Dr. Martin Allan Posner, MD

A very long time ago, I was in a bike accent in Woodstock NY where the hand brake took the top of my right hand off. I went to many ER's and they all said the same thing "amputation" I waited 12 hours to be treated since it was a Sat night and once I got to Lenox Hill, they knew from the x-rays there was only 1 Dr who could help, Dr Posner. My parents signed amputation papers and were having a really hard time dealing with this. I was an Art major and Art was my life! Dr Posner attemped to make me fingers from the skin on my arm, anticipating another sugery a couple of days later which would be amputation. They really thought Gang Green set in from the hours untreated. It didn't! and the deal with the Doc was he made me fingers and I would paint him a painting! We both lived up to our agreement! The amazing thing is, now old I developed advance RA. The fingers he made me are not affected but the other 2 are. Thank you Dr Posner. I wish you could now do something with the other… two!

It has been many years since I had surgery with Dr. Posner however, he was the most talented hand surgeon in NYC. My sister had to have surgery on both thumbs due to a skiing injury and I also had to have surgery on my right thumb due to a ski injury. At the time I was a professional guitarist that performed 5 nights a week and was worried about losing the flexibility in my right hand. Needless to say he did a great job and I was able to regain the use of my thumb.

After 4 failed surgeries over 20 years, Dr. Posner finally was able to help! Thank you!!!!