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Home > Physician Directory > Jeffery C. Wint, M.D.
 Dr. Wint has worked now for nearly eleven years in Springfield, Massachusetts in the field of Hand Surgery. He has been with the Hand Center of Western Massachusetts since 1992. He is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand.
Dr. Wint attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and a minor in English. His medical education, completed in 1986 was at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. He interned in general surgery for one year followed by a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. His training included electives at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. Following his Chief Residency year he spent one year as a fellow in Hand Surgery and Musculoskeletal Microsurgery at the State University of New York in Buffalo. Dr. Wint came to Springfield in 1992. He worked with hand surgeon Dr. Erik Rosenthal for nine years, initially as part of Pavilion Hand Surgeons and later with The Hand Center.
Dr. Wint is a clinical assistant professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine and is licensed in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.
He is on the full time staff at Baystate Medical Center where he takes call as a member of the Hand Service. At Shriner's Hospital in Springfield he is on the attending staff and participates in hand clinic as well as lecturing in twice monthly conferences on "Congenital and Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Problems."
Dr. Wint also has privileges at Mary Lane Hospital in Ware, where the Hand Center has a part time satellite office as well as Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton and Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Pioneer Valley Surgicenter is directly below the Hand Center offices in Springfield.
Dr. Wint is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and in the past served on the patient and public education committee. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is also a member of the New England Hand Society. As a member of the American Medical Society, the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Hampden District Medical Society, he served as a delegate to the Massachusetts Medical Society for several years. Previously he was on the executive committee of the Hampden District.
Dr. Wint cares for all topics related to the Hand and Upper extremity. He is especially interested in Workers Compensation Injuries, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Peripheral Nerve Compression and Hand and Wrist Fractures. His practice also involves Post Traumatic reconstruction as well as Congenital Hand Differences.
Dr. Wint has written several articles, published locally and appeared on local news and radio promoting hand safety in our community. He is responsible for efforts towards reducing snow blower injuries, pumpkin cutting injuries and industrial hand injuries among others. He authored a poster exhibit titled "Power Saw Injuries of the Hand" at the annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in Seattle, WA and has written a brochure for the society on this topic. He is devoted to promoting hand safety and the prevention of hand injuries in our community.
For more information regarding Dr. Wint you can visit, The Hand Center of Western Massachusetts.
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