About

Jerry Huang, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, program director for the UW Hand and Microvascular Fellowship Program and a UW professor of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and an adjunct professor of Surgery. Dr. Huang treats patients with a variety of hand, wrist and elbow conditions. He is one of only a few surgeons in the Pacific Northwest that performs Needle Aponeurotomy (NA) for Dupuytren patients. Dupuytren's contracture is an abnormal thickening of tissues in the palm of the hand. Dr. Huang strives to create active partnerships with his patients to achieve the best possible outcomes. Dr. Huang earned his MD from UCLA. He is board-certified in both hand surgery and orthopedic surgery. His clinical interests include hand, wrist and elbow fractures, elbow replacement, treatment of stiff elbows, wrist and elbow arthroscopy and joint replacement and reconstruction for thumb and finger arthritis. His research interests include treatment of upper extremity fractures and reconstructive procedures in the hand, wrist and elbow, wrist reconstruction techniques and bone and cartilage tissue engineering.