Dr. Ehsan Esmaeili: Offering That Helping Hand
Class of 2007
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery, Florida
Dr. Ehsan Esmaeili took a chance at AUA in its earliest years by transferring from another school.
The reason was simple: “I saw Neal Simon’s vision, and I knew the faculty at AUA, and it was something I wanted to be part of,” he said.
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He joined AUA towards the clinical stages. One of his most memorable experiences was being at a new rotation almost every month, “That in itself was a different experience. They really helped us do rotations at places where we had an interest in obtaining residencies. So they really bent over backward to get us where we needed to be.”
His fond memories of AUA include his friendships with faculty and administrators. “Dr. Steven Glasser was a wonderful professor—very memorable, excellent teacher. Just an all-around great guy,” he said. He also spoke highly of Bob Gelles, an administrator who helped establish the alumni relations program and whom he stayed in touch with for many years, describing him as a “really nice guy.”
Today, Dr. Esmaeili’s specialty is orthopedics, hand and upper extremity. However, he initially focused in cardiothoracic surgery where he did a general surgery residency at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in South Carolina. “Midway through my residency, I started doing a lot of hands in upper extremity with local attendings. And I really enjoyed the anatomy and the complexity of the hand. And so after that, I decided that’s the route I wanted to take,” he explained. He went on to serve as chief resident.
Following residency, Dr. Esmaeili completed a prestigious Hand and Microvascular Surgery fellowship at the University of Connecticut in 2013. To further expand his surgical education, Dr. Esmaeili also gained certification in microsurgery from Columbia University in New York. During his career, Dr. Esmaeili has published and presented his research at local and national meetings, including the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and the New England Hand Society. Dr. Esmaeili is affiliated with Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton Outpatient Surgery and Laser Center, and Bethesda Outpatient Surgery Center.
With all that he’s accomplished, AUA continues to hold a special place with Dr. Esmaeili. “They’ve done a phenomenal job to date. Certainly, they have developed a history of placing students at good residency programs, and I think Mr. Simon is seeing his dream being fulfilled,” he said.
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