Andrew D. Sobel, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

4.9 with 490 ratings

Sees patients age 7 and up

Andrew D. Sobel, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

4.9 with 490 ratings

Sees patients age 7 and up

Director, Hand Surgery Clinical Research Program
Program Director (Interim), Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Sobel is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Meet Dr. Sobel

Dr. Sobel specializes in hand, wrist and elbow surgery for everything from common to the most complex injuries and disorders. With a clinical focus on trauma and microsurgery, he treats nerve injuries and compression, fractures, arthritis, tendon disorders, sports-related injuries, wounds, tumors, and microvascular issues.

Clinical expertise includes: De Quervain's Tenosynovitis.

Abnormalities of the Bone
Adhesive Capsulitis
Adolescent Fractures
Adult Deformity Surgery
Amputation of Finger
Amputation of Thumb
Amputee
Animal Bite of the Hand
Anterior Interosseous Compression Neuropathy
Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome
Arm Abnormalities
Arm Arthritis
Arm Fracture
Arm Fracture Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (Arm ORIF)
Arm Fracture Surgery
Arm Injury
Arm Mass
Arm Pain
Arm Steroid Injection
Arthritis
Arthritis of Fingers
Arthrodesis (Ankle Fusion)
Arthrodesis of Wrist
Arthroplasty Wrist
Arthroscopy
Arthroscopy of Forearm
Arthroscopy of Wrist
Articular Fracture
Aspiration
Avascular Necrosis (Osteonecrosis)
Avascular Necrosis of Scaphoid
Avascular Necrosis of the Arm
Avascular Necrosis of the Fingers
Avascular Necrosis of the Hand
Avascular Necrosis of the Lunate
Avascular Necrosis of the Wrist
Basal Joint Arthritis
Basal Joint Arthritis Surgery
Benign Tumor Removal of the Hand
Bicep Injury
Bicep Tear
Bicep Tendon Tear
Bone and Joint Infections
Bone Cyst
Bone Diseases
Bone Fracture
Bone Grafting
Bone Infection (Osteomyelitis)
Bone Reset
Bone Spur (Osteophyte)
Bone Surgery
Boutonniere Deformity
Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
Brachial Plexus Exploration and Repair
Brachial Plexus Injury
Brachial Plexus Surgery
Broken Finger (Finger Fracture)
Broken Finger Surgery
Broken Internal Joint Prosthesis
Broken Wrist Surgery (Colles Fracture Surgery)
Buckle Fracture
Bursectomy of Hand
Bursitis
Bursitis of the Elbow
Bursitis of the Hand
Bursitis of the Wrist
Cancerous Tumor Removal of the Hand
Carpal Sequestrectomy
Carpal Tunnel Release
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpometacarpal Boss
Cartilage Injury
Cat Bite of Hand
Cellulitis of Finger
Chondroma
Clavicle Fracture
Clavicle Fracture Surgery
Claw Hand
Clicking Elbow
Closed Reduction and Manipulation
Cmc Thumb Arthroplasty
Cold Sensitivity Hands
Colles Fracture
Comminuted Fracture
Compartment Syndrome
Complex Elbow Injury
Complications of Internal Fixation Device
Compound Fracture
Contracture
Cosmetic Hand Surgery
Cubital Tunnel Surgery
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Curettage of Bone Lesion
Cyst Removal
De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
De Quervain's Tenosynovitis Surgery
Degenerative Joint Disease of the Elbow
Degenerative Joint Disease of the Hand
Delayed Union
Developmental and Congenital Hand Deformities
Developmental Hand Deformities
Digital Ischemia
Digital Mucous Cysts
Digital Nerve Repair
Dislocated Thumb
Dislocation of Wrist
Displaced Fracture
Distal Biceps Tendon Problem
Distal Radial Fracture
Dog Bite of Hand
Dupuytren's Contracture
Elbow Arthritis
