient it means a shorter day, an easier recovery, and the slightly surreal experience of chatting with your surgeon while she works. Not every problem needs an operation, and she will tell you plainly when yours does not.

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