Dr. David Colen

Biography

Dr. David Colen is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in upper and lower extremity reconstruction. Fellowship-trained in Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, he has a passion for treating various congenital and acquired disorders of the hand and wrist, as well as traumatic and oncologic defects of the extremities. Dr. Colen completed his undergraduate education at the University of Virginia, earning degrees in Neuroscience and Spanish Linguistics before receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree from the same institution. He then underwent residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a fellowship in Hand Microsurgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. His research interests include optimizing outcomes in traumatic and congenital hand reconstruction, improving hand function after tendon injuries, and developing cost-effective and patient-centered surgical techniques. Dr. Colen has published extensively on hand extremity reconstruction and continues to focus on innovative surgical practices and health services research aiming to enhance patient care and access to reconstructive surgery.

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