Elbow Biceps Tendon Injury
Elbow Bone Spurs (Osteophyte)
Elbow Contracture
Elbow Dislocation
Elbow Fracture
Elbow Fracture Surgery
Elbow Injection
Elbow Injuries
Elbow Instability
Elbow Ligament Tear
Elbow Mass
Elbow MCL Injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)
Elbow Pain
Elbow Plica
Elbow Reconstruction
Elbow Soft Tissue Injury
Elbow Sprain
Elbow Strain
Elbow Surgery
Elbow Tendon Lengthening
Elbow Tendonitis
Emergency Surgery
Epicondylitis
Excision of Bone Cyst
Extensor Tendon Laceration
Extensor Tendon Repair
External Fixation
Fasciotomy of Hand
Felon
Finger Abscess
Finger Deformity
Finger Deformity Surgery
Finger Dislocation
Finger Flexor Recession
Finger Fracture Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (Finger ORIF)
Finger Fracture Surgery
Finger Injection
Finger Injury
Finger Joint Replacement
Finger Pain
Finger Reattachment
Finger Sprain
Finger Tendon Lengthening
Finger Tendon Tear
Fingertip Repair
Flexor Tendon Repair
Forearm Fracture
Forearm Fracture Surgery
Forearm Injury
Foreign Body
Frostbite of Finger
Fusion of Joint
Galeazzi Fracture
Galeazzi Fracture Surgery
Gamekeeper's Thumb
Ganglion Cyst
Ganglion Cyst Aspiration
Ganglion Cyst Removal (Ganglionectomy)
Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath of Hand
Glomus Tumor
Golfer's Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis)
Gout of the Hand
Gout of the Wrist
Growth Plate Fracture
Growth Plate Fracture Surgery
Growth Plate Injury
Gymnast's Wrist
Hand Arthritis
Hand Deformities
Hand Fracture
Hand Fracture Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (Hand ORIF)
Hand Fracture Surgery
Hand Hardware Removal
Hand Infection
Hand Injury
Hand Mass
Hand Pain
Hand Reconstructive Surgery
Hand Steroid Injection
Hand Surgery
Hand Tendon Injury
Hand Tendon Repair
Hand Tendon Transfer
Hand Tendonitis
Hand Therapies
Hand Transplant
Hand Tumor
Hand Wound
Heterotopic Ossification
Heterotopic Ossification Excision
High Pressure Injection Injury of Hand
Human Bite of the Hand
Human Bites
Humerus Fracture
Humerus Fracture Surgery (Upper Arm Fracture Surgery)
Hypothenar Hammer Syndrome
Independent Medical Examination (IME)
Instability of Internal Prosthesis
Internal Fixation
Joint Dislocation
Joint Effusion
Joint Infection
Joint Injection
Joint Instability
Joint Replacement and Reconstructive Surgery
Joint Revision
Joint Surgery of Hand
Joint Surgery of the Wrist
Joint Swelling
Joint Warmth
Lateral Collateral Ligament Tear (LCL)
Lesion of Ulnar Nerve
Ligament Injury
Loose Body Elbow
Lunate Fracture
Lunate Fracture Surgery
Madelung Deformity
Mallet Finger
Malunion Fracture of the Elbow
Malunion Fracture of the Forearm
Malunion Fracture of the Hand
Malunion Fracture of the Wrist
Malunion of the Elbow
Median Nerve Entrapment at Elbow
Median Neuropathy
Melanoma On Finger
Melanoma On Hand
Metacarpal Sequestrectomy
Metacarpophalangeal Fusion
Microsurgery
Microsurgery of the Hand
Microsurgical Replantation of the Hand
Minimally Invasive Elbow Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Hand
Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Wrist
Monoarthritis
Monteggia Fracture
Monteggia Fracture Surgery
Mp Joint Arthritis
Multiple Ligament Reconstruction
Musculoskeletal Tumor
Nail Avulsion Surgery
Nail Bed Injury
Nail Bed Surgery
Nail Injuries
Nerve Reconstruction
Non Dupuytens Hand Contracture
Non-Displaced Fracture
Non-Displaced Fracture of Radius
Non-Displaced Fracture of Ulna
Nonoperative Management of Fracture
Non-Surgical Management of Osteoarthritis
Nonunion Fracture
