Founded in 1946, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand is an international organization of over 4,000 members who are either board certified orthopaedic or plastic surgeons holding a specialty in hand and/or upper extremity. Incorporated during WWII, ASSH is a professional society that provides continuing medical education to its members and acts as a resource to hand surgeons, residents and fellows, allied health professionals and physicians who treat patients with upper extremity proble