Leslie Schwendeman, MD

Born and raised in Lancaster, Ohio, Dr. Schwendeman graduated from The Ohio State University. After completing his residency at the University of Pittsburgh where he met Youngstown native Dr. Joseph Stefko he moved to the area and fulfilled the need for a hand and upper extremity surgeon. Fellowship trained in Cincinnati, Ohio for hand and upper extremity surgery, he specializes in distal radius fractures, tendon ruptures or lacerations, nerve and vessel injuries, arthritis, nerve compression and tendonitis.

Undergraduate:Muskingum College, Summa Cum Laude, New Concord, Ohio

Graduate:The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio

Postgraduate Training:

• Internship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA
• Research Fellow: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Pittsburgh, PA
• Fellowship: Fellow Hand Surgical Associates, Hand/Upper Extremity Fellowship, Cincinnati, Ohio

Board Certifications:

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery