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Dr. Ladd is an Associate Professor in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. Her clinical practice includes surgery of the hand, shoulder and elbow, with an emphasis in sports medicine, reconstructive surgery, pediatric surgery, and the spinal cord injured patient. Clinical interests include problem fractures of the distal radius, congenital hand anomalies, and shoulder problems in the wheelchair ambulator. Her research interests extend to the use of synthetic bone substitutes, outcome studies of hand surgery in congenital anomalies and epidermolysis bullosa, inflammatory disease markers in rheumatoid arthritis, and the use of multimedia in education of surgery, including interactive web teaching and surgical simulation. Dr. Ladd obtained her M.D. from SUNY Upstate Medical Center, MD in 1984 and went on to complete her Orthopedic Residency at the University of Rochester in 1989. She completed her Brigham & Women’s Harvard Combined Hand Fellowship in 1990. Currently, Dr. Ladd serves as Chief of the Hand & Upper Extremity Clinic, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Fellowship director, Stanford Hand & Upper Extremity fellowship (ACGME accredited with orthopaedics) and as Consultant to the Rheumatology Clinic, Stanford University Medical Center. | 