Dr. Edward Akelman is the Vincent Zecchino Professor & Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Surgeon-in-Chief, Department of Orthopaedics at Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Dr. Akelman is board-certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery with Subspeciality Certification in Surgery of the Hand. He devotes his practice to hand, wrist and elbow conditions, and has expertise in treating hand problems such as Dupuytren's disease, fractures of the hand, sports injuries, arthritis and neve problems of the hand, wrist and elbow. Dr. Akelman’s research interests include nerve compression syndromes of the upper extremities, wrist, and carpal kinematics and radiocarpal injuries.
He is a graduate of Princeton University and Dartmouth Medical School. He completed his surgical internship and orthopedic residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He completed his hand surgery fellowship training at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.
| Dove JH, Kutschke MJ, Fadale PD, Akelman E. "Resilience in Residency and Beyond." JBJS Reviews, vol. 11, no. 6, 2023. |
| Shah, Kalpit, Zhuang, Thompson, Scott, Brandon, Sobel, Andrew, Akelman, Edward. "What Program Characteristics Are Associated with Resident Racial Diversity in Orthopaedic Surgery? An Analysis of Association of American Medical Colleges Data." JBJS Open Access, vol. 8, no. 1, 2023. |
| Goodman AD, Brodeur P, Cruz AI Jr, Kosinski LR, Akelman E, Gil JA. "Charges for Distal Radius Fracture Fixation Are Affected by Fracture Pattern, Location of Service, and Anesthesia Type." HAND, vol. 17, no. 1_suppl, 2022, pp. 103S-110S. |
| Roe, Allison K., Eppler, Sara L., Kakar, Sanjeev, Akelman, Edward, Got, Christopher J., Blazar, Philip E., Ruch, David S., Richard, Marc J., Yao, Jeffrey, Kamal, Robin N. "Do Patients Want to be Involved in Their Carpal Tunnel Surgery Decisions? A Multicenter Study." The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2022. |
| Goodman, Avi D., Blood, Travis D., Benavent, Kyra A., Earp, Brandon E., Akelman, Edward, Blazar, Philip E. "Implicit and Explicit Factors that Influence Surgeons’ Decision-Making for Distal Radius Fractures in Older Patients." The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2022. |
| Shah KN, Reid DBC, Ruddell JH, Shapiro BH, James P, Gil JA, Daniels AH, Akelman E. "Is Opioid-Limiting Legislation Effective for Hand Surgery Patients?." HAND, vol. 17, no. 6, 2022, pp. 1139-1146. |
| Dove, James H., Akelman, Edward. "Large Angiolipoma of the Hand as a Cause for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome." Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online, vol. 4, no. 5, 2022, pp. 299-302. |
| Li NY, Ge J, Vorrius B, Akelman E, Chen Q. "COBRE for Skeletal Health and Repair: The Impact of Aging on the Capacity for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 104, no. 2, 2021, pp. 39-45. |
| Gil, Joseph A., Akelman, Matthew R., Hresko, Andrew M., Akelman, Edward. "Current Concepts in the Management of Dupuytren Disease of the Hand." Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 29, no. 11, 2021, pp. 462-469. |
| Kuczmarski, Alexander S., Myers, Christopher W., Krueger, Van, Li, Neill Y., Shah, Kalpit N., Akelman, Edward. "Gorham Disease Limited to the Left Upper Extremity Without Hand Involvement." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 46, no. 2, 2021, pp. 154.e1-154.e4. |
| Babu, Jacob M., Cruz, Aristides, Patel, Shyam A., Born, Christopher T., Akelman, Edward. "Global Volunteering in Orthopaedics: Availability and Implementation Considerations." Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 29, no. 4, 2020, pp. 139-147. |
| Reid DBC, Shapiro B, Shah KN, Ruddell JH, Cohen EM, Akelman E, Daniels AH. "Has a Prescription-limiting Law in Rhode Island Helped to Reduce Opioid Use After Total Joint Arthroplasty?." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®, vol. 478, no. 2, 2020, pp. 205-215. |
| Ruddell, Jack H., Reid, Daniel B.C., Shah, Kalpit N., Shapiro, Benjamin H., Akelman, Edward, Cohen, Eric M., Daniels, Alan H. "Larger Initial Opioid Prescriptions Following Total Joint Arthroplasty Are Associated with Greater Risk of Prolonged Use." Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, vol. Publish Ahead of Print, 2020. |
