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June 6, 2008
MGHS Physician completes invited visiting professorships
Marquette General Physician Dr. Clayton Peimer, hand surgeon at Orthopaedic Surgery Associates of Marquette, recently completed invited visiting professorships at Louisiana State University and at Brown University.
Dr. Clayton Peimer
Dr. Peimer began his visiting professorships in April at LSU Orthopaedics in Shreveport, where he presented several lectures addressing issues in hand surgery, including performing anatomic dissections, updates on recent advances in clinical care, hand muscle function and congenital anomalies of the hand and wrist.
In May, Dr. Peimer visited Brown, in Providence, R.I., and gave an Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds lecture, “Hand-O-Rama: Problems, Pitfalls and Pratfalls in the Emergency Department.”
Dr. Peimer is a Clinical Professor of Surgery (Orthopaedics) in the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University. He is a recognized authority in reconstructive surgery of the hand, elbow and arm; congenital deformities of the hand and forearm; arthritic reconstruction, and tumors of the upper limb. He is also one of the original clinical investigators to pioneer the endoscopic surgical method for carpal tunnel syndrome relief.
Author of nearly 200 publications and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks, Dr. Peimer created and edited the large multi-volume text, “Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity.” He has held leadership roles in the major professional societies for hand and musculoskeletal surgery; has been a guest lecturer throughout the world. Before coming to Marquette General in 2006, he served on the medical school faculties of Northwestern University in Chicago and the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Peimer has more than 25 years of clinical, academic and administrative experience, and has been cited annually in "Best Doctors in America" and in "Best Physicians in the United States" for many years.
He completed his hand surgery fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and his orthopaedic surgery residency at the State University of New York in Syracuse. Prior to his surgical internship and residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, Peimer earned his medical degree at the State University of New York, Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.
Dr. Peimer sees patients by referral from their primary care provider. For information or to make an appointment with Dr. Peimer, please call Orthopaedic Surgery Associates of Marquette at (906) 225-3892, or 1-800-628-3333, ext. 3892.
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