Specialty	Orthopaedic Surgery , Hand Surgery
Clinical Interests	Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Surgery
	Sports Injuries of the hand, wrist, and elbow
	Arthritis Surgery
	Arthroscopic Surgery, Hand, Upper Extremity
	Peripheral Nerve Surgery
	Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Microsurgery
	Wrist Reconstruction
Languages	English
	French
	Yiddish
	German
	Spanish
	Italian
Gender	Male
Education and Training	MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Internship, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Fellowship, Hand Surgery, Presbyterian Hospital
	Fellowship, Sports Medicine, Valley Presbyterian Hospital
	Fellowship, Hand Surgery, Southern Baptist Hospital

Dr. Mark Pruzansky holds three Board certifications in hand surgery, orthopaedic sports medicine, and orthopaedic surgery. He specializes in hand and microsurgery, as well as arthroscopic, endoscopic, and reconstructive surgery of the upper extremity. Dr. Pruzansky graduated with Honors from both Columbia College and the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Orthopaedic Program in New York. As a hand surgery fellow in San Francisco, where he was certified in microsurgery and he studied under one of the country's most renowned pioneers of joint replacements for arthritic fingers and wrists. As a hand surgery fellow in New Orleans, Dr. Pruzansky studied with one of the Fathers of adult reconstructive hand and wrist surgery, who was also a founder of congenital deformities surgery. He then furthered his study of sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the Southern California Orthopaedic Institute in Van Nuys. His clinical and laboratory investigations of joint mechanics and abnormalities from the sternum, to the elbow, to the wrist, and hand, have added dramatically to patients' mobility.

Dr. Pruzansky takes care of athletes of all levels of ability. Unique office videos enhance patient education. He was cited in "Best Doctors in New York, New York Magazine, June 2008." He is on the faculty of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He lectures to medical students and physicians, locally and nationally.

Dr. Pruzansky is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand, the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand, and the Orthopaedic Research Society, and has published numerous scientific articles on hand surgery and sports injuries.

His clinical interests include endoscopic carpal tunnel release, arthritis and fracture surgery of the hand, wrist, upper extremity, congenital hand deformities, contracture and tennis elbow surgery, and arthroscopic and shoulder surgery.

Education and Training	MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Internship, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Fellowship, Hand Surgery, Presbyterian Hospital
	Fellowship, Sports Medicine, Valley Presbyterian Hospital
	Fellowship, Hand Surgery, Southern Baptist Hospital
Board Certification	Hand Surgery
	Orthopaedic Surgery

Specialty	Orthopaedic Surgery , Hand Surgery
Clinical Interests	Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Surgery
	Sports Injuries of the hand, wrist, and elbow
	Arthritis Surgery
	Arthroscopic Surgery, Hand, Upper Extremity
	Peripheral Nerve Surgery
	Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Microsurgery
	Wrist Reconstruction
Languages	English
	French
	Yiddish
	German
	Spanish
	Italian
Board Certification	Hand Surgery
	Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Pruzansky's Research Interests Include:

Abnormal wrist mechanics
Wrist bone degeneration
Elbow tendon deterioration
The kinetic-chain approach to hand and wrist surgeries

Pruzansky ME, Remer S. Abscesses of the hand associated with otopharyngeal infections in children. J Hand Surg 1986 Nov; 11(6): 844-6.

Pruzansky ME. A primate model for the evaluation of tendon adhesions. J Surg Res 1987 Mar; 42(3): 273-6.

Pruzansky ME, Arnold L. Delayed union of fractures of the trapezoid and body of the hamate. Orthop Rev 1987 Sep; 16(9): 624-8.

Pruzansky ME, Pugh J, Siffert RS. Deterioration of trapeziometacarpal arthritis due to trigger thumb: a biomechanical evaluation. Mt Sinai J Med 1990 Jan; 57(1): 30-3.

Pruzansky ME, Kelly M, Weinberg H. Latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap for elbow extension. J Surg Oncol 1991 May; 47(1): 62-6.

Pruzansky ME, Levy RN. Orthopaedic complications. In: Cohen W, editor. Complications of Pregnancy, ed 5. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2000. pp581-90.

Pruzansky ME. Stenosing tenosynovitis and epicondylitis. In: Chapman M, editor. Orthopaedic Surgery. Philadelphia, JB Lippincott; 2001. pp1515-31.

Pruzansky ME. Compression of the radial branch of the median nerve due to an anomalous muscle belly of the first lumbrical in a child. Mt Sinai J Med 2004 Sep; 71(4): 285-6.

Shah AK, Pruzansky ME. Ruptured biceps brachii short head muscle belly: a case report. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2004 Sept-Oct; 13(5): 562-5.

Qureshi SA, Shah AK, Pruzansky ME. Using the semitendinosus tendon to stabilize sternoclavicular joints in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a case report. Am J Orthop 2005 Jul; 34(7): 315-8.