Dr. Arias is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his medical degree at the University of Panama, then completed his internship at the Social Security Administration of Panama City, Panama.

Specialty: Orthopedics/Hair Transplant

Country: Panama

His ongoing education and specialization includes training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, followed by a Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Volunteer work includes the Panamanian Chapter of Operation Smile International and Hand Surgery Mission: Honduras.

Dr. Arias deals with problems in the hand, wrist and forearm, giving care to all the different types of tissues involved that make hand function possible. Hand surgeons, like Dr. Arias, aim to care for these problems without surgery, and they are specially trained to operate when necessary.

The hand is a unique area of the human body that is made up of bone, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, nerves, skin, and blood vessels. These elements must all be in good working order for the hand to function well. The relationship between all these structures is delicate and refined. An injury or disease can affect any or all of these structures and impair the use of the hand.

In his practice, Dr. Arias works closely with registered hand therapists, orthopedic upper limb surgeons, neurophysiologists and pain specialists.