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Shelley S. Noland, MD Hand & Peripheral Nerve Surgeon at Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ
Brachial Plexus Injuries
Dupuytrens Disease
Schwannoma
Peripheral Nerve Tumors
Hand Surgery

👩🏻‍⚕️📚 SCAR: Surgical Collective of Applied Research
I started SCAR because I saw a need.So many medical students, espec...
29/07/2025

👩🏻‍⚕️📚 SCAR: Surgical Collective of Applied Research

I started SCAR because I saw a need.

So many medical students, especially young women interested in surgery, want to contribute meaningfully to research. But the path to publication isn’t always clear or accessible. SCAR was created to help change that.

It is a space where students support one another rather than compete.

Where mentorship and community come first.

Where “all ships rise together” means something.

In just over a year, this student-led collective has:

🌍 Given 37 presentations at international, national, and regional meetings

🩺 All presented by medical students early in their training

💪🏽 Most presenters are women, reflecting my commitment to mentoring and coaching female students pursuing surgical careers

📝 13 published papers in peer-reviewed journals, all with medical students as first authors

🏅 14 national awards and honors

They are learning that working together helps everyone go further, both individually and as a team.
If this is what we can do in just over a year, imagine what the future holds.

SCAR forward!!!

📣 New publication alert!Thrilled to share our latest study in JAAOS — exploring whether preoperative corticosteroid inje...
28/07/2025

📣 New publication alert!

Thrilled to share our latest study in JAAOS — exploring whether preoperative corticosteroid injections increase the risk of deep infection after carpal tunnel surgery.
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✅ Short answer: They don’t.
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We used a national database of over 1.5 million patients and found no increased risk of deep infection, even when injections were given up to 90 days before surgery.
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Proud to mentor this brilliant team of students and residents — and even prouder of how they’ve contributed to refining safe, evidence-based surgical care. .n.h .ortho
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Thrilled to share that I’ve been accepted into Fellowship with the American College of Surgeons (ACS)—joining a communit...
28/07/2025

Thrilled to share that I’ve been accepted into Fellowship with the American College of Surgeons (ACS)—joining a community of 89,000 surgeons committed to excellence, ethics, and lifelong learning.
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The designation FACS—Fellow of the American College of Surgeons—isn’t just a title. It’s a reflection of years of surgical training, academic leadership, clinical service, and a deep belief in advancing our field with intention and integrity.
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As I prepare to walk in the 2025 Convocation, I’m reminded that my passion for teaching, mentoring, and coaching continues to evolve.
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While my roots are in plastic, orthopedic, and peripheral nerve surgery, my reach has grown wider. I find purpose in working with all young surgeons, residents, and medical students—regardless of specialty—who are navigating the challenges of surgical training, leadership identity, and professional fulfillment.
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It’s one thing to teach technique. It’s another to help someone become the kind of surgeon they hope to be.
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This Fellowship marks a milestone—but it also renews my commitment to support the next generation with clarity, empathy, and presence.
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Thank you to the mentors, colleagues, students, and residents who continue to shape me along the way.
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Scrubbed in, teaching—still my favorite place to be.⠀There’s something elemental about surgical training. It’s not just ...
28/07/2025

Scrubbed in, teaching—still my favorite place to be.
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There’s something elemental about surgical training. It’s not just passing on knowledge—it’s passing on judgment, trust, and presence. The way you hold the needle. The silence before the incision. The rhythm between teacher and learner.
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Some days, mentorship is formal. Most days, it’s quiet. A nod. A pause. A moment when the attending steps back and says: “You’ve got this.”
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I carry with me every surgeon who once stood beside me and did the same.
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One of my own mentors used to take an intraoperative photo with every resident he trained—a small but powerful gesture that said, “This moment matters.”
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Today reminded me to start doing the same. Thank you, Telisha, plastic surgery resident, for the gentle nudge—and for reminding me that the time we share in the OR isn’t just about the work. It’s about what we carry forward.
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“What we learn with joy, we never forget.” — Alfred Mercier
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All surgeons have certainly noticed more and more patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide. It’s importa...
28/07/2025

All surgeons have certainly noticed more and more patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide. It’s important that we study the effects of these common medications on our surgical outcomes. Building on our previous relevant GLP-1 studies, we have just published this new article. GLP-1 therapy is associated with reduced risk of 90-day medical complications and hospital readmission following carpal tunnel release in diabetic patients, suggesting these medications may optimize comorbidity profiles via glucose control preoperatively. Congrats to students .n.h and resident for their hard work on this project!