Nonunion Fracture of the Elbow
Nonunion Fracture of the Forearm
Nonunion Fracture of the Hand
Olecranon Enthesophytes
Olecranon Spur
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation Elbow
Open Reduction Internal Fixation Clavicle
Orthopaedic Injuries Treatment
Orthopedic Infections
Osteoarthritis (OA)
Osteoarthritis of Fingers
Osteoarthritis of the Elbow
Osteoarthritis of the Hand
Osteochondral Lesion of the Upper Extremity
Osteochondral Lesion of the Wrist
Osteochondritis Dissecans
Osteochondroma
Osteoid Osteoma
Osteonecrosis of the Hand
Overuse Injury
Painful Hardware
Painful Hardware Removal
Pathological Fracture
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Persistent Pain After Orthopedic Surgery
Plaster Cast
Post Traumatic Deformity
Post-Traumatic Reconstruction
Pregnancy Related Musculoskeletal Conditions
Proximal Ulnar Fracture
Radial Fracture
Radial Head Subluxation
Radial Nerve Injury
Radial Nerve Neuropathy
Radial Pseudarthrosis
Radial Pseudoarthrosis Nonunion
Radioulnar Synostosis
Reconstruction of Thumb
Reconstructive surgery of the Finger
Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface (RPNI) Upper Extremity
Removal of Implants
Repair Laceration
Repair Mallet Finger
Repair Trigger Thumb
Replantation of Extremities
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Scaphoid Fracture
Scaphoid Nonunion Advanced Collapse (SNAC)
Scapholunate Advanced Collapse (SLAC Wrist)
Scapholunate Advanced Collapse Surgery (SLAC Surgery)
Soft Tissue Injuries
Splinting
Split Cast
Sports Injury
Sports Related Clavicle Injury
Sports Related Elbow Injury
Sports Related Finger Injury
Sports Related Hand Injury
Sports Related Thumb Injury
Sports Related Upper Extremity Injury
Sports Related Wrist Injury
Sprains
Steroid Injection
Steroid Injections
Stress Fracture of the Radius
Surgery for Arthritis
Swan Neck Deformity
Syndactyly
Syndactyly Repair
Synovectomy of Wrist
Synovial Chondromatosis
Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR)
Tendinitis of the Hand
Tendinitis of the Wrist
Tendinosis
Tendon Injury
Tendon Pulley Reconstruction
Tendon Repair
Tendonitis
Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)
Tennis Elbow Surgery
Tenodesis
Tenoplasty of Hand
Tenosynovitis
Tenosynovitis of Hand
Tenotomy (Tendon Release Surgery)
Thrower Elbow
Thumb Fracture
Thumb Reattachment
Tommy John Surgery (UCL Surgery)
Torn Ligament
Total Joint Replacement
Traumatic Amputation of Arm
Traumatic Amputation of Hand
Treatment for Post-Traumatic Deformity
Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury
Trigger Finger
Trigger Finger Injection
Trigger Finger Release
Trigger Thumb
Trigger Thumb Injection
Ulna Fracture
Ulnar Claw
Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury (UCL Injury)
Ulnar Nerve Compression
Ulnar Nerve Compression at Wrist or Hand
Ulnar Nerve Decompression
Ulnar Nerve Injury
Ulnar Nerve Subluxation
Ulnar Nerve Surgery
Ulnar Pseudarthrosis
Ulnar Pseudoarthrosis Nonunion
Ulnar Variance
Ulnocarpal Abutment Syndrome
Unicameral Bone Cyst
Upper Extremity Cast
Upper Extremity Malunion Fracture
Upper Extremity Nonunion Fracture
Upper Extremity Reconstruction
Upper Limb Amputation
Waterproof Cast
Wrist Arthritis
Wrist Contracture
Wrist Flexor Recession
Wrist Fracture
Wrist Fracture Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (Wrist ORIF)
Wrist Fracture Surgery
Wrist Fusion
Wrist Injury
Wrist Instability
Wrist Pain
Wrist Reconstructive Surgery
Wrist Sprain
Wrist Surgery
Wrist Tendon Lengthening
Wrist Tendon Tear

