Roles
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Hand and Wrist
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
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Biography
Dr. Natalia Fullerton is an Assistant Professor with dual appointments in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery Division of Hand Surgery and the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery. Her practice interests include upper and lower extremity reconstruction with a focus on limb salvage after cancer surgery or traumatic injury as well as comprehensive care after upper or lower extremity amputation. Additionally, Dr. Fullerton is Board certified in the subspecialty of the Hand and treats all problems related to hand surgery.
She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychological and Brain Sciences. Although she is a native and fluent Spanish speaker, she also obtained a Minor in Spanish for the Professional. She went to Medical School at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. While in Medical School, she also attained a master's degree in clinical and Translational research at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Science, under a TL1 NIH award. She then completed her Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, in New York. She then returned to South Florida, where she grew up, to do a fellowship in Orthopedic Hand Surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, and has enthusiastically continued her career, here, at the University of Miami. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
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Teaching Interests
Her teaching Interests are as follow:
·Reconstructive options for upper extremity defects
· Reconstructive options for lower extremity soft tissue coverage
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Research Interests
Her current research focus is on qualitative improvements in extremity reconstruction after trauma, improvement in surgical planning with advanced imaging as it relates to lower extremity reconstruction, neuroma identification with advanced imaging in the setting of targeted muscle reinnervation, and various quality improvement projects in the management of patients with amputations. -
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