Nina Lightdale-Miric

Nina Lightdale-Miric, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in upper extremity and hand trauma and sports injuries in children at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and teaches as an associate professor at USC Keck School of Medicine. Educated at Princeton University and Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Lightdale-Miric completed her residency at Duke University Medical Center and her fellowship at Cornell Medical College/Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Her clinical interests are congenital hand reconstruction, pediatric upper extremity trauma, microsurgery, and cerebral palsy treatment of the upper extremity in children.

Residency and The Match

What Does It Take to Become a Hand Surgeon?

Hand surgeons are specialists who complete a residency in either orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, or general surgery and then go on to additional competency training in hand and upper extremity surgery. Hand Surgery Training Orthopaedic surgery residency training is five years, focused on the care of patients who have trauma or ... Read more

Nina Lightdale-Miric

Updated June 22, 2022 by Nina Lightdale-Miric