About Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center

Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center, PLLC, with over 15 internationally known surgeons and researchers, has grown steadily for five decades.

History

In 1953, Harold E. Kleinert, M.D., began his practice in hand surgery, one that has become associated with a number of significant world firsts in both hand and microsurgery. Joseph E. Kutz, MD, became his first partner in 1964. Today, the internationally known physicians that make up this practice are known as Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center, PLLC.

These physicians offer expertise in orthopedic, plastic and general surgery and specialize in comprehensive care of the upper extremity. Additionally, the practice has a long-standing affiliation with both the University of Louisville School of Medicine and Jewish Hospital.

Through the Christine M. Kleinert Institute, fully trained physicians from all over the world have come to Louisville to study with Kleinert, Kutz and Associates. Since 1960, more than 1000 Hand Fellows from 50 countries have been trained.

Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center continues its dedication to excellence, pioneering new medicine and restoring patients the function and quality of life associated with strong, healthy arms, hands and shoulders.

Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center, in partnership with Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Performed the World's First:

• Successful hand transplant
• Reported repair of a digital artery
• Reported successful technique for primary flexor tendon
• Repair in "No-Man's Land"
• Vascularized epiphyseal transfer
• Bilateral forearm replantation
• Bilateral upper arm replantation

Significant Achievements:

• One of the world's first cross-hand replantations
• Pioneered work in primary reconstruction using free tissue transfer
• National award for research in blood flow to the nerves