Steven C Haase
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Program Director
Plastic Surgery and Medical Director

Available to mentor

Steven C Haase
Clinical Professor
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    Steven C. Haase, M.D. serves as a faculty member in the Section of Plastic Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System. As Medical Director for Wound Care, Dr. Haase also helps coordinate the inpatient and outpatient aspects of wound care for many patients in our health system.
    Dr. Haase attended college at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry/Pre-Medicine. He then received his M.D. degree from the University of Illinois before moving to Ann Arbor to begin General Surgery Residency training at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Following this, he finished Plastic Surgery Fellowship training at the University of Michigan. To expand on his interest in hand surgery, he then traveled to Rochester, Minnesota, to complete a Hand Surgery Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic.
    Dr. Haase is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc, with additional certification in the subspecialty of Hand Surgery. He is an active member of several surgical societies, including to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Association for Hand Surgery, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
    Clinical Specialization:
    Dr. Haase specializes in hand surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery. As a hand surgeon, he cares for a wide variety of clinical problems, including trauma (fractures, tendon lacerations, nerve injury), nerve compression (carpal tunnel and others), wrist injuries and fractures, job-related injuries or disorders, and arthritis. He has a special interest in skin cancers of the hand, as well as other hand tumors and growths.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Contemporary Management of Distal Radius Fractures: What All Plastic Surgeons Should Know.
      Hooper RC, Haase SC, Mithani SK, Palazzo M, Chung KC. Plast Reconstr Surg, 2024 Sep 4; DOI:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011715
      PMID: 39236258
    • Presentation
      Department of Surgery/Plastic Section’s Peer Review Program
      Haase S, Cederna P, Myers P. 2023 Sep 12;
    • Journal Article
      Task-Specific Patient Preferences for Shared Decision-Making in Hand Surgery.
      Cho HE, Baxter NB, Billig JI, Kotsis SV, Haase SC, Chung KC. Plast Reconstr Surg, 2022 Feb 1; 149 (2): 229e - 239e. DOI:10.1097/PRS.0000000000008724
      PMID: 35077417
    • Journal Article
      Trust and Distrust in Opioid Decision-Making: A Qualitative Assessment of Patient-Doctor Relationship.
      Cho HE, Billig JI, Byrnes ME, Haase SC, Waljee JF, Chung KC. J Hand Surg Am, 2022 Feb; 47 (2): 151 - 159.e1. DOI:10.1016/j.jhsa.2021.10.013
      PMID: 34916114
    • Journal Article
      The Current State of Fat Grafting in the Hand: A Systematic Review for Hand Diseases.
      Khouri AN, Adidharma W, MacEachern M, Haase SC, Waljee JF, Cederna PS, Strong AL. Hand (N Y), 2023 Jun; 18 (4): 543 - 552. DOI:10.1177/15589447211066347
      PMID: 35130761
    • Journal Article
      Evaluation of Factors Relevant to Pain Control Among Patients After Surgical Treatment.
      Baxter NB, Cho HE, Billig JI, Kotsis SV, Haase SC, Chung KC. JAMA Netw Open, 2021 Dec 1; 4 (12): e2140869 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40869
      PMID: 34962558
    • Journal Article
      What Are the Tradeoffs in Outcomes after Casting Versus Surgery for Closed Extraarticular Distal Radius Fractures in Older Patients? A Statistical Learning Model.
      Yoon AP, Wang Y, Wang L, Chung KC, and the WRIST Group . Clin Orthop Relat Res, 2021 Dec 1; 479 (12): 2691 - 2700. DOI:10.1097/CORR.0000000000001865
      PMID: 34142664
    • Journal Article
      An Analysis of the Impact of Timing and Technique on Outcomes after Surgery for Distal Radius Fractures: The Wrist and Radius Injury Surgical Trial Collaborative Study.
      Hooper RC, Zhou N, Wang L, Shauver MJ, Chung KC, Wrist and Radius Injury Surgical Trial Group . Plast Reconstr Surg, 2021 Nov 1; 148 (5): 1053 - 1062. DOI:10.1097/PRS.0000000000008416
      PMID: 34546187