About Me
It was during my orthopedic surgery training that I discovered a passion for hand and upper limb surgery.
These orthopedic surgeries require a high level of technical expertise and experience in managing challenging conditions, such as nerve and vessel injuries, arthritis, birth deformities, tumors, tendon injuries, and fractures. My patients may be infants with congenital malformations, older adults with incapacitating osteoarthritis, professional athletes with sports injuries, classical musicians with overuse syndromes, or workers injured in occupational accidents.
Joining the faculty of NYU Langone enabled me to use the considerable resources at a major university-based medical center to provide the best care possible to all of my patients. NYU Langone’s Hand Center is a uniquely integrated facility where a core group of hand and upper extremity surgery experts and ancillary specialists collaborate to deliver state-of-the-art care. We work closely with plastic surgeons, neurologists, rehabilitation specialists, and occupational and physical therapists.
At the Hand Center, we get to know our patients, so we can personalize our approach and tailor treatment to each individual. I try to impart to residents and fellows the importance of making a connection with patients. Listening to my patients helps me to better understand their needs and expectations.
I am deeply committed to research and education, and I perform hundreds of surgeries a year. My priority, though, is to individualize care for each person who comes to me for treatment. Improving a person’s quality of life by restoring the use of his or her limbs after trauma or reconstructing a deformed or dysfunctional hand can be very gratifying. The concerted effort and dedication of the entire Hand Center team makes it a pleasure to come to work everyday.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- arm fracture
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- de quervain syndrome
- dislocated finger
- dislocated wrist
- distal radius fracture
- dupuytren's contracture
- elbow tendinitis
- epicondylitis
- finger fracture
- ganglion cysts
- golfer's elbow
- hand arthritis
- hand deformity
- hand fracture
- hand injury
- hand pain
- hand sprains & strains
- hemangioendothelioma
- nailbed injury
- nerve injury
- nerve laceration - upper extremity
- osteoarthritis
- pronator syndrome
- scaphoid fracture
- scaphoid nonunion fracture
- sprained finger
- tendon rupture
- tennis elbow
- tfcc tears
- thumb cmc/basal joint arthiritis
- trigger finger
- ulnar nerve compression
- wrist & hand repetitive use injuries
- wrist fracture
- wrist injury
- wrist pain
- wrist sprain
- wrist tendinitis
- wry neck
Treatments
- abscess drainage
- arm/leg nerve release
- carpal tunnel surgery
- hand and wrist care (orthopedics)
- hand surgery
- joint replacement
- knee injection
- tendon/ligament injections
- wrist surgery
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome , Ganglion Cysts , Hand Sprains & Strains , Soft Tissue Sarcoma , Ulnar Nerve Compression , Wrist & Hand Repetitive Use InjuriesCredentials
Positions
- Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Director, Hand Surgery Fellowship Program
Board Certifications
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (Surgery of the Hand), 2003
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery - Orthopedic Surgery, 1998
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery, Hand Surgery, 1995
- Residency, Lenox Hill Hospital, Orthopedic Surgery, 1994
- MD from Duke University, 1988
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Aetna
- AETNA EPO (NYULH Employees)
- AETNA EPO (Sunset Park Employees)
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Value Select HMO
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Amida Care
- Amida Care Medicaid
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem BCBS CT PPO
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- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (NYU Langone Suffolk Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS Out of State or Region
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (NYU Langone Suffolk Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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Centerlight Healthcare
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- Centerlight Pace Medicare HMO
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Centers Plan For Healthy Living
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Cigna
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- Cigna Oscar
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Premier Plus
- Great West HMO
- Kaiser Permanente
- MVP-Cigna Network
- Wellfleet-NYU Student
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Elderplan
- Elderplan
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- Elderplan Medicare Advantage Plan
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First Health
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GHI
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HIP
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Hotel Trades Council
- Hotel Trades Council
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Humana
- Humana Medicare Advantage
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
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Longevity Health Plan
- Longevity Health Plan Medicare
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Magnacare
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
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Multiplan
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- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, NY Student Employee Health Plan
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Oxford
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POMCO Insurance Company
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Partners Health Plan Inc
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Qualcare Inc.
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Railroad Medicare
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River Spring Health Plan
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Sedgwick WTC
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Senior Whole Health
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Tricare
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
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- United Healthcare (NY University Care Plan)
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Simon and Schuster)
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare EPO (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Golden Rule Insurance
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Healthscope
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare NYU Care (NYULH Employees)
- United Healthcare NYU Care (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Nexus
- United Healthcare Nexus (Amex Employees)
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Plus (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Student Resources (NYU)
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VA Community Care Network
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VNS Choice Advantage
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Village Care
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WTC Health Program
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Workers Comp Board
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S. Steven Yang, MD, MPH does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
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Schedule a Video VisitNYU Langone Hand Center
303 Second Avenue, Suite 16, New York, NY 10003
“My research focuses on improving surgical methods for restoring arthritic, injured, and deformed upper limbs.”
S. Steven Yang, MD, MPH Hand & Wrist Surgeon
Research My Research
Interests
arthritis, hand reconstruction, wrist reconstruction, arthroplasty, arthrodesis, pediatric congenital deformity reconstruction of the hand, peripheral nerve entrapments
Research Summary
Dr. Yang's research interests include: Arthritis reconstruction of the hand and wrist including arthroplasty and arthrodesis, pediatric congenital deformity reconstruction of the hand, and peripheral nerve entrapments.
Academic Contact
Academic office
540-562 First Avenue
Eighth Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone
Publications
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Abola, Matthew V; Anil, Utkarsh; Lin, Charles C; Richardson, Michelle; Gonzalez, Matthew; Smith, Lauren; Yang, S Steven
Journal of wrist surgery. 2025 Jun ; 14(3):262-268
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Wang, William L; Neal, William H E; Yang, S Steven
Journal of hand surgery (Asian-Pacific Volume). 2025 Feb ; 30(1):63-69
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Pean, Christian A; Bird, Mackenzie L; Buchalter, Daniel B; Yang, S Steven; Egol, Kenneth A
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 2022 Feb 01; 30(3):e371-e374