Hand Surgeon G. Thomas Frazier, M.D., Joins UAMS

Jan. 23, 2017 | Jan. 23, 2017 | G. Thomas Frazier Jr., M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a hand and upper extremity surgeon. He will see patients at the UAMS Orthopaedic Clinic on Shackleford Road.

He is also an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine.

“Dr. Frazier and I have been friends and colleagues for more than 30 years and were founding members of a subspecialty fellowship-trained private practice group. Tom brings welcome expertise to our faculty, widening the scope of what we are able to offer in care for our patients and training for our residents. His status in the medical community of our state and his decision to join our transformation sends a very positive message that we are on the right track,” said C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Frazier specializes in hand and microsurgery and has a special interest in joint replacement of the hand, wrist and elbow, and joint arthroscopy for the elbow and wrist, minimally invasive surgeries in which a tiny camera is inserted into the joint through a small incision, thereby avoiding traditional open surgery.

Frazier earned his medical degree at UAMS, where he also completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery and a fellowship in hand and microsurgery. He has been practicing in Little Rock for 28 years. He graduated from Hope High School and earned his undergraduate degree from Hendrix College in Conway.

“UAMS gave me the training I needed to get my start as a young doctor, and it is nice to be able to bring that full circle to return to UAMS to help educate the orthopaedic surgeons of tomorrow,” Frazier said. “In the clinic, I look forward to working with the talented hand and upper extremity team that UAMS has assembled. I look forward to being a part of their tremendous plans to be a true regional referral center for complex hand and upper extremity problems, as well as the more common hand and upper extremity problems such as arthritis, carpel tunnel syndrome and occupational injuries.”

He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, with a certificate of added qualifications in hand surgery.

Frazier is a member of the Southern Orthopaedic Association, Arkansas Orthopaedic Society, Arkansas Medical Society, Pulaski County Medical Society, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Arkansas Hand Club, Mid-America Orthopaedic Association and American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.

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