Noah Raizman

Professional Designation: MD,MFA

Specialities: Surgeon - Orthopedic Surgery

Hospital Affiliations: Sibley Memorial Hospital George Washington University Hospital Georgetown University Hospital

Professional Boards and Affiliations: American Society for Surgery of the Hand - Young Leader; Chair - Evidence-Based Practice Committee American Association for Hand Surgery American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

About these Clinics/Practices

I am a Fellowship-trained Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeon. I have dozens of patients with EDS and other connective tissue disorders linked to hypermobility. We have on-site hand therapy and physical therapy and coordinate care with our therapists to include bracing, splinting, activity modification and medical/injection therapy as needed. My bias is towards conservative care and working around some of the difficult issues faced by EDS patients by being creative with approaches to functional activities, but perform surgery when necessary, with an understanding that EDS patients need to be rehabbed and treated differently from the general population. I am often in the situation of making the initial diagnosis of EDS in many patients and referring them for a appropriate genetic screening.