News & Events

As compassionate experts committed to serving the hand and upper extremity needs of area residents, our specialty-trained doctors are frequently featured in the news. We encourage you to bookmark this page and check back often to see the latest news and updates as well as events.

At The Hand & Upper Extremity Center of Georgia, we proudly offer specialized care you can trust for orthopedic injuries and conditions affecting the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder through our three convenient locations in Atlanta, Alpharetta, and Cumming.

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    Dr. Bryce Gillespie and Dr. Allan Peljovich participated in the inaugural Pediatric Surgeon Pumpkin Carving Contest, highlighting the talented surgeons who take care of patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Media outlets, including The…
  • Dr. Allan Peljovich had some special capes to support his patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Cape Day is an annual event to raise awareness of the challenges our patients face—and how they are caped superheroes tackling those illnesses…
  • Congratulations to Drs. Bronier Costas, Gary Lourie, Allan Peljovich, and Joshua Ratner for being chosen as Atlanta magazine Top Doctors for 2017. The Hand & Upper Extremity Center of Georgia is the ONLY practice to have four hand surgeons…
  • In conjunction with the CHOA Limb Deficiency Program and The Hand & Upper Extremity Center of Georgia, the Alabama Prosthetic Project traveled to our office in Atlanta to provide three children with prosthetic hands. These patients are…
  • Dr. Bryce Gillespie gave a lecture to over 100 hand, occupational, and physical therapists at the annual meeting of the Georgia Hand & Upper Extremity Special Interest Group in Savannah, Georgia. His talk, “Current Surgical Strategies for Nerve…
  • Dr. Bryce Gillespie gave a lecture to the hand, occupational, and physical therapist members of the Georgia Hand & Upper Extremity Special Interest Group. His talk, “Tendon Transfers: Principles and Applications,” gave an overview of how tendon…
  • Dr. Bryce Gillespie received his Subspecialty Certificate in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hand from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons. This is the highest level of board certification for hand surgeons. All of the expert surgeons of The Hand…
  • Dr. Bryce Gillespie, along with his mentor Dr. Peter Waters at Boston Children's Hospital, was recently published about surgery for macrodactyly. This rare condition can cause fingers to grow much larger than average. This paper was published in The…
  • Recent changes in the Atlanta market have limited the physicians and hospitals that are in network for UnitedHealthcare. The Hand & Upper Extremity Center of Georgia is NOT affected by these changes. Our expert orthopedic hand and…
  • Dr. Allan Peljovich lectured to the Georgia Pediatric Telemedicine Network about brachial plexus birth palsies. The CHOA Brachial Plexus clinic at Scottish Rite is the regional referral center for this complex condition.