Milan Stevanovic, MD, PhD

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Title:

  • Professor of Orthopaedics and Surgery

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Specialties:

  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Pediatrics

Sub-specialties:

  • Hand Surgery
  • Reconstructive Microsurgery

Background:

Dr. Stevanovic has been in practice at the University of Southern California since 1993, specializing in problems of the upper extremity. Dr. Stevanovic came to the United States from the University of Belgrade, where he was chief of the hand and upper extremity program as well as the replantation team from 1984 – 1992. Subsequently, after passing the necessary exams, Dr. Stevanovic joined the USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He completed Dr. Joseph H. Boyes' hand fellowship program in Los Angeles with Dr. Herbert Stark and Dr. Ray Ashworth. Following this, Dr. Stevanovic spent 18 months with Dr. James Urbaniak at Duke University in North Carolina. He has had the opportunity to conduct research and present clinical papers and has been invited to moderate symposia on many of the difficult problems of upper extremity reconstruction both nationally and internationally. His publications include both clinical research as well as invited chapters for hand surgery textbooks. Dr. Stevanovic also serves as reviewer of several hand and microsurgery journals. His most recent honor was the induction into the Serbian Science Academy.

Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Other Health Professions, University of Belgrade, 1987
  • Master of Science, Other Health Professions, University of Belgrade, 1978
  • Doctor of Medicine, Medicine, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1972

Internships:

  • University of Belgrade Serbia, Yugoslavia, 1972 - 1973

Residencies:

  • Institute for Sports Medicine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1973 - 1975
  • University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Orthopaedic Surgery, 1974 - 1979

Fellowships:

  • University of Southern California - Hand Surgery, 1979 - 1980
  • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC - Microsurgery, 1983 - 1984

Board Certification:

  • Board of Orthopaedics, Yugoslavia

Professional Society Memberships:

  • S.I.C.O.T.
  • International Orthopaedic Association
  • Hellenic Orthopaedic Association
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Serbian Orthopaedic Association (Honorary Member)
  • Serbian Sports Medicine Society
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Piedmont Orthopaedic Society
  • American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  • American Society for Peripheral Nerve
  • Western Orthopaedic Association
  • Duke Hand Club
  • Los Angeles Hand Club

Awards:

  • Medals and Diploma for Medical Contribution, FILA
  • International Wrestling Federation 75th Year Anniversary, France,1987
  • Teaching Award, Joseph H. Boyes Hand Surgery Fellowship Program, 1993 - 1994
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, USC Department of Orthopaedics, 1993 - 1994
  • Best Senior Paper Award, Accuracy of the preoperative examination in zone 5 wrist lacerations, USC Department of Orthopaedics, 1994
  • Best Junior Paper Award, "Volar Zone 5 Wrist Lacerations", USC Department of Orthopaedics, 1994
  • Teacher of the Year Award, USC Department of Orthopaedics, 1995 - 1996
  • Teaching Award, Joseph H. Boyes Hand Surgery Fellowship Program, 1997 - 1998
  • Chadwick F. Smith, M.D. Award, International Children's Program, Orthopaedic Hospital, 1998
  • Microsurgery Teaching Award, USC / Joseph H. Boyes Hand Surgery Fellowship Class of 2000
  • Best Senior Paper Award, "Tissue engineering for massive rotator cuff tendon defects using the porcine small intestinal submucosa device in an experimental animal model", USC Department of Orthopaedics, 2002
  • Named in America's Top Doctors, 2004 - 2005 and 2006 - 2007
  • Best Junior Paper Award, "A Surgical Anatomical Study of the Suprascapular Nerve", 2007

Languages:

  • English
  • French
  • Serbian