Steven Carl Haase, MD

Steven C. Haase, M.D. serves as a faculty member in the Section of Plastic Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System. As Medical Director for Wound Care, Dr. Haase also helps coordinate the inpatient and outpatient aspects of wound care for many patients in our health system.

Dr. Haase attended college at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry/Pre-Medicine. He then received his M.D. degree from the University of Illinois before moving to Ann Arbor to begin General Surgery Residency training at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Following this, he finished Plastic Surgery Fellowship training at the University of Michigan. To expand on his interest in hand surgery, he then traveled to Rochester, Minnesota, to complete a Hand Surgery Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Haase is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc, with additional certification in the subspecialty of Hand Surgery. He is an active member of several surgical societies, including to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Association for Hand Surgery, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Clinical Specialization:

Dr. Haase specializes in hand surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery. As a hand surgeon, he cares for a wide variety of clinical problems, including trauma (fractures, tendon lacerations, nerve injury), nerve compression (carpal tunnel and others), wrist injuries and fractures, job-related injuries or disorders, and arthritis. He has a special interest in skin cancers of the hand, as well as other hand tumors and growths.

Hand and wrist trauma (fractures, dislocations, tendon and nerve injuries, other injuries), nerve compression (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, and others), Dupuytren disease or contractures, job-related injuries, arthritis of the hand and wrist, skin cancers and tumors of the hand and nails, other cysts and skin lesions of the hand

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Dr. Haase has active research interests in several clinical projects. He has published scientific articles relating to study design, economic analysis of leg reconstruction, carpal instability, tumors of the upper extremity, and finger fractures. He has been part of multi-center research projects on outcomes of both distal radius fracture treatment and ulnar nerve decompression.

He has also authored dozens of book chapters on topics including wrist and finger fractures, tumors of the hand, burns and frostbite, amputations, and tendonitis.