Education –
Undergraduate: Brown University
Graduate: Johns Hopkins University, graduate certificate in medical services management
Medical school: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Internship: Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, general surgery
Residency: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, orthopaedic surgery
Fellowships–
Cincinnati Hand Surgery Specialists, Mary S. Stern Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship
Board Certified –
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand
Professional Associations –
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Medical Association
Carpe Diem Hand Club
Patents –
U.S. Patent #6,592,538. Hotchkiss RN, Deitch MA, Robie B et al. Dynamic orthopaedic brace for applying variable load to the hand and wrist. Awarded July 15, 2003.
Publications –
Shin AY, Boyer MI, Deitch, MA, Sachar K. Low back pain of the wrist: Ulnar sided wrist pain. Diagnosis and treatment. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 2004; 86: 1560 – 1574.
Deitch MA, Stern PJ. Wrist Arthrodesis. In: Archauer, BM, Ericksson E, Guyuron B (eds.). Plastic Surgery: Indications, Operations and Outcomes. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby, Inc., 2000.
Deitch MA, Kiefhaber TR, Stern PJ, Comisar BR. Fracture dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint: Surgical complications and long-term results. Journal of Hand Surgery. 1999; 24(5): 914 – 923.
Currently a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Deitch is an experienced hand, microvascular and upper extremity surgeon and award-winning instructor who co-holds a patent for a variable load-bearing orthopaedic hand and wrist brace.
Before coming to OrthoMaryland in 2008, Dr. Deitch managed his own orthopaedic practice—MD3 Orthopaedics—in Baltimore. From 2001 through 2006, he served as attending surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and chief of hand and microvascular surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He has advanced expertise in upper extreme trauma, elbow surgery and surgical treatment of arthritis of the shoulder, elbow and wrist.
Over the course of his career, he has co-presented research findings at numerous professional association meetings, including the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Maryland Academy of Family Physicians annual meetings. He has also given Grand Rounds in orthopaedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In 2000, he was named Teacher of the Year in the University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. Deitch is married with two children.
Hospital Affiliations –
• Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC)
• Sinai Hospital
• Northwest Hospital Center
