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Hand and Upper Extremity Disorders
Orthopaedic Surgery
Contact Information
Address:
Hand Center, 415 Ray C. Hunt Dr. ,
Charlottesville, VA, 22908
Phone: 434.982.4263
Fax: 434.924.0782
Training & Certification
Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia
Hand and Microvascular Surgery, Hand Center of San Antonio
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Surgery of the Hand
Clinical Practice
Carpal Tunnel Release, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Fractures, Hand, wrist, elbow Arthritis, Hand, wrist, elbow Rheumatoid Arthritis, Nerve injury, Sprain, Strain, Tendon Injury, Tennis Elbow, Trauma, Shoulder, Arm, Elbow, Broken Arm, Olecranon (Elbow) Fractures, Radial Head Fractures, Compartment Syndrome, Erb's Palsy (Brachial Plexus Birth Injury), Ulnar Nerve Entrapment, Elbow (Olecranon) Bursitis, Lateral Epicondylitis, Dupuytren's Contracture, deQuervain's Tendinitis, Ganglion (Cyst) of the Wrist, Kienböck's Disease, Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome of the Wrist, Boutonnière Deformity, Trigger Finger, Growth Plate Fractures, Distal Radius Fracture (Colles' Fracture), Finger Fractures, Hand Fractures, Thumb Fractures, Wrist (Scaphoid) Fracture, Biceps Tendon Tear at the Elbow, Elbow Dislocation
Sports Related Injuries to the Hand, Wrist, and Elbow, Congenital and Pediatric Hand Surgery, Trauma and Arthritis of the Hand, Wrist, and Elbow, Microvascular Surgery
Tissue engineering for flexor tendon repair distal radius fracture fixation techniques
Background
Dr. A. Bobby Chhabra graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with undergraduate degree in Biology before completing his medical education at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He completed his Orthopaedic Surgery residency and postdoctoral Orthopaedic research fellowship at the University of Virginia Health System. He received his fellowship training in hand and upper extremity, microvascular and congenital hand surgery at the Hand Center of San Antonio and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. He returned to the University of Virginia in 2002 during which time he helped create the University of Virginia Hand Center. Dr. Chhabra is currently a tenured associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery and the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia. He is Vice-Chairman of Orthopaedics and Division Head of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. He is also the hand and upper extremity consultant for the University of Virginia Department of Athletics. His areas of expertise include hand, wrist, and elbow trauma and arthritis with a particular interest in athletic injuries and congenital hand surgery. He has a federally funded active basic science laboratory that is investigating flexor tendon healing using growth factor and stem cell technology and tissue engineering principles.
Dr. Chhabra is a nationally recognized Orthopaedic educator and is course director of several Orthopaedic board review courses. He has received the University of Virginia Master Educator Award and the University of Virginia School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Chhabra is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and was recently appointed a fellow of the American Orthopaedic Association. He currently is secretary and treasurer of the Virginia Orthopaedic Society.
- June 2008 Induction into the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
- 2007 "Best Doctors in America" Award
- 2007 Recipient of the University of Virginia Master Educator Award
- 2006 Recipient of the University of Virginia School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Teaching
- 2006 Inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Educators
- 2006 Charles W. Miller Chief Resident Teaching Award, University of Virginia, Department of Orthopaedics
- 2006 Best Lecturer Award, Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course
- 2006 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, Career Development Award
- 2004 Robert Pruner Resident Teaching Award, University of Virginia, Department of Orthopaedics