Congratulations to chief resident Max Shrout on graduation from Plastic Surgery Residency!
15/07/2025

Congratulations to chief resident Max Shrout on graduation from Plastic Surgery Residency!

“In writing and in surgery, the hardest moments stay with you….there are times when the story does not end the way you h...
05/07/2025

“In writing and in surgery, the hardest moments stay with you….there are times when the story does not end the way you had hoped.” Powerful narrative recently published in JBJS…. Proud that I was able to support medical student Sonal Kumar on her this personal piece! I worry sometimes that the art of writing may be lost in the world of ChatGPT so I’m thrilled with her submission and acceptance. Good work! And kudos to for standing by their Humanities section!

Thank you to resident Jonathan Jeger and medical student Annika Hiredesai for representing Mayo Clinic Arizona and our r...
02/07/2025

Thank you to resident Jonathan Jeger and medical student Annika Hiredesai for representing Mayo Clinic Arizona and our research at the recent European Hand Surgery meeting all the way in Finland! .n.h

“Surgery is more than the performance of a perfect procedure—it is a practice of connection, of reverence, and of deep e...
12/06/2025

“Surgery is more than the performance of a perfect procedure—it is a practice of connection, of reverence, and of deep empathy. That lesson—the most essential one—is one that no digital program can ever impart. It lies in the heart of the work, calling us to be healers, not just technicians, in the preservation of the health and lives of others.” Proud that I was able to support medical student Sonal Kumar on her narrative medicine submission! I worry sometimes that the art of writing may be lost in the world of ChatGPT so I’m thrilled with her submission and acceptance. Good work! And kudos to for standing by their Humanities section!

It seems that the most complicated Dupuytren’s patients find their way to me! I don’t mind as I love treating this condi...
11/06/2025

It seems that the most complicated Dupuytren’s patients find their way to me! I don’t mind as I love treating this condition (and I have the gene myself 🤚🏼). This gentleman had very severe Dupuytren’s disease and Dupuytren’s diathesis. On his left side the thumb and index finger were most affected, which is unusual. He had such a severe contracture of his thumb 1st webspace that I had to do a special tissue rearrangement called a 4-flap Z-plasty. This procedure allows for opening of the thumb webspace and improved range of motion as you can see in the later photos. The red loops in the open photos (swipe) are looping the digital nerves, which are meticulously protected during the surgery. The last photo shows the diseased tissue that was removed. I remember teaching me this Z-plasty in 2010!!

Thumb arthritis is one of the most common conditions I treat. This is “base of thumb” or CMC osteoarthritis of the thumb...
11/06/2025

Thumb arthritis is one of the most common conditions I treat. This is “base of thumb” or CMC osteoarthritis of the thumb, which is very common after the age of 50. This patient had one of my most commonly performed surgeries, a thumb CMC Arthroplasty. As you can see she has excellent appearance, shape, range of motion, and function of her thumb 3 months after surgery. This surgery is unique because I can successfully remove the pain without sacrificing motion. In many hand surgeries, motion is sacrificed to achieve pain relief… but not this one!

This gentleman had a schwannoma tumor on his radial nerve in his triceps muscle. As it was quite large, he was symptomat...
11/06/2025

This gentleman had a schwannoma tumor on his radial nerve in his triceps muscle. As it was quite large, he was symptomatic and desired removal. This is one of my favorite surgeries to perform. As you can see if you swipe, the tumor is nice and round and can safely be removed from the nerve without any nerve damage. It is important, however, to seek a surgeon with experience with these types of tumors.

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