Alexander Lauder, MD
Assistant Professor, Orthopedics

Professional Titles

• Denver Health Medical Center Executive Committee, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
• Director of Research, Division of Hand Surgery
• ASSH International Outreach Committee

Recognition & Awards

• Denver Health Pediatric Trauma Council Award, Denver Health Department of Trauma (2021)
• Faculty Teaching Award - Colonel Allan L. Bucknell Award for Excellence in Resident Education, University of Colorado Dept. of Orthopaedics (2021)
• Fulbright Fellow, US Department of State (2006)

Teaching

Publications

• Nicholson LT, Pidgeon TS, Lauder A, Rellan I, Richard MJ, Ruch DS. Lunate Revascularization With Temporary Internal Radiocarpal Spanning Fixation for Kienböck Disease. Hand (N Y). 2023 Jan;18(1):126-132. PubMed PMID: 33855882
• Douleh DG, Baldini T, Rogers M, Leversedge FJ, Lauder A. Ligament-Sparing Volar Radiocarpal Arthrotomy During Distal Radius Fracture Repair: Anatomical Description and Quantification of Articular Surface Area Visualized in a Cadaveric Model. J Hand Surg Am. 2022 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36253197
• Lockwood WC, Lauder A. Classification and Radiographic Characterization of Kienböck Disease. Hand Clin. 2022 Nov;38(4):405-415. PubMed PMID: 36244708
• McNulty M, Look N, Strage K, Lauder A. Orthopaedic Injuries After Introduction of Electric Scooters to Denver, Colorado. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Sep 15;30(18):897-902. PubMed PMID: 36001885
• France TJ, Leversedge FJ, Lauder A. Clinical Outcomes of Severely Angulated Fifth Metacarpal Neck Fractures Treated Nonsurgically. Hand (N Y). 2022 Jan 7;:15589447211063238. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34991365
• Douleh DG, Ipaktchi K, Lauder A. Hand Call Practices and Satisfaction: Survey Results From Hand Surgeons in the United States. J Hand Surg Am. 2022 Nov;47(11):1120.e1-1120.e9. PubMed PMID: 34756619
• Rodriguez-Fontan F, Maertens AS, Parry JA, Stacey S, Lauder A, Ipaktchi K, Heare A, Hadeed M, Mauffrey C. From Dr. Miller E. Preston (1879-1928) to the Department of Orthopaedics at Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, CO. Int Orthop. 2021 Nov;45(11):2997-3001. PubMed PMID: 34328538
• Wahl EP, Lauder AS, Pidgeon TS, Guerrero EM, Ruch DS, Richard MJ. Dorsal Wrist Spanning Plate Fixation for Treatment of Radiocarpal Fracture-Dislocations. Hand (N Y). 2021 Nov;16(6):834-842. PubMed PMID: 31847582
• Chen C, Scott F, Ipaktchi KR, Lauder A. Postoperative Digit and Hand Replantation Protocols: A Review of the Literature. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2021 Aug 1;29(15):e732-e742. PubMed PMID: 34185029
• Lauder A, Chen C, Bolson RM, Leversedge FJ. Management of Recalcitrant Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2021 Aug 1;29(15):635-647. PubMed PMID: 33999876
• Douleh DG, Ipaktchi K, Lauder A. Hand Call Practices and Satisfaction: Survey Results From Hand Surgeons in the United States. J Hand Surg Am. 2021 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34756619
• Pidgeon TS, Lauder AS, Tong BC, Green CL, Risoli T Jr, Richard MJ, Mithani SK. The Critical Portions of Carpal Tunnel Surgery: A Comparison Between Opinions of Surgeons and the General Public. J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33127208
• Lauder A, Richard MJ. Management of distal humerus fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2020 Jul;30(5):745-762. PubMed PMID: 31965305
• Guerrero EM, Lauder A, Federer AE, Glisson R, Richard MJ, Ruch DS. Metacarpal Position and Lunate Facet Screw Fixation in Dorsal Wrist-Spanning Bridge Plates for Intra-Articular Distal Radial Fracture: A Biomechanical Analysis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 Mar 4;102(5):397-403. PubMed PMID: 31904607
• Lauder A, Leversedge FJ. Long Segment, Mixed Sensorimotor Nerve Reconstruction with Allograft: A Case Report of High Radial Nerve Injury. JBJS Case Connect. 2020 Jan-Mar;10(1):e0207. PubMed PMID: 31899719
• Ferlauto H, Lauder A, Erdmann D. Free forearm fillet flap for chest wall reconstruction after forequarter amputation and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor excision. Duke Orthop J 2020. Accepted for publication Sept 2020.
• Lauder A, Mithani S, Leversedge FJ. Management of Recalcitrant Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019 Aug 1;27(15):551-562. PubMed PMID: 30973521
• Lauder A, Bentley RC, Mithani SK. Intraneural Masson Tumor of the Hand. Eplasty. 2019;19:ic9. PubMed PMID: 30858903
• Kennedy CD, Lauder AS, Pribaz JR, Kennedy SA. Differentiation Between Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis and Other Finger Infections. Hand (N Y). 2017 Nov;12(6):585-590. PubMed PMID: 28720000
• Lauder A, Hanel DP. Spanning Bridge Plate Fixation of Distal Radial Fractures. JBJS Rev. 2017 Feb 14;5(2). PubMed PMID: 28248738
• Matsen FA 3rd, Lauder A, Rector K, Keeling P, Cherones AL. Measurement of active shoulder motion using the Kinect, a commercially available infrared position detection system. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016 Feb;25(2):216-23. PubMed PMID: 26341024
• Kennedy SA, Stoll LE, Lauder AS. Human and other mammalian bite injuries of the hand: evaluation and management. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2015 Jan;23(1):47-57. PubMed PMID: 25538130
• Lauder A, Agnew S, Bakri K, Allan CH, Hanel DP, Huang JI. Functional Outcomes Following Bridge Plate Fixation for Distal Radius Fractures. J Hand Surg Am. 2015 Aug;40(8):1554-62. PubMed PMID: 26143028
• Lauder A, Jalisi S, Spiegel J, Stram J, Devaiah A. Antibiotic prophylaxis in the management of complex midface and frontal sinus trauma. Laryngoscope. 2010 Oct;120(10):1940-5. PubMed PMID: 20824781
• Lauder A, Devaiah A. Antibiotic prophylaxis in the surgical management of facial trauma. Laryngoscope. 2010;120 Suppl 4:S232. PubMed PMID: 21225830

Professional Memberships

• American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Candidate Member
• American Association for Hand Surgery, Member
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Candidate Member
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery Subspecialty Certification