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Alexander D. Mih, M.D .

Clinical Interests
Reconstructive surgery of the upper extremity, brachial plexus reconstruction and repair, pediatric upper extremity disorders, microsurgery, shoulder reconstruction

Research Interests: 
Brachial plexus microsurgical repair and reconstruction, congenital hand deformity reconstruction, vascularized bone graft use in upper extremity conditions

Board Certification: 
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 1992
Recertified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, January 2003

Education:
MD: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore , Maryland
Residency:  Mayo Clinic and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Fellowship:  Hand, Indiana Center for Surgery and Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity

Publications:
Dr. Mih is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and numerous book chapters .

Honors, Awards and Recognitions:
American Society for Surgery of the Hand Volunteer Services Award, American Society for Surgery of the Hand 59 th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, September 2005.

Current Academic Appointments:
1996 - Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Appointment Scheduling:
(317) 471-4318

  1. Onofrio BM, Mih, AD : Synovial cysts of the spine. Neurosurgery 22(4): 642-647, 1988.
  2. Idler RS, Mih, AD : Soft tissue coverage of the hand with a free digital fillet flap.
    Microsurgery 11:215-216, 1990.
  3. Mih, AD , Cooney WP, Idler RS, Lewallen DG: Long-term follow-up of forearm bone diaphyseal plating. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 299:256-258, 1994.
  4. Mih, AD , Wolfe, FG: Surgical release of elbow capsular contracture in pediatric patients. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 14:458-461, 1994.
  5. Cardinal E, Buckwalter KA, Braunstein EM, Mih, AD : Occult dorsal carpal ganglion: comparison of US and MR imaging. Radiology 193:259-262, 1994.
  6. Mih, AD : Desmoid tumor of the ulna in a patient with neurofibromatosis. Journal of Hand Surgery [American] 20A:1007-1010, 1995.
  7. Mih, AD : Vascularized distal radius bone grafting of scaphoid non-unions. Indiana Hand Center Newsletter . 1 (4): 5-11, 1994.
  8. Ivancevich SM, Buckwalter KA, Braunstein EM, Mih, AD : Volumetric data key to wrist evaluation. Diagnostic Imaging Suppl:CT24-7, 1995.
  9. Mih, AD : Pedicle flaps for coverage of the wrist and hand. Hand Clinics 13(2):217-229, 1997.
  10. Mih, AD : Limited wrist fusion. Hand Clinics 13(4) :615-625, 1997.
  11. Mih, AD : Sachar K: Congenital radial head dislocations. Hand Clinics 14(1):39-47, 1998.
  12. Mih, AD : Congenital clasped thumb. Hand Clinics 14(1):77-84, 1998.
  13. Boyer MI, Mih, AD : Microvascular surgery in the reconstruction of congenital hand anomalies. Hand Clinics 14(1):135-142, 1998.
  14. Mih, AD : Complications of duplicate thumb reconstruction. Hand Clinics 14(1):39-47, 1998.
  15. Mih, AD : Scapho-trapezial-trapezoidal and scaphocapitate fusion. Atlas of the Hand Clinics 3(1):129-144, 1998.
  16. Mih, AD : Salvage procedures after failed surgery about the distal ulna. Hand Clinics 14(2):279-284, 1998.
  17. Mih, AD : Flexor tendon pulley reconstruction. Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics 8(2):116-119 , April 1998.
  18. Wolfe, Scott W; Mih, Alexander D; Hotchkiss, Robert N; Culp, Randall W; Kiefhaber, Thomas R; Nagle, Daniel J: Wide excision of the distal ulna; a multicenter case study.
    Journal of Hand Surgery (American) 23A:222-228, 1998.
  19. Meyers AM, Noonan KJ, Mih, AD , Idler R: Salvage reconstruction with vascularized fibular strut graft fusion using posterior approach in the treatment of severe spondylolisthesis. Spine 16(16):1820-4, 2001.
  20. Noonan KJ, Levenda A, Snead J, Feinberg JR, Mih A: Evaluation of the forearm in untreated adult subjects with multiple hereditary osteochondromatosis. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2002 84A: 397-403.
  21. Mih, AD : Vascularized bone graft for scaphoid nonunions . Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery 8(3): 156-160, 2004.

    Book Chapters:
  1. Hastings H, Zaidenberg CR, Mih, AD : Vascularity of the distal radius: clinical implications for harvesting bone grafts. In: Vastamaki M (ed..), Current Trends in Hand Surgery. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 1995, pp. 167-176.
  2. Mih, AD : Fusion of the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints, In: Strickland JW (ed) The Hand, Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, Philadelphia , PA , Lippincott-Raven, 1998, pp 393-402.
  3. Akelman E, Keith MW, Mih, AD , Richards RS, Roth JH, Terrono AL, Weiss APC: Wrist and hand reconstruction. In: Beaty JH (ed) Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Home Study Syllabus, ed 6, Rosemont , Illinois , American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1999, pp 387-405.
  4. Mih, AD : Radial deficiency (radial clubhand) In: KD Plancher, (ed., Mastercases Hand and Wrist Surgery, ed 1, New York , NY , Thieme, 2004, pp 484-487.
  5. Mih, AD : Anatomy of the elbow and shoulder In: Fess E, Gettle K, Philips C, Janson J (eds): Hand and Upper Extremity Splinting, Principles and Methods, ed 3, St Louis , MO , Elsevier Mosby, 2005, pp 72-85.
  6. Mih, AD : Post-traumatic thumb reconstruction. In: TE Trumble, (ed), Hand Surgery Update, ed 3 2003, pp 57-64.
  7. Waters PM, Mih, AD : Forearm, wrist and hand: pediatrics In: VacarroAR, (ed): Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Home Study Syllabus, vol 8, Chapter 61, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2005, pp 715-729.
  8. Mih, AD : Thumb reconstruction In: Trumble, Thomas E., et al., eds. Hand, Elbow and Shoulder: Core Knowledge in Orthopaedics. Mosby Year Book. 2006. pp 69- 83. Elsevier
  9. Mih, AD , Waters PM: Fractures of the distal radius and ulna. In: Beaty JH, Kasser JR (eds) Rockwood and Wilkins' Fractures in Children, 6 th Edition, Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006, pp 337-398.