Duffield Ashmead, M.D.
Program Director
Practice: The Hand Center
Specialty: Plastic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: Hartford Hospital (General Surgery) & University of Massachusetts (Plastic Surgery)
Fellowship: University of Connecticut
Years teaching fellows: 31 years

Daniel Mastella, M.D.
Assistant Program Director
Practice: The Hand Center
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: Philadelphia Hand and Shoulder Center
Years teaching fellows: 20 years

Christopher McCarthy, M.D.
Core Faculty
Practice: The Hand Center
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: Ohio State University
Fellowship: Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital
Years teaching fellows: 4 years

Joel Ferreira, M.D.
Core Faculty
Practice: University of Connecticut Musculoskeletal Institute
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Years teaching fellows: 8 years

Alan Babigian, M.D., FACS
Practice: Hartford Healthcare Medical Group
Specialty: Plastic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: University of Massachusetts
Fellowship: University of Connecticut
Years teaching fellows: 21 years

Nicholas Bontempo, M.D.
Practice: Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: Brown University; Rhode Island Hospital
Years teaching fellows: 10 years

Sonia Chaudhry, M.D., FAAOS, FACS
Clinical Faculty
Practice: Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: New York University
Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children (Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery) and University of Colorado (Hand and Microvascular Surgery)
Years teaching: 6 years

Peter Shaughnessy, M.D.
Clinical Faculty
Practice: The Hand Center
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship: New York University Langone Health
Years teaching fellows: 1 year

Additional Faculty

David Bass, M.D.
Practice: David M. Bass, M.D., PC
Specialty: Plastic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: Boston City Hospital and Albany Medical Center
Fellowship: Albany Medical Center and Hartford Hospital
Years teaching fellows: 49 years

Kevin Burton, M.D.
Practice: Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery, Hand, and Microvascular Surgery
Years teaching fellows: 19 years

Andrew Caputo, M.D.
Practice: Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center
Years teaching fellows: 25 years

Chris Judson, M.D.
Practice: Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: University of Utah
Years teaching fellows: 6 years

Steven Smith, M.D.
Practice: Hartford Healthcare Medical Group
Specialty: Plastic Surgery/Hand Surgery
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Presbyterian Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Years teaching fellows: 17 years