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Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine

Joseph Thoder, MD

Joseph Thoder
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  • Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Program Director, Hand Surgery, Temple University Hospital

Specialties

Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery

Distinctions
2023 Top Doctors by Philadelphia magazine
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About Me
Publications
About Me
Clinical Interests
  • Upper extremity surgery
  • Hand, wrist, and elbow arthritis
Research Interests
  • Distal radius fractures
  • Carpal meta-carpal (CMC) arthroplasty
  • Hand infections
Education
  • MD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Training
  • Fellowship, Hand and Microsurgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • Residency, General Surgery, Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Hand Surgery
Memberships
  • Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Academic Orthopaedic Association
  • American Medical Association
  • Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
  • Philadelphia Hand Society
  • Medical Club of Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society
Awards and Honors
  • Top Doctors, Hand Surgery, Philadelphia magazine, 2010-2023
Offices

Office Locations

Temple Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

Temple University Hospital – Main Campus

3401 N. Broad Street

Outpatient Building, 5th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19140

800-TEMPLE-MED

Temple Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine at Jeanes Campus

Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus
7604 Central Avenue
Friends Hall, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19111
215-728-CARE

Publications
Digital Bibliography
Publications

Thoder JJ: Compartment Syndrome of the Hand. In Jebson PJL, and Kasdan ML: Hand Secrets, 3rd Edition; 2006.

Kozin SH, Thoder JJ: Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Extremity. In Baratz ME, Watson AD, Imbriglia JE (eds): Orthopedic Surgery: The Essentials. Thieme, New York, 1999, pp. 657-673.

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