Rachel M Cullifer, MD - Western Pennsylvania OB/GYN Multispecialists

Dr. Frank specializes in orthopaedic surgery, sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery, and shoulder and knee surgery. He treats rotator cuff tears, shoulder labral tears, shoulder instability, knee meniscus injuries, ACL injuries, and knee ligament and cartilage injuries.His clinical interests include shoulder and knee arthroscopic surgical repair and reconstruction. Dr. Frank is also skilled at performing minimally invasive arthroscopic treatment of shoulder and knee injuries and conditions. He is a member of the Major League Baseball Team Physician Association and speaks English.

Dr. Birdsong is a highly skilled hand surgeon who also treats carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff tears, cubital tunnel syndrome, trigger fingers, tendonitis of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder; arthritis of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder; and trauma of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder.Dr. Birdsong is vice chairman of patient safety and quality at AHN. He has special clinical interests in endoscopic (a.k.a., arthroscopic) carpal and cubital tunnel releases; shoulder joint replacement and reverse total shoulder replacement, and all elbow, hand, and shoulder problems. He has received numerous honors throughout his education and career, including: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and honors for his internal medicine clerkship, general surgery clerkship, neurology clerkship, and in clinical medicine. Dr. Birdsong is also the winner of the Anido Pathology Award, the Lange Book Award, and the Charles Arnett Award. He is listed in the Whos Who in American Colleges, 1985. He speaks English.

Peter Tang, MD, MPH, is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has extensive expertise in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. He can manage fractures of the finger, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. He also takes care of cysts, tendon problems (trigger finger), De Quervain's tenosynovitis and tennis elbow and nerve compression (carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome). Dr. Tang welcomes adult and pediatric patients. Dr. Tang received his College Degree and Master of Public Health from Harvard University. He obtained his Medical Degree from Weill Medical School of Cornell University. He completed his Residency and Hand Fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Tang is Chief of the Hand Division and the Program Director of the Hand, Upper Extremity & Microvascular Surgery Fellowship. He is Director of the Center for Nerve & Brachial Plexus Injury. He is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is an expert in nerve repair and reconstruction and scapular winging. He teaches the latest techniques to residents, fellows and surgeons at the AGH residency and fellowship training programs as well as regional and national meetings and courses. He has lectured nationally and internationally. He is passionate about teaching and passing on the art of Hand Surgery to the next generation. He was honored with the Teacher of the Year Award by the residents at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) as well as at Columbia University where he practiced for 6 years in NYC before coming back to Pittsburgh. He is only one of four hand surgeons who takes hand call at AGH which is a Level 1 Trauma Center where the patients with the most severe injuries and worst medical conditions get transferred from the Pittsburgh area and region. His goal when treating patients is to provide effective, timely, cost-effective care that will provide the best functional outcomes to meet the goals of each patient. Options are always discussed with patients and the treatment chosen is made with a shared decision process between physician and patient.