Louis Catalano, MD

Professional Titles

• Visiting Professor
• Associate Program Director of Hand Fellowship

Publications

• Rocks MC, Donnelly MR, Li A, Glickel SZ, Catalano LW 3rd, Posner M, Hacquebord JH. Demographics of Common Compressive Neuropathies in the Upper Extremity. Hand (N Y). 2022 Jul 9;:15589447221107701. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35815639
• Ramly EP, Alfonso AR, Berman ZP, Diep GK, Bass JL, Catalano LW 3rd, Ceradini DJ, Choi M, Cohen OD, Flores RL, Golas AR, Hacquebord JH, Levine JP, Saadeh PB, Sharma S, Staffenberg DA, Thanik VD, Rojas A, Bernstein GL, Gelb BE, Rodriguez ED. The First Successful Combined Full Face and Bilateral Hand Transplant. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Aug 1;150(2):414-428. PubMed PMID: 35674521
• Kirby DJ, Merkow DB, Catalano WL, Catalano LW. A Brief History of Tendon Transfer and, Specifically, the Opposition Tendon Transfer. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2022 Jun;80(2):186-189. PubMed PMID: 35643482
• Merkow D, Rocks M, Ryan D, Shaughnessy P, Catalano L. Proximal Hamate Autograft for Proximal Scaphoid Pole Reconstruction A Case Report. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2022 Jun;80(2):155-159. PubMed PMID: 35643475
• Azad A, Kegel G, Phelps J, Marshall A, Lafer MP, Rocks M, Catalano L, Barron OA, Glickel S. A Prospective Analysis of Patient Characteristics Affecting the Outcome of Dorsal Splinting for Soft Tissue Mallet Injuries. Hand (N Y). 2022 May 25;:15589447221093674. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35611505
• Azad A, DE Tolla J, Ayalon O, Hacquebord JH, Glickel SZ, Catalano LW. Penlight versus Smartphone: Diagnostic Efficacy of Transillumination. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2022 Apr;27(2):340-344. PubMed PMID: 35404214
• Rodriguez-Fontan F, Catalano LWIII, et al: Clinical Outcomes Following Proximal Hamate Reconstruction of Proximal Pole Scaphoid Nonunions: A Case Series. Hand, Feb 2023. (37161279)
• Bookman J, Catalano LW III, et al: "Determining the Optimal Dosage for Corticosteroid Injection in Trigger Finger". Hand, May 2023. (37191248).
• Layne J, Meyer MA, and Catalano LW III: Metacarpal Neck Osteochondroma: an Atypical Cause of “Trigger Finger”. J Hand Surg Global Online, April 2023. (37521543)
• Meyer MA, Leversedge FJ, Catalano LW 3rd, Lauder A. Complex Elbow Fracture-Dislocations: An Algorithmic Approach to Treatment. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2024 Aug 1;32(15):669-680. PubMed PMID: 38709855
• Moses MJ, Catalano LW III et al: Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty: What’s the Rule of Thumb.Bull Hosp Jt Dis 81(1):84-90. March 2023. (3682174)
• France T, Lockwood W, Gu S, Tucker N, Baldini T, Lauder A, Catalano LW 3rd. Radiocapitellar and Ulnotrochlear Pressures Increase in a Radial Head Fracture Model: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Analysis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Apr 3;106(7):600-607. PubMed PMID: 38147503
• Chen JS, Catalano LW III, et al: Osteolysis Following the Use of Polyetheretherketone Suture Anchors in Hand and Wrist Surgery: A Preliminary Study. JHS. August 2023. (7542497)
• Daniels SD, Catalano LW III, et al: Posterolateral Rotatory Instability Develops Following the Modified Kocher Approach and Does Not Resolve Following Interval Repair. J Bone Joint Surg Am. Oct 2023. (37616381)
• Radiocapitellar and Ulnotrochlear Pressures Increase in a Radial Head Fracture Model: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Analysis. France T, Lockwood W, Gu S, Tucker N, Baldini T, Lauder A, Catalano LW 3rd. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 Dec 26. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00417. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38147503
• Rodriguez-Fontan F, Tucker NJ, Pflug EM, Leversedge FJ, Catalano LW, Lauder A. Proximal Hamate Reconstruction of Proximal Pole Scaphoid Nonunion: A Case Series and Analysis of Clinical Outcomes. Hand (N Y). 2024 Sep;19(6):967-977. PubMed PMID: 37161279
• Rocks MC, Donnelly MR, Li A, Glickel SZ, Catalano LW 3rd, Posner M, Hacquebord JH. Demographics of Common Compressive Neuropathies in the Upper Extremity. Hand (N Y). 2024 Mar;19(2):217-223. PubMed PMID: 35815639

Practice Locations

CU Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine - UCHealth Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver
175 Inverness Drive West
Suite 200
Englewood, CO 80112
303-694-3333

UCHealth Hand Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
4th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0485

CU Medicine Regenerative Medicine, Hand and Spine Center
175 Inverness Drive West
Suite 200
Englewood, CO 80112
303-694-3333

CU Medicine Orthopedics - Highlands Ranch Specialty Care Center
1500 Park Central Drive
Suite 401
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-516-4087

UCHealth Orthopedics - Highlands Ranch Hospital
1500 Park Central Drive
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-516-1000

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Hand Surgery, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Surgery - Arm and hand injuries and disorders
• Surgery
• Surgery - Hand Surgery
• Surgery - Fracture nonunions
• Surgery - Nerve surgery
• Surgery - Wrist fractures