Keith T. Aziz, M.D.

Keith T. Aziz, M.D., is a Senior Associate Consultant in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Dr. Aziz specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery, and has special interests in wrist arthroscopy as well as hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow reconstruction and restoration. He treats all disorders of the hand and upper extremity, including: hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow fractures and nonunions; nerve compression and injuries in the upper extremity; tendinitis and tendon injuries of the hand, wrist, and elbow; arthritis of the hand, wrist, and elbow; sports injuries of the hand, wrist, and elbow; and Dupuytren's contracture.

He earned a bachelor's degree with a double major in chemical engineering and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He completed the Doctor of Medicine degree and graduated Alpha Omega Alpha from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, District of Columbia. Dr. Aziz received his orthopedic surgery training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, followed by a fellowship in hand, upper extremity, and microvascular surgery at the Mary S. Stern fellowship in Cincinnati, Ohio.

When in medical school, Dr. Aziz served on the honor council and was the vice chair of the honor council during his senior year. He also has served several other leadership positions in medical school and residency — including serving on his medical school class executive board and the resident education committee

Dr. Aziz has a strong interest in translational research, and enjoys using his engineering background to identify new solutions and improvements for clinical problems. He has been the recipient of grant funding from the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and has authored more than 30 scientific publications and 5 book chapters, and has presented his work at both national and international meetings. Dr. Aziz also has an interest in outreach, and has participated in medical outreach in Ghana.