Fraser J. Leversedge, MD

Dr. Leversedge is Professor and Chief of the Section of Hand, Wrist, and Elbow Surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Colorado. He is Co-Director of the multi-specialty Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury Program. Dr. Leversedge has clinical and research interests in peripheral nerve injury and repair, tendon injury and reconstruction, functional anatomy, and wrist reconstruction. Dr Leversedge was Director of the Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship and Vice-Chair, Education in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University from 2009-2020 and prior to his move to North Carolina, he was in private practice for 8 years in Denver with Hand Surgery Associates. Dr. Leversedge has served two terms on the Council for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, including as Research Division Director, and has held several leadership positions in the AAOS, AOA, and ASSH. Dr. Leversedge has been an IOC site physician for two Olympic Games: 2004 – Athens (Men’s Basketball) and 2010 – Vancouver (Men’s Ice Hockey), and he has served as a consulting physician for numerous collegiate and professional sports teams including the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, and Colorado Rapids. Dr. Leversedge grew up in Victoria, Canada, and prior to medicine pursued his passion for soccer, playing internationally for Canada and with several European clubs including Norwich City (England), Queen’s Park (Scotland), and KTH Diest (Belgium). He attended Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) and Dartmouth Medical School, before completing his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Emory University and his Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microvascular Surgery fellowship at Washington University in St Louis. Recently, he and his wife Kimberly have become “empty nesters” but now enjoy traveling to keep up with and to visit their three daughters!