World Renowned Hand Surgeon Harold E. Kleinert, M.D.
Receives 2001 Yandell Award

(Louisville, Kentucky) The Louisville Surgical Society honored world renowned surgeon Harold E. Kleinert, M.D. with the 2001 Yandell Award on November 17 for his pioneering achievements in hand surgery. Dr. Kleinert with Kleinert, Kutz and Associates Hand Care Center, PLLC was recognized at a black tie gala dinner at the Speed Museum, which also included a weekend of lectures. His presentation was entitled "The Evolution of Hand Surgery."

Dr. Kleinert founded the University of Louisville Hand Clinic in 1953 for comprehensive care of hand patients. In 1960, he established the Christine M. Kleinert Fellowship in Hand Surgery for medical residents desiring postgraduate training in hand surgery. Over 1000 surgeons from 52 countries have been trained as Fellows in Hand Surgery at the Institute.

Dr. Kleinert is a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Louisville and at Indiana University-Purdue University, and is a past president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. He was appointed a National Consultant in Hand Surgery to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force in 1973, and is recipient of the Scientific Achievement Award from the America Medical Association. Dr. Kleinert has written more than 200 scientific publications.

Every year the Society, which includes virtually all of the prominent surgeons in the Louisville community, chooses a nationally acclaimed surgeon to receive the Yandell Award. Previous recipients have included Dr. Michael DeBakey, world renowned heart surgeon at Baylor University and Professor Harold Ellis, Commander of the British Empire and English Surgeon. The award is named after the Society's first president, David W. Yandell, M.D., who was instrumental in founding the Louisville Surgical Society for surgeons whose interest leads them in the quest for a scientific knowledge of surgery and its accompanying art. Dr. Yandell was appointed Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville and Visiting Surgeon to the Louisville General Hospital in 1869, where he reigned supreme until 1898. He was also President of the American Medical Association and the American Surgical Association.

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