Physician Profile

Larry K. Chidgey, M.D.
Associate Professor;
Hand, Upper Extremity and Microsurgery
Email: chidglk@ortho.ufl.edu

Education
AA: Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida 1976
BS: Engineering and Zoology, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida 1978
MD: University of South Florida, College of Medicine,
Tampa, Florida 1981

Internship
University Hospital, General Surgery, Pensacola, FL 1981-82

Residency
University of Nebraska, Omaha,NE, Department of Orthopaedics,
Research Residency (also Graduate study, Department of Mechanical Engineering) 1982-83
University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, Department of Orthopaedics,
Orthopaedic Surgery 1983-86

Fellowship
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, Department
of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery Fellowship 1986-87
Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center, Carville, Louisiana,
Hand Research Fellowship 1987-88

Licensure
Nebraska #16202
California #A042825
Florida #ME 0040726

Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 1990
Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand, October 1992

Professional Memberships and Committee Activities
Treasurer, Kiros Research Society, 1988-Present.
Orthopaedic Research Society, 1989-Present.
Program Director, Florida Hand Society Meeting, Captiva Island, Florida, May, 1990.
Program Director, Florida Hand Society Meeting, Daytona Beach, Florida, May, 1992. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1992.
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 1993.
Reviewer Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1994.
Corresponding member South American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 1997.
Editorial Board, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1998-present