Leadership

Andrea Bauer is a pediatric hand surgeon at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bauer earned her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and her orthopedic residency at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program. She completed a fellowship in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as a fellowship in Pediatric Hand Surgery at Shriners Hospitals for Children – Northern California. Dr. Bauer spent 4 years as a Pediatric Hand Surgeon at Shriners Hospital and UC Davis before moving to Boston Children’s in 2015, where she is currently Director of the Brachial Plexus Program. Dr. Bauer focuses on the care of children with congenital hand differences, brachial plexus and other nerve injuries, and upper limb injuries due to trauma and sports. She enjoys teaching residents and fellows and is a mentor to medical students interested in becoming orthopaedic surgeons. Her research interests include brachial plexus birth injury and congenital hand differences.

Lindley Wall is the Jacqueline N. Baker and W. Randolph Baker Professor and Chief of Pediatric and Adolescent Orthopedics in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Wall specializes in the evaluation and treatment of congenital and upper extremity abnormalities, spasticity of the upper extremity, birth brachial plexus injuries, pediatric upper extremity trauma and reconstruction.

Dr. Wall has published nearly 100 publications and speaks regularly nationally and internationally. She is a mentor of numerous hand surgery fellows, Orthopedic residents and medical students from various locations. She is a member of many organizations and societies, and participates with the World Pediatric Project, an organization that provides healthcare for children in Central American and the Eastern Caribbean.

Dr. Wall graduated from Duke University and received her MD degree from Washington University School of Medicine. She completed her Residency in Orthopaedics at Washington University and her Fellowship in Hand Surgery at the University of Cincinnati. She has spent her career at Washington University School of Medicine. Her husband, Frederick, is a successful Architectural Consultant and Artist, and she has 2 children, ages 8 and 6.

Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA is a pediatric hand and upper extremity surgeon that specializes in the treatment of brachial plexus birth injuries, congenital hand differences, and complex upper limb trauma. He completed his undergraduate studies in economics at Yale University and medical school at Columbia University where he was enrolled in a dual degree program and earned an MBA.

Dr. Shah completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Michigan and fellowship in hand surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He completed a second fellowship in pediatric hand and upper extremity surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital under the mentorship of Peter Waters, MD and Donald Bae, MD.
Dr. Shah is currently an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where he serves as the Director of the Brachial Plexus Program and Director of Orthopaedic Research. He has published over 150 research manuscripts and textbook chapters. Dr. Shah is sponsored by the Touching Hands Project and travels annually to Honduras for a pediatric hand surgery mission. He lives outside of Philadelphia with his wife and children. He is a loyal fan of the Philadelphia Eagles and enjoys hiking, downhill skiing, craft beer and travel.

Donald S. Bae, MD, is Director of the Hand and Orthopaedic Upper Extremity Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Professor of Orthopaedics at Harvard Medical School. After fellowship training in both pediatric orthopaedics and hand surgery, he has served as a full-time clinical associate at Boston Children’s Hospital, caring for congenital, traumatic, neuromuscular, and sports-related conditions of the upper limb. Dr. Bae also serves as a consultant to the Fetal Care and Surgery Center, providing services for patients/families diagnosed prenatally with congenital differences.

Dr. Bae’s clinical research focuses on pediatric upper limb conditions, including congenital upper limb differences. He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed publications and co-authored the textbook entitled Pediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery: A Practical Guide. He is Co-PI of the multicenter prospective Congenital Upper Limb Differences (CoULD) registry. He is also co-PI of multicenter registries of pediatric distal radius fractures and osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow. Dr. Bae serves as Associate Clinical Director of his hospital’s simulation program, co-Director of the Harvard Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship, and Treasurer of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. He has been an invited lecturer internationally and previously served as Director of the International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium.

Dr. Garcia is an orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. After completing her fellowship in adult hand and upper extremity surgery at Stanford University, Dr. Garcia completed a fellowship in pediatric and congenital hand surgery at the Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Northern California. Dr. Garcia’s clinical and research passions revolve around providing care and investigating outcomes for children with congenital hand differences and those affected by upper extremity traumatic injuries. In her spare time, she enjoys the mountains in Utah, road biking, and trying new restaurants.

Kevin J. Little is a pediatric hand and upper limb surgeon at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He received two degrees from the Johns Hopkins University, with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the Whiting School of Engineering in 1999n and an M.D. from the School of Medicine in 2004 and completed his orthopaedic residency training at the University of Cincinnati in 2009. He also completed two fellowships, one in hand and microsurgery at the Thomas Jefferson University/Philadelphia Hand Center, and one in pediatric hand and upper limb surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He has been a full-time surgeon at Cincinnati Children’s since graduating from fellowship in 2011.

Dr. Little specializes in the pediatric upper limb, including complex upper limb trauma, brachial plexus and nerve reconstruction, cerebral palsy, congenital hand malformations and thoracic outlet syndrome. He has nearly 100 publications including peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has given lectures on pediatric hand topics across the globe. He has been the fellowship director for both the Mary S. Stern Hand Surgery Fellowship and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Pediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery. Additionally, he has volunteered extensively around the world by leading surgical mission trips to Peru and Honduras with Health Volunteers Overseas, St. Vincent and the Grenadines with World Pediatric Project, and Ahmedabad, India with Cincinnati Children’s at the Touching Hands Project through the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Dr. Little is excited to join the PHSG board after 15 years as a member. In his limited free time he enjoys traveling with his wife and 3 teenagers, coaching and watching sports and fencing with the local club.

Dr. Davidge graduated from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine in 2005, and subsequently completed her residency training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Toronto in 2012.  During her residency, she completed a two-year Master’s degree in clinical epidemiology that was supported through local and national funding agencies.  Dr. Davidge then pursued fellowship training in hand, peripheral nerve, and microsurgery at the Washington University of St. Louis, under the direction of Dr. Susan Mackinnon.

She also completed a second fellowship in Paediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at SickKids.  Dr. Davidge joined SickKids and the University of Toronto in 2015, where her clinical focus is in paediatric hand, peripheral nerve, and microsurgery.  Dr. Davidge has been the recipient of numerous awards for her clinical, academic, and research work, and is the author of several peer-reviewed publications.

Her research program focuses on improving function, pain and quality of life outcomes in brachial plexus birth injury, acute flaccid myelitis, congenital hand differences, and sarcoma.

Meagan Pehnke is a Clinical Specialist in the Occupational Therapy department at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). As a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT), Meagan specializes in pediatric hand therapy and plays an integral role in both the Brachial Plexus and Orthopaedics Clinics.

Meagan serves as a researcher on the Hand and Upper Extremity team, with a focused interest in congenital differences and brachial plexus birth injuries (BPBI). Her work in these areas has led to multiple publications, and she has presented her research at both national and international conferences. She has lectured at multi-disciplinary conferences in areas related to her expertise in pediatric hand and upper extremity rehabilitation. Meagan is a member of the American Society of Hand Therapist (ASHT) Pediatric Committee and served as co-chair for ASHT’s 2026 Pediatric Specialty Day.

In addition to her academic and research work, Meagan serves as a clinical mentor and is actively involved in expanding the pediatric hand therapy program at CHOP, with a focus on improving access to specialized care and advancing best practices in the field.