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Sobel is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Orthopaedic Surgery - Surgery of the Hand, 2022
Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021

Education and Training

Medical School: State University of New York at Buffalo
Residency: Brown University
Fellowship: Brown University; Washington University in St. Louis

Primary Location

Penn Orthopaedics Pennsylvania Hospital - Cathcart Building

Pennsylvania Hospital
1 Cathcart
800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Penn Orthopaedics Valley Forge

Penn Medicine Valley Forge
1001 Chesterbrook Boulevard
Berwyn, PA 19312

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

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Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
Multiplan
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Description of Research Expertise

hand surgery, biomechanics, education, diversity

Selected Publications

Hassan K, Blumenthal S, Jehle CC, Sobel AD: Intramedullary Fixation of Hand Pathologies Journal of Hand Surgery 49 (1): 2024.

Sobel AD, Shah KN, Raducha J, Koeller E, Ibrahim LI, Paxton S.: Failure of humeral shaft fixation: construct characteristics Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol : 2023.

Julian KR, Anand M, Sobel AD, Mulcahey MK, Wong SE.: A 5-Year Update and Comparison of Factors Related to the Sex Diversity of Orthopaedic Residency Programs in the United States JBJS Open Access 8 : e22,2023.

Shah K, Zhuang T, Scott B, Sobel A, Akelman E.: What Program Characteristics Are Associated with Resident Racial Diversity in Orthopaedic Surgery? An Analysis of Association of American Medical Colleges Data JBJS Open Access 8 (1): e22.00056,2023.

Sobel AD, Lavorgna TR, Ames SE, Templeton KJ, Mulcahey MK; and the Collaborative Orthopaedic Educational Research Group.: Interpersonal Interactions and Biases in Orthopaedic Surgery Residency: Do Experiences Differ Based on Gender? Clin Orthop Relat Res 481 : 369-378,2023.

Malige A, Deemer A, Sobel AD.: The effect of COVID-19 on adult traumatic orthopedic injuries: a database study Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg : 2022.

Sobel AD, Babu JM, Blood TD, Paxton ES.: Biomechanical Comparison of Dual and Posterior Locking Plates in an Ex Vivo Comminuted Olecranon Fracture Model J Hand Surg Am : 2022.

Malige A, Deemer A, Sobel AD.: The Effect of COVID-19 on Pediatric Traumatic Orthopaedic Injuries: A Database Study J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev 6 : e22,2022.

Cochrane S, Dale AM, Buckner-Petty S, Sobel AD, Lippold B, Calfee RP.: Relevance of Diagnosed Depression and Antidepressants to PROMIS Depression Scores Among Hand Surgical Patients J Hand Surg Am 46 : 99-105,2021.

Taylor AJ, Sobel AD, Mulcahey MK.: Perceptions of the Educational and Institutional Impact of the Orthopaedic Fellowship Interview Process J Am Acad Orthop Surg 28 : e948-e953,2020.

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Academic Contact Information

800 Spruce Street
1 Cathcart
Philadelphia, PA
Phone: 215-829-2235
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, National
American Association for Hand Surgery, National
American Orthopaedic Association, National
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, National
Brown University Hand Club, National
Collaborative Orthopaedic Educational Research Group, National
J. Albert Key Society, National
Penn Hand Club, National