Biographical summary
Keith T. Aziz, M.D., is a Senior Associate Consultant in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Dr. Aziz specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery, and has special interests in wrist arthroscopy as well as hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow reconstruction and restoration. He treats all disorders of the hand and upper extremity, including: hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow fractures and nonunions; nerve compression and injuries in the upper extremity; tendinitis and tendon injuries of the hand, wrist, and elbow; arthritis of the hand, wrist, and elbow; sports injuries of the hand, wrist, and elbow; and Dupuytren's contracture.
He earned a bachelor's degree with a double major in chemical engineering and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He completed the Doctor of Medicine degree and graduated Alpha Omega Alpha from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, District of Columbia. Dr. Aziz received his orthopedic surgery training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, followed by a fellowship in hand, upper extremity, and microvascular surgery at the Mary S. Stern fellowship in Cincinnati, Ohio.
When in medical school, Dr. Aziz served on the honor council and was the vice chair of the honor council during his senior year. He also has served several other leadership positions in medical school and residency — including serving on his medical school class executive board and the resident education committee
Dr. Aziz has a strong interest in translational research, and enjoys using his engineering background to identify new solutions and improvements for clinical problems. He has been the recipient of grant funding from the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and has authored more than 30 scientific publications and 5 book chapters, and has presented his work at both national and international meetings. Dr. Aziz also has an interest in outreach, and has participated in medical outreach in Ghana.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
- Elbow arthroscopy
- Elbow dislocation stabilization
- Elbow fracture fixation
- Elbow ligament reconstruction
- Elbow replacement
- Elbow replacement revision
- Elbow surgery
- Finger fusion
- Finger joint replacement
- Finger ligament reconstruction
- Forearm ligament reconstruction
- Hand fracture treatment
- Hand reconstruction
- Hand surgery
- Humerus fracture fixation
- Wrist arthroscopy
- Wrist fracture treatment
- Wrist fusion
- Wrist ligament reconstruction
- Wrist reconstruction
Interests
- Minimally-invasive surgical technique
- Arthroscopy
- Wrist, Hand, and Elbow ligament repair or reconstruction
- Traumatic and posttraumatic hand, wrist, and elbow
- Reconstructive surgery
- Nonunion or malunion correction
- Tendinitis, tendon laceration, and tendon rupture
- Peripheral nerve injury and compression
- Wrist, Hand, and Elbow Arthritis
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2021
Fellowship - Mary S. Stern Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s, TriHealth
- 2020
Residency - Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryJohns Hopkins University Hospital
- 2016
Internship - Department of General Surgery and Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryJohns Hopkins University Hospital
- 2015
MD - Doctor of Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha - Jr. Year - 2014Howard University College of Medicine
- 2011
Masters - Masters of Chemical and Biological Life SciencesUniversity of Maryland, College Park
- 2008
BS - Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University
Activities and honors
Awards and honors
- 2020
ASSH/AFSH Annual Meeting Scholarship
Mary S. Stern Hand and Upper Extremity FellowshipUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s, TriHealth
- 2019
SOA/OREF Resident AwardJohns Hopkins University Hospital
- 2019
ORS 2019 Clinician Scholar Career Development Program Scholarship RecipientJohns Hopkins University Hospital
- 2018
AFSH-HVO Young Surgeon Traveling Fellowship –Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (Kumasi, Ghana)Johns Hopkins University Hospital
- 2017
AAHKS Resident conference scholarshipJohns Hopkins University Hospital
- 2017
ASSH Residents and Fellows Conference Travel ScholarshipJohns Hopkins University Hospital
- 2016
Baltimore Limb Deformity Course Resident Scholarship AwardJohns Hopkins University Hospital
- 2015
Dr. Charles H. Epps Jr. Prize in Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine, and RehabilitationHoward University College of Medicine
- 2015
Dr. Avram Cooperman Prize for Academic Excellence, Howard University Hospital Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine
- 2015
Professionalism Award, Presented by the Clinical Faculty of Howard University HospitalHoward University College of Medicine
- 2015
Highest Academic Achievement Award, Howard University Hospital Department of Pediatrics and Child HealthHoward University College of Medicine
- 2015
Outstanding Academic Performance Award, Howard University Hospital Department of MedicineHoward University College of Medicine
- 2015
Health Careers Program Opportunity Scholar, Presented by the Office of Medical Education for Excellence in TutoringHoward University College of Medicine
- 2015
Nth Dimensions AAOS Conference Travel AwardHoward University College of Medicine
- 2014
Student Presenter at Surgical Grand Rounds -Topic: Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury
Howard University College of Medicine
- 2014
Trustee Scholarship AwardHoward University College of Medicine
- 2014
Alpha Omega Alpha Howard University College of Medicine
- 2014
Nth Dimensions AAOS Conference Travel AwardHoward University College of Medicine
- 2014
Junior Pediatrics Clerkship Medical Student Chief
Howard University College of Medicine
- 2013
Matory-Kiernan Research Scholarship Award- Research Presented at Surgical Grand Rounds
Howard University College of Medicine
- 2013
Trustee Scholarship AwardHoward University College of Medicine
- 2013
Howard University College of Medicine Student Council: Outstanding Member of the Year AwardHoward University College of Medicine
- 2013
Junior Surgery Clerkship Medical Student ChiefHoward University College of Medicine
- 2013
J.C. Carr General Scholarship AwardHoward University College of Medicine
- 2013
Nth Dimensions AAOS Conference Travel Award
Howard University College of Medicine
- 2012
Trustee Scholarship Award
Howard University College of Medicine
- 2012
Nth Dimensions Orthopaedic Summer Internship Award - Preceptor: Joel Boyd, M.D., TRIA Orthopaedics, Bloomington, MN
Howard University College of Medicine
Professional memberships
- 2022 - present
American Association of Hand Surgery, Webinar Subcommittee
- 2017 - 2021
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- 2016 - 2018
Johns Hopkins Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- 2016 - 2018
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
- 2016 - 2017
Clinical Orthopaedic Society
- 2015 - 2021
AAOS
- 2012 - 2015
Howard University College of Medicine
- 2011 - 2021
J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society
- 2011 - 2015
American Medical Student Association
- 2011 - 2015
Student National Medical Association
- 2011 - 2015
American Medical Student Association
Publications