Harold E. Kleinert, M.D.

Dr. Kleinert, fondly called H.E.K., was a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville and Indiana University‐Purdue University. He was appointed a National Consultant in Hand Surgery to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force in 1973. He was the recipient of the Scientific Achievement Award from the American Medical Association in 1980. Dr. Kleinert served as President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), Louisville Surgical Society and Jewish Hospital Medical Staff. He was certified by the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, a member of several medical organizations.