Founding Members

James Steichen, MD

Served as hand and orthopedic surgeon in US Army. Performed first thumb to toe transfer in midwest.

Berish Strauch, MD

Professor Emeritus at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Coauthored “Atlas of Microvascular Surgery”.

Julia Terzis, MD

Pioneer in brachial plexus and facial reanimation. Two-time recipient of the James Barrett Brown Award.

James Urbaniak, MD

Performed first toe replant at Duke. Editor of "Microsurgery for Major Limb Reconstruction".

Allen Van Beek, MD

Served as an aviation surgeon in Vietnam. Replanted two fingers on an infant lost during c-section.