Dr. Martin Skie is an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Toledo Medical Center. He earned his doctorate of medicine at the Medical College of Ohio, which is now known as the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. He specializes in hand surgery and carpal tunnel, and has special interests in traumatic wrist injuries and deformity following forearm and distal radius fractures and elbow instability.
Martin C. Skie, MD Orthopedic Surgery : Hand and Microsurgery UToledo Health
Question: What made you choose to become an orthopedic surgeon with a specialization in hand surgery and carpal tunnel? And how long have you been in the field?
A: I became an orthopedic surgeon with a specialization in hand surgery for a couple of reasons. As a medical student I absolutely love the anatomy and in particular the anatomy of both the arm and the leg. I was [fascinated] by the way everything worked and how the wrist and fingers functioned. The other factor that drew me toward hand surgery were some of the doctors that I worked with during my training. I was impressed by the way they interacted with their patients and the way they can sit down at an office and hold someone’s hand and have a face-to-face conversation about the problem. As I watched them practice it became easy to envision myself doing that job. I have been working as an orthopedic hand surgeon for 30 years at the University of Toledo Medical Center.
Q: Do you see patients from one type of career more than others?…