About Us

 
  K leinert, Kutz and Associates Hand Care Center, PLLC, with internationally known surgeons and researchers, has grown steadily for more than 40 years. Our goal is to restore to patients the function and quality of life associated with strong, healthy hands and arms.

The practice offers comprehensive medical care for the upper extremity at its locations in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky and in New Albany, Indiana. We also offer educational materials and services through the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and MicroSurgery, Inc.

The physicians have a long-standing affiliation with the University of Louisville School of Medicine and the Jewish Hospital Health network.


We Performed the World's First
  • Reported repair of a digital artery
  • Reported successful technique for primary flexor tendon repair
  • Vascularized epiphyseal transfer
  • Bilateral forearm replantation
  • Bilateral upper arm replantation

Significant Achievements

  • Nation's first five hand transplants
  • One of the world's first cross-hand replantations
  • Pioneered work in primary reconstruction using free tissue transfer
  • National award for research in blood flow to the nerve


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©2007 Kleinert Kutz, PLLC
225 Abraham Flexner Way, Suite 700
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
(502) 561-4263

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