Stephen J. O'Connell, M.D. Chairman Emeritus
Director, Hand and Wrist Surgery
Dr. O'Connell's Radio Interview
Helping people regain function or relieve pain so they can get back to their work or favorite activity is what I enjoy about surgery of the hand and shoulder.
Stephen J. O'Connell, M.D. a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in surgery of the hand, wrist and shoulder. He joined Desert Orthopedic Center in 1988 to establish and direct the Center's hand and upper extremity program.
A native of our nation's capital, Dr. O'Connell grew up in the Maryland suburbs. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame. He returned to Maryland for medical school and earned his Medical Degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he also served his internship and residency. Dr. O'Connell then completed a fellowship at the renowned Indiana Center for Surgery and Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity in Indianapolis. He also received an added qualification in hand surgery from the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Dr. O'Connell is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Medical Association, the California Medical Association, the Riverside County Medical Association, as well as the Indiana Hand Society and the University of Maryland Surgical Society.
Dr. O'Connell actively lectures to the medical community on surgical techniques and to the public on topics of interest in orthopedics.
He has a particular interest in arthroscopic rotator cuff and stabilization surgery of the shoulder, fracture of the wrist and hand, and soft tissue reconstruction of the hand and wrist.
- Chairman Emeritus
- Director, Hand and Wrist Surgery
- Medical School
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Internship
University of Maryland - Residency
University of Maryland - Fellowship
Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center
- Top Doctors: Southern California
- Staphylococcal septic arthritis of the small joints of the shoulder girdle.
Lawrence A. Cone, Anibal R. Gauto, Asma Kazi, Howard Baer, Stephen J. O'Connell, Sam Reber, Carlos Lopez - Staphylococcal Septic Synovitis of the Sternoclavicular Joint With Retrosternal Extension
Lawrence A. Cone, Carlos Lopez, Stephen J. O'Connell, Reza Nazemi, Ronald E. Sneider, Henry Denker - Septic Synovitis and Arthritis Due to Corynebacterium striatum Following an Accidental Scalpel Injury
Lawrence A. Cone, Noel Curry, Moxelle A. Wuestoff, Stephen J. O'Connell, John F. Feller - Results of zone I and zone II flexor tendon repairs in children
Stephen J. O'Connell, Michael M. Moore, James W. Strickland, G. Thomas Frazier, Paul C. Dell - Effects of the fasciocutaneous radial forearm flap on vascularity of the hand
William B. Kleinman, Stephen J. O'Connell
- Director of Hand and Wrist Surgery
Full-timeFull-time
Oct 1988 - Present · 35 yrs 5 mosOct 1988 - Present · 35 yrs 5 mos
Rancho Mirage, California, United States - Chairman, President
Oct 2009 - Present, 14yrs 5mos