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Thomas Trumble, M.D.
Professor; Chief, Hand & Microvascular Surgery Service
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Specialty:
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Hand & Wrist |
| College: | B.A., California State University, Sacramento, CA, 1975 | | Medical School: | M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1979 | | Internship: | Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1979-1980 | | Residency: | Orthopaedics, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1980-1984 | | Fellowship: | National Student Science Fellowship, Corvallis, Oregon, 1972; Microsurgical Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1984; Hand Fellowship, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1985; American, British and Canadian | | Articles, Videos and Publications: |
Scientific Publications (PubMed Listing)
Articles, videos, and abstracts: Dr. Tomas Trumble
ranked as a "Top Doctor" in the category of "Hand Surgery" (News source: Seattle Magazine, September 2007 & 2008). September 10, 2002: Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Dr. Trumble was the lead author for the lead article in the July 2002 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Read the abstract of the article, "Single-Portal Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Compared with Open Release" here.
February 6, 2002: Dr. Trumble in local media
Dr. Trumble was featured in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for reattaching a hand as part of a "daring" rescue. The Seattle P-I ran the story on February 6: "Man's hand reattached after daring rescue at sea: A clean cut, ice and pure luck save the day; shipmates and a gutsy copter crew save him".
Dr Trumble was featured in the Spring 2002 Breakthrough article, You don't know you have it until it hurts - carpal tunnel syndrome. ( ) | | Honors: |
| | Memberships: | American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American, British and Canadian Traveling Fellows Society
American Medical Association
American Orthopaedic Association
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Academic Orthopaedic Society
Habilis Society
Orthopaedic Research Society
Orthopaedic Trauma Association
Peripheral Nerve Research Society
Society for Neuroscience
The Sunderland Society | | Board Certification: | Board Certified | | Philosophy of care/General Information: | Dr. Trumble received his Medical Degree at Yale University School of Medicine in 1979. In 1984 Dr. Trumble completed the Orthopaedic Residency Program at Yale New Haven Hospital and the Yale University affiliated hospitals. Dr. Trumble completed a Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at Duke University in 1994 and a Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1985. Dr. Trumble established a Hand and Microsurgery Program in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1985. In 1989 he was recruited to develop and Hand and Microvascular Surgery Program at the University of Washington.
Dr. Trumble's research interests include nerve regeneration both from a basic science as well as a clinical standpoint. Dr. Trumble is also involved in biomechanical research, particularly research related to fractures and injuries of the hand and wrist. The current area of research emphasis on the Hand Surgery Service is the use of outcome studies. Dr. Trumble has received grants for the prospective randomized studies of carpal tunnel syndrome and flexor tendon repairs from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery as well as a grant to determine the factors effecting return to work following carpal tunnel surgery with a grant from the Boeing Corporation. Dr. Trumble has recently published a comprehensive and authoritative textbook of hand surgery: Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy. | | Clinic locations and days of week: | University of Washington Bone & Joint Center; Harborview Medical Center; Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center | | Appointment request information (web, phone, fax): | Mark Roark (206) 543-4537 |
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An interview with Thomas E. Trumble, M.D.
Dr. Trumble is a professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and Chief of the UW Hand & Microvascular Surgery Service. Dr. Trumble received his Medical Degree at Yale University School of Medicine in 1979. He has been at the University of Washington since 1989, when he was recruited to develop a Hand and Microvascular Surgery Program at the UW.
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The University of Washington Medical Center was again ranked highly for
orthopaedic surgery by US News and World Report, this year being listed as 13th
in the nation, the best in the west.
The Zimmer Durom component has been implicated in failed hip replacements; this device has NOT been used at the University of Washington. For details on the failed device, see this article in the NY Times.
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