Neal B. Zimmerman, M.D.
Fellowship-Trained, Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Certificate of Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery
Neal B. Zimmerman, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and hand surgeon and has voluntarily re-certified his credentials. Dr. Zimmerman earned his medical degree from Abraham Lincoln College of Medicine at the University of Illinois. He completed his general surgery internship and orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he served as chief resident.
Dr. Zimmerman performed a fellowship in hand, upper extremity, and microvascular surgery at the Raymond M. Curtis National Hand Center, Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Zimmerman is the recipient of many awards, including the Dr. and Mrs. Elven J. Burkheiser Award for Orthopaedic Research from the Institute of Medicine in Chicago.
Dr. Zimmerman holds the position of clinical instructor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland and attending hand surgeon and faculty at Curtis National Hand Center, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Zimmerman is distinguished as a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, Baltimore City Medical Society, and Maryland Orthopaedic Society.
Dr. Zimmerman has published a significant amount of research in peer-reviewed journals and presented nationally. In addition, he has participated in missions to Guyana on three occasions, as well as in Finland and the United Kingdom.
Neal B. Zimmerman, MD, provides care at the following Greater Chesapeake Hand to Shoulder locations in Maryland:
