Rachel E. Hein, M.D., is a fellowship-trained hand surgeon with INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
She attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. Dr. Hein completed her Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and finished her Upper Extremity and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at Curtis National Hand Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
"I enjoy forming a relationship with my patients and guiding them through the journey of recovery. It is fulfilling to see where they start and where they end up."
Dr. Hein is married and has a Bernese Mountain Dog named Samson. They enjoy hiking, biking, cooking and being with family.
Society Membership
2022 - Present, Candidate Member; American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)
2019 - Present, Candidate Member; American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
2015 - Present, Candidate Member; American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS)
Relevant Publications
Hollins AW, Hein RE, Atia A, Zhang G, Sergesketter AR, Morris M, Darner G, Mithani SK. Variations in Incidence of
Trigger Finger and Response to Corticosteroid Injection after Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy for Breast Cancer. Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery, 2022.
Helkamp J, Le E, Hill I, Hein RE, Mithani SK, Codd P, Richard MJ. Addressing Surgical Instrument Oversupply: A
Focused Literature Review and Case-Study in Orthopaedic Hand Surgery. HAND. 2021 Jun 8;15589447211017233
10.1177/15589447211017233.
Richard MJ, DiPrinzio EV, Lorenzana DJ, Whitlock KG, Hein RE, Urbaniak JR. Outcomes of Free Vascularized Fibular
Graft for Post-Traumatic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head. Injury. 2021 Dec;52(12):3653-3659. doi:
10.1016/j.injury.2021.04.005.
Hein RE, Pidgeon TS, Mithani SK, Klifto CS, Ruch DS, Richard MJ. Isolated Scaphoid Dislocation With Radial-Axial
Instability: A Treatment Strategy Utilizing Spanning Wrist Plates [published online ahead of print, 2021 Mar 20]. J
Hand Surg Am. 2021;S0363-5023(21)00037-X. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2021.01.010.
Hollins AW, Hein RE, Atia A, Taskindoust M, Shammas RL, Mithani SK. Symptom Duration and Diabetic Control
Influence Success of Steroid Injection in Trigger Finger. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. In Press.
Klifto KM, Hein RE, Klifto CS, Pidgeon TS, Richard MJ, Ruch DS. Outcomes Associated With Scapholunate Ligament
Injury Following Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures. J Hand Surg Am. 2021;46(4):309-318.
doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.12.005
Hein RE, Hollins AW, Fletcher AN, Ruch DS, Richard MJ, Suhail MK. Return to Activities after Simultaneous Bilateral
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release. Hand (N Y). 2020 Sep 17 doi: 10.1177/1558944720940061.
Hein RE, Fletcher AN, Tillis RS, Pang EQ, Ruch DS, Richard MJ. Association of Lunate Morphology with Scaphoid
Fracture Location and Progression to Nonunion. Hand (N Y). 2020 Jul 22:1558944720937368. doi:
10.1177/1558944720937368
Hein RE, Ruch DS, Klifto CS, Leversedge FJ, Mithani SK, Pidgeon TS, Richard MJ, Cendales L. Hand Transplantation in
the United States: A review of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for
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