Support

In order to honor the memory of Dr. Manske, we have created the Paul Manske Pediatric Hand Research Fund at University of Minnesota Foundation to:

  1. Support research by offering grants for the institutions hosting future annual meetings of the PHSG.
  2. Continue to offer an annual award for the pediatric hand article that provides the greatest potential impact on the treatment of pediatric hand conditions.
  3. Sponsor international hand surgeons to attend our annual meeting.

The PHSG annual meeting is funded by a grant from the Paul Manske Pediatric Hand Research Fund.  By contributing to this fund, you will maintain your name on the PHSG mailing list and obtain a password for access to annual meeting information on this website.  Please donate in order to maintain your name on the mailing list, continue to invite you to the meetings, and most importantly, keep up the good work of the PHSG!

We welcome your support!  Please read this section carefully, as our donation process has changed:

  • Upon donation, you will receive an email with a password to the Member Resources section of this website. 
  • Your password will provide access to the option to register for the PHSG Annual Meeting and / or the PHSG lunch at the ASSH Annual Meeting during the calendar year of your donation, in addition to access to new, additional Member Resources (member list, research projects, job listings, and publications/research*). We hope that these Resources will entice you to donate even if you can’t attend the meetings!
  • As you contemplate the amount you wish to donate, please consider that the cost per attendee for the last several meetings has exceeded $250. The donation requested from non-surgeons has increased, but is still less than half the cost per meeting attendee, so we are continuing the tradition of requesting a more generous donation from surgeons in order to provide meeting scholarships for non-surgeon members.

Hand Surgeons

Mirror Hand Level – $10,000

  • You will earn one year of gratitude of your fellow hand surgeons by sponsorship of one entire PHSG meeting, in addition to lifetime access to the member portion of the mailing list.  .
    • Boston Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery Foundation – 2013
    • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery – 2017

Madelung Level – $500

  • Surgeons who donate at this level will receive a password for the Member Resources section of the PHSG e-mail list (see above for details).
  • This level supports the annual PHSG meeting and the Paul Manske Award for the best congenital hand article, and provides scholarships for two non-surgeons to attend the annual meeting.  You’re on the honor system – you don’t have to identify the individuals you invite – and please consider this level of donation even if you don’t invite a non-surgeon, as many non-sponsored non-surgeons would like to attend the meeting!
  • This level also supports a scholarship for an international pediatric hand surgeon from a resource-poor country.

Polydactyly Contribution – $350

  • Surgeons who donate at this level will receive a password for the Member Resources section of the PHSG e-mail list (see above for details).
  • This level supports the annual PHSG meeting and the Paul Manske Award for the best congenital hand article, and provides a scholarship for one non-surgeon (therapists, residents, fellows, etc.) to attend the annual meeting.  You’re on the honor system – you don’t have to identify the individual (and please consider this level of donation even if you don’t invite a non-surgeon, as many non-sponsored non-surgeons would like to attend the meeting!

Hypoplastic Thumb Level – $250

  • Surgeons who donate at this level will receive a password for the Member Resources section of the PHSG e-mail list (see above for details).
  • This level supports the annual PHSG meeting and the Paul Manske Award for the best congenital hand article

Non-Surgeons only (Therapists, Research Coordinators, Residents, Fellows, PA’s, NP’s, Nurses etc.)

Syndactyly Level  $100

  • This level of donation does not support research or the Manske Award, nor is it sufficient to support meeting attendance without a scholarship donation by a hand surgeon (see above).  It does not provide access to the Member Resources section of the website.      
  • Non-surgeons who donate at this level will receive an email with a password to PHSG Annual Meeting Registration page of the website, and will be awarded a scholarship to attend the PHSG Annual Meeting.   

Please contact Freddie Burnett, Ann Van Heest or Michelle James if you have any questions.

After you donate, we will register your account and share your user account credentials via email. Please reach out to Freddie Burnett with any trouble concerning your account.