Noah Raizman, MD
Dr. Noah Raizman was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi honor societies. Dr. Raizman attended Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he was president of his class and completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He then completed a fellowship in hand and upper extremity at the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland before returning to Washington, DC to practice
Dr. Raizman’s particular areas of interest include microsurgical reconstruction of injured limbs; nerve transfers and peripheral nerve surgery; hand, wrist and elbow arthritis; brachial plexus injuries; and joint replacement of the shoulder, elbow and wrist. He specializes in minimally invasive approaches to hand and elbow surgeries for carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome and Dupuytren’s contracture.
As a triple letterman in high school and an active runner and triathlete, Dr. Raizman also has a significant interest in sports injuries. He has participated in the care of many professional athletes, including active players on the PGA Tour, the Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers, and has also provided care for the Division 1 collegiate hockey championships, George Washington University athletics, DC high school football games, and the Marine Corps Marathon. Having worked at several Level 1 Trauma Centers, he has an interest in orthopaedic trauma care, particularly of the upper extremity. He performs both open and arthroscopic capsular release for stiff elbows after trauma.
Dr. Raizman has been active in both teaching and research, and was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship to study at New York University and a Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship at Columbia. He has pursued research into molecular genetics at Harvard University and the National Institutes of Health. He has written several scholarly articles and book chapters on hand surgery, shoulder and sports medicine, and has presented research at numerous national and regional meetings. Dr. Raizman is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association for Surgery of the Hand as well as local and regional medical societies.
Dr. Raizman lives in Washington, DC, and is engaged to be married to his fiancée, Courtney, also a surgeon. His favorite hobbies are cooking, running outside, and playing with his rescued retriever, Shandy.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Raizman, call the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery at (202) 835-2222 or request an appointment online.
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Noah Raizman, MD
Dr. Noah Raizman was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi honor societies. Dr. Raizman attended Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he was president of his class and completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He then completed a fellowship in hand and upper extremity at the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland before returning to Washington, DC to practice
Dr. Raizman’s particular areas of interest include microsurgical reconstruction of injured limbs; nerve transfers and peripheral nerve surgery; hand, wrist and elbow arthritis; brachial plexus injuries; and joint replacement of the shoulder, elbow and wrist. He specializes in minimally invasive approaches to hand and elbow surgeries for carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome and Dupuytren’s contracture.
As a triple letterman in high school and an active runner and triathlete, Dr. Raizman also has a significant interest in sports injuries. He has participated in the care of many professional athletes, including active players on the PGA Tour, the Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers, and has also provided care for the Division 1 collegiate hockey championships, George Washington University athletics, DC high school football games, and the Marine Corps Marathon. Having worked at several Level 1 Trauma Centers, he has an interest in orthopaedic trauma care, particularly of the upper extremity. He performs both open and arthroscopic capsular release for stiff elbows after trauma.
Dr. Raizman has been active in both teaching and research, and was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship to study at New York University and a Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship at Columbia. He has pursued research into molecular genetics at Harvard University and the National Institutes of Health. He has written several scholarly articles and book chapters on hand surgery, shoulder and sports medicine, and has presented research at numerous national and regional meetings. Dr. Raizman is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association for Surgery of the Hand as well as local and regional medical societies.
Dr. Raizman lives in Washington, DC, and is engaged to be married to his fiancée, Courtney, also a surgeon. His favorite hobbies are cooking, running outside, and playing with his rescued retriever, Shandy.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Raizman, call the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery at (202) 835-2222 or request an appointment online.
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