Ann Golden, M.D. Co-director of Combined Hand Surgery Services at Parkland Health and Hospital System; Associate Residency Program Director Associate Professor School Medical School Department Orthopaedic Surgery | Plastic Surgery You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Education Medical School UT Southwestern Medical School (1995) Residency Parkland Health and Hospital System (1998), General Surgery Residency Parkland Health and Hospital System (2002), Orthopedic Surgery Fellowship Christine Kleinert Institute for Hand/Microsurgery (2003), Hand & Microsurgery Research Interest A technique of capitate shortening for Kienbock's Disease Defining the prevalence and pattern of community acquired MRSA over a 5 year period in Orthopedic upper extremity infections Minimally invasive fixation of scaphoid fracture Volar plating of distal radius fractures Publications Featured Publications Risk Factors and Reasons for Emergency Department Visits Within 30 Days of Elective Hand Surgery: An Analysis of 3,261 Patients. Benage TC, Del Core MA, Bass AJ, Ahn J, Pientka WF, Golden AS, J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2022 Jan 2250004 Effect of Diabetes and Hemoglobin A1c on Complications Following Elective Hand Surgery. Del Core MA, Benage TC, Ahn J, Koehler D, Sammer D, Golden AS, J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2021 Dec 26 4 618-624 Distal Radius Fractures and the Dorsal Spanning Plate in the Management of the Polytraumatized Patient. Golden AS, Kapilow JM, J Orthop Trauma 2021 Sep 35 Suppl 3 s6-s10 Patient-Related Risk Factors Associated With Surgical Site Complications After Elective Hand Surgery. Youngman T, Del Core M, Benage T, Koehler D, Sammer D, Golden A, Hand (N Y) 2020 Sep 1558944720944260 Effect of Smoking on Short-term Postoperative Complications After Elective Upper Extremity Surgery. Del Core MA, Ahn J, Golden AS, Bass RL, Sammer D, Koehler DM, Hand (N Y) 2020 Jun 1558944720926638 Results 1-5 of 5 1 Honors & Awards Physician of the Month (2010) Teaching Excellence Award, Southwestern Medical School (2006)