Dr. Kathryn Peck’s clinical and surgical interests include all-inclusive care of the upper extremity from shoulder to fingertips for adult and pediatric patients including arthritis, trauma, compressive neuropathies, arthroscopy, congenital hand and upper extremity conditions, peripheral nerve surgery including the brachial plexus.
Dr. Kathryn Peck’s clinical and surgical interests include all-inclusive care of the upper extremity from shoulder to fingertips for adult and pediatric patients including arthritis, trauma, compressive neuropathies, arthroscopy, congenital hand and upper extremity conditions, peripheral nerve surgery including the brachial plexus.
Dr. Kathryn Peck earned her undergraduate degree in Biology at Indiana University in 2002. She was awarded her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2007 and completed her Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Indiana University. Following residency, Dr. Peck has pursued additional subspecialty training in three areas. She completed a pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship at Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida, a hand, upper extremity, and microvascular surgery fellowship at the renowned Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, and a pediatric hand and upper extremity surgery fellowship, including the brachial plexus, at Shriner’s Children’s Hospital For Children in Sacramento, California.
Dr. Peck’s clinical and surgical interests include all-inclusive care of the upper extremity from shoulder to fingertips for adult and pediatric patients including arthritis, trauma, compressive neuropathies, arthroscopy, congenital hand and upper extremity conditions, peripheral nerve surgery including the brachial plexus. Dr. Peck works closely with each patient to present treatment options, understand the goals they hope to achieve, and help them make the best treatment decisions based on these goals.
Dr. Peck has a great interest in educating medical students, residents, and fellows in hand and upper extremity surgery, in addition to writing scientific articles and book chapters. She is a member of the Residency Education Committee for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Also, she has a special interest in volunteer medicine overseas and recently completed a surgical mission trip to Nicaragua.
Dr. Peck is a candidate member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Association for Hand Surgery, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the Indiana State Medical Association, and Health Volunteers Overseas.
Outside of the Indiana Hand Center, Dr. Peck has many interests including cycling, cooking, photography, watching the Hoosiers and spending time with her family.
AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS
Residency:
“Best Third Year Ortho Teaching Resident” Award. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, July 2010
“Best Resident Research Paper” Award. Indiana Orthopaedic Society, April 2012
The George Alavanja Award. Chosen by peers for best exemplifying compassion towards patients, June 2012
Medical School:
Alpha Omega Alpha
The Janice Pascuzzi Scholarship
Gold Humanism Honor Society
Clinical Honors:
Orthopaedics, Medicine Sub-I, Surgical ICU, Ethics in Medicine, Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Association for Hand Surgery
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Orthopaedic Political Action Committee
Indiana State Medical Association
Dr Peck is everything I want in a physician. She was friendly and gave me confidence in her abilities to determine my problem.
Dr. Peck's compassion and understanding of my pain and where it originates helps me cope. She is gentle and effective.
Dr. Peck listened to me. She explained everything. Very personable and happy.
Very knowledgeable & pleasant. Good sense of humor/ cheerful
Extremely informative and had helpful suggestions and resolutions for my unusual hand problem.
A pleasure to have met Dr Peck. I have some probable surgery need and found the preliminary exams by Dr Peck to be very professional, plus she has a great sense of humor.
Dr Peck is amazing. She always talk to my son at a level he can understand and explains things very well.
Dr Peck takes the time to explain and listen.
Very pleasant and informative, very at ease with her.
Very up front with my choices and talked to me not at me. As a family we all felt very comfortable with her.