The Hand Center at SRO

The North Bay’s premier resource for hand and upper extremity care

The Hand Center at SRO is the only Hand Center in California north of San Francisco that consists of board-certified orthopaedic surgeons who have earned the Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery (CAQ). This additional training at the fellowship level assures you that our surgeons provide the most up-to-date, medically appropriate treatment. In combination with our certified hand therapist and medical staff, our physicians offer exceptional quality, in both surgical and non-surgical evaluation and treatment.

EXPERTISE. ACCESSIBILITY. COORDINATED CARE.

The physicians and staff of the Hand Center at SRO are dedicated to providing the complete continuum of hand and upper extremity orthopaedic care, from prompt, accurate diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation.

Our entire team focuses on the needs of each patient, ensuring the most successful outcomes possible for both surgical and non-surgical treatment.

The Hand Center at SRO offers a comprehensive array of hand and upper extremity care options, including diagnostic and treatment options for:

  • Trauma care
  • Work-related injuries
  • Amputations
  • Nerve and tendon conditions
  • Arthritis
  • Fractures
  • Repetitive stress injuries
  • Congenital defects
  • Wound care

Team Effort, Improved Results
All In One Location

The Hand Center at SRO affords each patient state-of-the-art medical care in a friendly and compassionate environment. Our team treatment model focuses on diagnostics and meticulous surgical details, in addition to carefully monitored post-surgical rehabilitation and recovery.

The Hand Center’s surgeons and certified hand therapists consult together on cases to assure quality of care and deliver successful results for patients. This personalized, collaborative approach, which incorporates on-site diagnostic x-ray and MRI services as well as SRO’s fully automated and HIPAA-compliant electronic records system, enables us to work closely and efficiently with each patient to achieve the highest level of function and recovery.

EXPERIENCE OFFERS ADVANTAGES

The Hand Center at SRO is led by two respected, highly rated surgeons: Kai-Uwe Mazur, M.D. and Raymond Severt, M.D.

Drs. Mazur and Severt share a combined 27 years of experience in providing top-quality hand and upper extremity orthopaedic care to North Bay residents. Both surgeons actively participate in ongoing research at the national level.

Kai-Uwe Mazur, M.D.

Dr. Mazur is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with one year of specialized training in hand and upper extremity surgery. Following a certification exam, Dr. Mazur received a Certificate of Added Qualification for Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery (CAQ) from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He has been elected to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

A magna cum laude graduate of Brown University, Dr. Mazur received his medical degree with honors from New York University School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Southern California (USC), and pursued further training in hand and upper extremity surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr. Mazur holds several provisional U.S. medical device and surgical technique patents, and is cofounder and Chief Medical Director of Sonoma Orthopedic Products, a Sonoma County-based orthopedic surgical device company. More about Dr. Mazur. .

Raymond Severt, M.D.

Dr. Severt is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with one year of specialized training in hand and upper extremity surgery. Following a certification exam, Dr. Severt received a Certificate of Added Qualification for Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery (CAQ) from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

A magna cum laude graduate of UCLA with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry, Dr. Severt received his medical degree with honors from the UCLA School of Medicine, where he also completed his orthopaedic surgery residency. He completed additional specialty training in hand and upper extremity surgery at the Hand Center of San Antonio.

A familiar figure in the Sonoma County medical community, Dr. Severt has practiced in the North Bay since 1993. More about Dr. Severt. .

A Tradition Of Excellence

Santa Rosa Orthopaedic Group (SRO) has set the standard for orthopaedic care and services in the North Bay for more than 60 years. SRO’s member physicians are fellowship-trained sub-specialists who stay current with treatments, technologies, and procedures in joint replacement, sports medicine, foot and ankle surgery, spine surgery, trauma, physical medicine and rehabilitation and hand and upper extremity treatment.

SRO: Your First Step Toward Better Health

You are invited to schedule an appointment with the Santa Rosa Orthopaedic Medical Group by calling (707) 546-1922. You may request to see a specific physician, or you may choose to be referred to any of our outstanding physicians according to the specific specialty you require or by earliest availability.

STONY CIRCLE

THE HAND CENTER at SRO
Santa Rosa Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
131B Stony Circle, Suite 2000
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
(707) 546-1922
fax (707) 569-8620