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Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic Surgery
Division of Hand Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Service includes surgeons with expertise in many areas of hand and upper extremity care. We are often called upon to diagnose complex problems that have eluded correct diagnosis or definitive treatment elsewhere.
Our core philosophy mandates that we spend the time necessary to listen to our patients, to review records of their previous evaluations and treatments, and to perform a thorough physical examination before recommending a course of action. If additional resources are needed, we have strong working relationships with Hopkins experts in related fields such as electrodiagnosis, musculoskeletal radiology, and pain management. We are thus uniquely situated to provide comprehensive care of even the most complex hand and upper extremity problems.
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Dr. Thomas Brushart currently serves as Brushart Professor of Hand Surgery and Chief of the Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Service.
For thirty years Dr. Brushart has cared for patients with hand and peripheral nerve disorders while maintaining a research program in peripheral nerve regeneration.
He has particular expertise in the treatment of nerve compression syndromes such as the carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar neuropathy, and in reconstruction of the upper extremity compromised by nerve injury or disease.
Dr. Brushart cares for patients in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (JHOC).
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Dr. Gene Deune has unique expertise in the preservation of limb form and function in patients with upper and lower extremity sarcomas, using advanced microsurgical techniques for vascular, nerve, muscle, and tissue reconstruction.
Dr. Deune sees patients with common hand conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome (median nerve compression) offering both minimal incision (endoscopic) and open carpal tunnel release. Other clinical areas include ulnar nerve compression at the elbow, tendinitis affecting the fingers and hands, hand arthritis, skin cancers affecting the hand, Dupuytren’s contracture, benign vascular and nonvascular tumors of the hand and fingers, ganglion cysts, and tendon transfers for nerve palsy.
Dr. Deune also cares for children with common congenital conditions such as webbed fingers, congenital trigger thumb, and extra fingers. Dr. Deune sees patients both at the downtown campus of Johns Hopkins and at the Greenspring Station (Lutherville, MD) location.
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Dr. Dawn LaPorte has a specialty focus in the wrist including ligament injuries, avascular necrosis, and arthritis. Dr. LaPorte is able to provide multi-disciplinary care for these problems through relationships with the Johns Hopkins, Bayview, and Good Samaritan Hospital rheumatology divisions. She also treats conditions including nerve compression syndromes, Dupytren’s contracture, and congenital hand differences.
Dr. LaPorte sees patients at multiple locations, including the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center and Johns Hopkins at Greenspring Station.
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Dr. Heather Lochner has a specialty focus in the pediatric hand and upper extremity, including trauma and congenital differences. She provides multi-specialty care for congenital upper extremity diagnoses through relationships with the Johns Hopkins Institute of Genetic Medicine, and the multidisciplinary Vascular Malformations group.
Specific diagnoses include: radial and ulnar dysplasia, thumb hypoplasia, syndactyly, symbrachydactyly, arthrogryposis, cerebral palsy, pediatric trigger fingers/thumbs, cleft hand, pediatric Kienbock’s disease, vascular malformations, nerve compression syndromes, and traumatic hand injuries.
Dr. Lochner sees patients at multiple locations, including the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Johns Hopkins at White Marsh, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital.
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