Nick Pappas, MD

Nick Pappas, MD is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a second board certification in hand surgery who currently practices in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Pappas focuses his social media on optimizing overall health while infusing a little bit of medical humor. He attended Princeton University for college, where he earned a B.A. in Philosophy and pitched for the baseball team. While at Princeton, his teams won 2 Ivy League Baseball Championships and made 2 appearances in the NCAA Division I College World Series Tournament. After college, he earned his MD from Vanderbilt University and completed an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He then returned to Vanderbilt University to complete a fellowship in Hand, Microvascular, and Upper Extremity Surgery. An avid researcher, Dr. Pappas has over 30 peer-reviewed publications and multiple textbook chapters to his credit. Email: [email withheld — use the contact form]