Richard J. Mandel, MD
Richard J. Mandel, MD, is a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, specializing in hand, upper extremity, shoulder, and arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Mandel, a native Philadelphian, received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and interned in General Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University. After completing a four year orthopaedic residency at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital Trauma Center where he served as Chief Resident in Orthopaedics for the University of Miami, Dr. Mandel returned to the Philadelphia area, where he has been in private practice for twenty live years. His particular interests include minimally invasive surgery, repetitive motion disorders and occupational Injuries.

Dr. Mandel has continually served the medical community through his appointments to the teaching staff at the University of Pennsylvania as Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, as Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, as Associate Chairman of Orthopaedics at Mercy Suburban Hospital, and as a medical staff member at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He has trained over 200 orthopaedic surgeons who practice throughout the United Stales. Dr. Mandel served for 16 years as the Chief of the Hand Service at Germantown Hospital and has been guest editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research as well as the University of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal. He has lectured throughout the United States on many orthopaedic topics and has received numerous awards, including the excellence in teaching award in orthopaedics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a long-term member of many national and local professional and scientific orthopaedic societies. He has volunteered as orthopaedist for the musicians of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and the national championship Germantown Academy wrestling team.