John S. Taras, M.D. has been entrusted
with the care of some of the most expensive hands in the
world. As one of the staff surgeons for Philadelphia professional
and collegiate sports teams—including the Eagles,
Flyers, Phantoms, St. Joseph’s University, Drexel
University and Rowan College— Dr. Taras has been
responsible for the treatment and rehabilitation of traumatic
and chronic hand injuries requiring nothing short of perfect
recovery.
Born in Santa Barbara, California, Dr.
Taras earned his B.A. and M.D. at The University of Michigan
in an accelerated six year program. After his internship
in general surgery and residency in orthopedic surgery
at New York University/ Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Taras was
awarded a Hand Surgery/Microsurgery Fellowship at Duke
University and the Traveling Hand Surgery Fellowship at
Lund University in Sweden and University of Bern in Switzerland.
Since that time, he has been appointed
to the medical staffs of regional hospitals including
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital as Associate Professor
of Orthopedic Surgery; and Drexel University School of
Medicine as Chief of Hand Surgery, in affiliation with
Tenet Health System at Hahnemann University Hospital.
Dr. Taras has published more than fifty journal articles
and abstracts and has co-authored a book on the latest
developments in flexor tendon repair. His research has
led to methods and procedures enhancing the treatment
of tendon injuries, tendonitis, nerve injuries, and fractures
of the hand and wrist.
Dr. Taras is an active participant
in international, national, and regional hand surgery
organizations and has served as president to several societies.
He has been recognized as a “Top Doc” in the
field of hand surgery by Philadelphia Magazine and is
cited by "Best Doctors in America". Dr. Taras
joined The Hand Centers in 1990, adding his extraordinary
expertise to the unequaled alliance of talent and resources
that make The Hand Centers world-class facilities for
medical care of the hand.
