ABOUT DR. DESAI

Four times named ‘Best Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon’ by his peers in a Richmond magazine poll, Dr. Sanjay Desai has been a reconstructive hand, wrist, and elbow surgeon at West End Orthopaedic Clinic’s Henrico location for more than 12 years. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1980 and George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1984. He received a Meritorious Service Medal & Army Achievement Medal for participation in Operation Desert Storm, and his professional memberships include the Virginia Orthopaedic Society, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. He has performed extensive reconstructive surgery of the wrist and hand. He is also an assistant clinical professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.

Certifications

Recertified in Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery, 2001
Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery, 1997
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1992

Fellowship

Hand & Microvascular Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 1994
Orthopaedic Residency
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 1990

Education

A.B. Brown University, magna cum laude, 1980
M.D. George Washington University, 1984

Professional Memberships

American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Association for Hand Surgery
American Society for Peripheral Nerve
Piedmont Orthopaedic Society
Duke Hand Club
Virginia Orthopaedic Society
Medical Society of Virginia
Richmond Academy of Medicine
Southeastern Hand Club

Awards

Alec Horowitz Prize in Surgery, George Washington University
Meritorious Service Medal & Army Achievement Medal for participation in Desert Storm

Military Service

U.S. Army, Major in Medical Corp, Landstuhl Army Medical Center, Germany

Surgical Locations

Henrico Doctors' Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
WEOC Office Operatory

Office

Henrico Doctors' Hospital Campus