| Shah KN, Ruddell JH, Scott B, Reid DBC, Sobel AD, Katarincic JA, Akelman E. "Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty: An Evaluation of Gender and Racial Diversity Compared with Other Specialties." JB & JS open access, vol. 5, no. 3, 2020. |
| Reid, Daniel B.C., Shah, Kalpit N., Shapiro, Benjamin H., Ruddell, Jack H., Akelman, Edward, Daniels, Alan H. "Mandatory Prescription Limits and Opioid Utilization Following Orthopaedic Surgery." The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, vol. 101, no. 10, 2019, pp. e43. |
| Reid, Daniel B.C., Patel, Shyam A., Shah, Kalpit N., Shapiro, Benjamin H., Ruddell, Jack H., Akelman, Edward, Palumbo, Mark A., Daniels, Alan H. "Opioid-limiting legislation associated with decreased 30-day opioid utilization following anterior cervical decompression and fusion." The Spine Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, 2019, pp. 69-77. |
| Akhbari B, Moore DC, Laidlaw DH, Weiss AC, Akelman E, Wolfe SW, Crisco JJ. "Predicting Carpal Bone Kinematics Using an Expanded Digital Database of Wrist Carpal Bone Anatomy and Kinematics." Journal of Orthopaedic Research, vol. 37, no. 12, 2019, pp. 2661-2670. |
| Gil, Joseph A., Weiss, Barrett, Kleiner, Justin, Akelman, Edward, Weiss, Arnold-Peter C. "A Prospective Evaluation of the Effect of Supervised Hand Therapy After Carpal Tunnel Surgery." HAND, 2018, pp. 155894471881215. |
| Lemme, Nicholas, Johnston, Benjamin, Smith, Brandon, Prsic, Adnan, Akelman, Edward, Drolet, Brian. "Common Topics of Publication and Levels of Evidence in the Current Hand Surgery Literature." Journal of Hand and Microsurgery, vol. 11, no. 01, 2018, pp. 014-017. |
| Reid, Daniel B.C., Shah, Kalpit N., Ruddell, Jack H., Shapiro, Benjamin, Akelman, Edward, Robertson, Alexander P., Palumbo, Mark A., Daniels, Alan H. "Effect of Narcotic Prescription Limiting Legislation on Opioid Utilization Following Lumbar Spine Surgery." The Spine Journal, 2018. |
| Goodman, Avi D., Gil, Joseph A., Starr, Adam M., Akelman, Edward, Weiss, Arnold-Peter C. "Thirty-Day Reoperation and/or Admission After Elective Hand Surgery in Adults: A 10-Year Review." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 43, no. 4, 2018, pp. 383.e1-383.e7. |
| Dwivedi, Shashank, Sobel, Andrew D., DaSilva, Manuel F., Akelman, Edward. "Utility of Prolotherapy for Upper Extremity Pathology." The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2018. |
| Gil JA, Chambers A, Shah KN, Crisco JJ, Got C, Akelman E. "A Biomechanical Evaluation of a 2-Suture Anchor Repair Technique for Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries." HAND, vol. 13, no. 5, 2017, pp. 581-585. |
| DaSilva, Manuel F., Goodman, Avi D., Gil, Joseph A., Akelman, Edward. "Evaluation of Ulnar-sided Wrist Pain." Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 25, no. 8, 2017, pp. e150-e156. |
| Harris, Andrew P., Johnson, Joey, Kluk, Augusta, Li, Neill Y., Goodman, Avi D., Akelman, Edward. "Polymicrobial pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis of the index finger and first ray resulting from autophagia." Journal of Orthopaedics, vol. 14, no. 3, 2017, pp. 403-405. |
| Morrell, Nathan, Harris, Andrew, Skjong, Christian, Akelman, Edward. "Carpal Tunnel Release: Do We Understand the Biomechanical Consequences?." Jnl Wrist Surg, vol. 05, no. 02, 2016, pp. 167-167. |
| Shah, Kalpit N., Sobel, Andrew D., Akelman, Edward, Halim, Andrea. "Distal radius fracture reduction using the looped-stockinette technique." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 34, no. 10, 2016, pp. 2038-2040. |
| Kamal, Robin N., Kakar, Sanjeev, Ruch, David, Richard, Marc J., Akelman, Edward, Got, Chris, Blazar, Philip, Ladd, Amy, Yao, Jeffrey, Ring, David. "Quality Measurement: A Primer for Hand Surgeons." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 41, no. 5, 2016, pp. 645-651. |
| Schiller, Jonathan, Brooks, Jeffrey, Mansuripur, P., Akelman, Edward, Gil, Joseph. "Three-Dimensional Carpal Kinematics after Carpal Tunnel Release." Jnl Wrist Surg, vol. 05, no. 03, 2016, pp. 222-226. |
| Drolet, Brian C., Tandon, Vickram J., Ha, Austin Y., Guo, Yifan, Phillips, Benjamin Z., Akelman, Edward, Schmidt, Scott T. "Unnecessary Emergency Transfers for Evaluation by a Plastic Surgeon." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 137, no. 6, 2016, pp. 1927-1933. |
