Email

thomas.hunt@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor and Chair

Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Primary) Professor of Surgery (Secondary) Professor of Space Medicine (Secondary) Chair, Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery Wilhelmina Barnhart Endowed Chair

Addresses

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge Street
Suite 10A
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 986-6016
thomas.hunt@bcm.edu

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Office)

7200 Cambridge Street
Suite 10A
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 986-6016
thomas.hunt@bcm.edu

Education

MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

05/1986 - Nashville, Tennessee United States

Internship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

06/1987 - Nashville, Tennessee United States

Surgery

Residency at University of Kansas Medical Center

06/1992 - Kansas City, Kansas United States

Orthopaedic Surgery

Fellowship at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

06/1993 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microsurgery

DSc from University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Health Professions

05/2014 - Birmingham, Alabama United States

Health Services Administration

BS from Stanford University

06/1982 - Palo Alto, California United States

Biological Sciences

Fellowship at University of Kansas Medical Center

06/1988 - Kansas City, Kansas

Orthopedic Surgery Research / Osteoinduction

Certifications

Subspecialty Certificate in Surgery of the Hand

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopaedic Surgery Board Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

TPI Certification

Titleist Performance Institute

Professional Interests

• Hand, wrist, forearm & elbow disorders
• Hand and wrist injuries in athletes & performing artists
• Arthritic deformities involving the hand and wrist
• Nerve injuries & compression neuropathies /upper extremity
• Ligament injuries involving the hand, wrist, and forearm
• Complex disorders related to the hand, wrist, and forearm

Professional Statement

Myself and my team provide highly individualized / innovative / patient-centered care with a strong focus on quality and patient safety. As a result, we are able to achieve predictable and effective outcomes following treatment of even the most complex problems impacting our patient's hands, wrists, forearms, and elbows. Our efforts are all geared to getting patients back to their active lives quickly.

Websites

Professional Development

Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers

Course (Participant, 2009)

Sponsor: Harvard University School of Public Health

AOA Leadership and Management Series – Module 1 - 3

Course (Participant, 2008)

Sponsor: Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

Baylor Scott & White Executive Education Program

Course (Participant, 2014)

Sponsor: Scott & White Healthcare

Strategy for Value-Based Health Care Delivery

Course (Participant, 2015)

Sponsor: Harvard and Rice Business Schools

Value-Based Healthcare Delivery - Executive Summit

Conference (Participant, 2015)

Sponsor: Texas Medical Center

Leadership Fellows Program

Course (Participant, 2003)

Sponsor: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Selected Publications

• Hunt TR "What is the appropriate treatment for Dupuytren contracture?." Cleve Clin J Med. 2003 February ; 70 (2): 96-7. Pubmed PMID: 12636340
• Marcus AM, Culver JE, Hunt TR "Treating trigger finger in diabetics using excision of the ulnar slip of the flexor digitorum superficialis with or without A1 pulley release.." Hand (N Y). 2007 December ; 2 (4): 227-31. Pubmed PMID: 18780058
• Cash MP, Sherrill JM, Waitayawinyu T, Hunt TR, Shack RB, Thayer WP "Evaluation of FiberLoop Sutures in Locking and Nonlocking Tendon Repair.." Ann Plast Surg. 2012 June ; 68 (6): 583-7. Pubmed PMID: 21734555
• Morrison KD, Hunt TR "Comparing and contrasting methods for tenodesis of the ruptured distal biceps tendon.." Hand Clin. 2002 February ; 18 (1): 169-78. Pubmed PMID: 12143413

Memberships

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

member

American Association for Hand Surgery

Member

American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Member

American Orthopedic Association

Member

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

Fellow

NFL Houston Texans

Team Physician (11/2012)

Titleist Performance Institute

Medical Advisory Board Member (04/2014)

Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Disease Program of Texas

Program Advisory Member (11/2014)

National Football League Physicians Society

Member (02/2013)

Twentieth Century Orthopaedic Association

Member (08/2012)

Elite Athlete Hand and Wrist Group

Member (08/2012)

AO North America

Faculty