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Duffield Ashmead, M.D.<\/a>
\nProgram Director
\nPractice: The Hand Center
\nSpecialty: Plastic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: Hartford Hospital (General Surgery) & University of Massachusetts (Plastic Surgery)
\nFellowship: University of Connecticut
\nYears teaching fellows: 31 years<\/p>\n

Daniel Mastella, M.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Program Director
\nPractice: The Hand Center
\nSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: University of Connecticut
\nFellowship: Philadelphia Hand and Shoulder Center
\nYears teaching fellows: 20 years<\/p>\n

Christopher McCarthy, M.D.<\/a>
\nCore Faculty
\nPractice: The Hand Center
\nSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: Ohio State University
\nFellowship: Harvard University\/Massachusetts General Hospital
\nYears teaching fellows: 4 years<\/p>\n

Alan Babigian, M.D., FACS<\/a>
\nPractice: Hartford Healthcare Medical Group
\nSpecialty: Plastic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: University of Massachusetts
\nFellowship: University of Connecticut
\nYears teaching fellows: 21 years<\/p>\n

Nicholas Bontempo, M.D.<\/a>
\nPractice: Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
\nSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: University of Connecticut
\nFellowship: Brown University; Rhode Island Hospital
\nYears teaching fellows: 10 years<\/p>\n

Sonia Chaudhry, M.D., FAAOS, FACS<\/a>
\nClinical Faculty
\nPractice: Connecticut Children\u2019s Medical Center
\nSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: New York University
\nFellowship: Hospital for Sick Children (Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery) and University of Colorado (Hand and Microvascular Surgery)
\nYears teaching: 6 years<\/p>\n

Peter Shaughnessy, M.D.<\/a>
\nClinical Faculty
\nPractice: The Hand Center
\nSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
\nFellowship: New York University Langone Health
\nYears teaching fellows: 1 year<\/p>\n

Additional Faculty<\/h3>\n

David Bass, M.D.<\/a>
\nPractice: David M. Bass, M.D., PC
\nSpecialty: Plastic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: Boston City Hospital and Albany Medical Center
\nFellowship: Albany Medical Center and Hartford Hospital
\nYears teaching fellows: 49 years<\/p>\n

Kevin Burton, M.D.<\/a>
\nPractice: Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
\nSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: University of Connecticut
\nFellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery, Hand, and Microvascular Surgery
\nYears teaching fellows: 19 years<\/p>\n

Andrew Caputo, M.D.<\/a>
\nPractice: Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
\nSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: University of Connecticut
\nFellowship: Duke University Medical Center
\nYears teaching fellows: 25 years<\/p>\n

Chris Judson, M.D.<\/a>
\nPractice: Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
\nSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: University of Connecticut
\nFellowship: University of Utah
\nYears teaching fellows: 6 years<\/p>\n

Steven Smith, M.D.<\/a>
\nPractice: Hartford Healthcare Medical Group
\nSpecialty: Plastic Surgery\/Hand Surgery
\nResidency: University of Pennsylvania
\nFellowship: Presbyterian Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
\nYears teaching fellows: 17 years<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":6656,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 10:21:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25078"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32752,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25078\/revisions\/32752"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}