| Trehan, Samir K., Morrell, Nathan T., Akelman, Edward. "Accredited Hand Surgery Fellowship Web Sites: Analysis of Content and Accessibility." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 40, no. 4, 2015, pp. 778-782. |
| Kane PM, Daniels AH, Akelman E. "Double Crush Syndrome." Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 23, no. 9, 2015, pp. 558-562. |
| Shultz, P. A., Kamal, R. N., Daniels, A. H., DiGiovanni, C. W., Akelman, E. "International Health Electives in Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Training." The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, vol. 97, no. 3, 2015, pp. e15-e15. |
| Drolet, Brian C., Lifchez, Scott D., Jacoby, Sidney M., Varone, Andrew, Regan, Linda A., Baren, Jill M., Akelman, Edward, Osterman, A. Lee, Levin, L. Scott. "Perceptions of Emergency Medicine Residency and Hand Surgery Fellowship Program Directors in the Appropriate Disposition of Upper Extremity Emergencies." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 40, no. 12, 2015, pp. 2435-2439. |
| Rainbow MJ, Kamal RN, Moore DC, Akelman E, Wolfe SW, Crisco JJ. "Subject-Specific Carpal Ligament Elongation in Extreme Positions, Grip, and the Dart Thrower's Motion." Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 137, no. 11, 2015, pp. 111006. |
| Drolet, Brian C., Okhah, Zachary, Phillips, Benjamin Z., Christian, Benjamin P., Akelman, Edward, Katarincic, Julia, Schmidt, Scott T. "Evidence for safe tourniquet use in 500 consecutive upper extremity procedures." HAND, vol. 9, no. 4, 2014, pp. 494-498. |
| Rainbow MJ, Kamal RN, Leventhal E, Akelman E, Moore DC, Wolfe SW, Crisco JJ. "In Vivo Kinematics of the Scaphoid, Lunate, Capitate, and Third Metacarpal in Extreme Wrist Flexion and Extension." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 38, no. 2, 2013, pp. 278-288. |
| Rainbow MJ, Crisco JJ, Moore DC, Kamal RN, Laidlaw DH, Akelman E, Wolfe SW. "Elongation of the dorsal carpal ligaments: a computational study of in vivo carpal kinematics." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 37, no. 7, 2012, pp. 1393-9. |
| Fitzgibbons PG, Digiovanni C, Hares S, Akelman E. "Safe tourniquet use: a review of the evidence." Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 20, no. 5, 2012, pp. 310-9. |
| Weiss AP, Akelman E. "Total wrist replacement." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 95, no. 4, 2012, pp. 117-9. |
| Leventhal EL, Moore DC, Akelman E, Wolfe SW, Crisco JJ. "Carpal and forearm kinematics during a simulated hammering task." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 35, no. 7, 2010, pp. 1097-104. |
| Leventhal EL, Moore DC, Akelman E, Wolfe SW, Crisco JJ. "Conformational changes in the carpus during finger trap distraction." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 35, no. 2, 2010, pp. 237-244. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | MD | Dartmouth College |
| 1975 | BA | Princeton University |
2018 Appointed Member of the Rhode Island Commmodores
2017 A. Lee Osterman Excellence in Education Award, American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand
2015 Chair, Performance Quality Measures for Hand & Upper Extremity Surgeons Task Force, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
2013-2014 Chair, Nominating Committee, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
2013-2014 Past President - American Society for Surgery of the Hand
2012-2013 President, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
2011-2012 Chair, Membership Committee, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
1998, 2003, 2011, Resident Teaching Award, Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Crisco, Joseph | Henry F. Lippitt Professor of Orthopedics, Professor of Engineering (Research) |
| Moore, Douglas | Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics |
| Weiss, Arnold-Peter | Professor of Orthopaedics |
| Subspecialty Certification in Surgery of the Hand | ABOS, Orthopedic Surgery | 1990- | #n/a |
| Orthopaedic Surgeon | ABOS, Orthopedic Surgery | 1987- | #n/a |
| Surgeon-in-Chief, Department of Orthopaedics. Rhode Island Hospital & The Miriam Hospital, 2016- |
| Vincent Zecchino Professor & Chair. The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, 2016- |
