The Hand Center of San Francisco, Inc., 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2018, San Francisco, CA, USA
Dr. Bickel is the Founding Director of The Hand Center of San Francisco. He received his M.D. education at UCLA, his residency in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford, Hand Surgery Fellowship at the Curtis National Hand Center, and AO Upper Extremity Trauma Fellowship in Bern, Switzerland.
MD: UCLA School of Medicine
BS in Psychobiology from UCLA
Residency in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: Stanford University Medical Center
Hand Surgery Fellowship at The Curtis National Hand Center, Baltimore, MD
AO Trauma Fellowship at Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
Microsurgery Fellowship at Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Board Certified in Hand Surgery and Plastic Surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
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Not all patients with Dupuytren’s disease require medical treatment. In the early stages of the disease, nodules may form in the palm, but there’s no effect on motion and no other symptoms. Because we typically...
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If you’ve had surgery for Dupuytren’s contracture, there’s a period of time where you’ll be recovering and not be fully functional. We usually require patients to wear a bandage and a splint after surgery for...
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Testing for carpal tunnel syndrome involves clinical testing and diagnosis as well as specific physiologic tests that are performed by a neurologist. At its core, Carpal tunnel syndrome is a clinical diagnosis. That means that...
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Having Carpal Tunnel Syndrome doesn’t mean that symptoms will always be present. Especially early in the condition, symptoms are often intermittent. Most often we hear people start to complain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with symptoms...
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The Hand Center of San Francisco, Inc., 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2018, San Francisco, CA, USA
(415) 751-HAND
Weekdays from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
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