 Hi, I'm Dr. Alex Hahn. I'm an assistant professor in orthopedics, specializing in hand surgery at the University of Maryland and at shock trauma. I take care of patients who have injuries from their shoulder all the way down to their fingertips. And in the office, I take care of people who have the more common hand conditions, such as carpal tunnel, trigger fingers, and arthritis. For me, it starts with finding out who the patient is and what they need their hands to do. And for some, it may be nonoperative management. For others, they may need surgery. But my job is to figure out what best suits them and talking to the patient and showing them on their x-rays or on their exam what I'm seeing and how that correlates to what they're going through and what options they have. I try to use whatever tools we have today and whatever techniques and knowledge that we've gained in the past however many decades to help people get as close as they can to where they were. The best part about being a hand surgeon is it's seeing the improvements that come after whatever it is we do, whether it's a steroid injection, whether it's a referral to therapy, whether it's surgery, seeing the difference in the patient's faces and the way that they dress and how they feel and just the way they act after whatever was bugging them for so long is gone, it's super rewarding.