Overview of Dr. Hill Dr. Elspeth Hill is a plastic surgeon in New Haven, CT and is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital. She received her medical degree from University of Manchester Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 5 years. She is one of 53 doctors at Yale-New Haven Hospital who specialize in Plastic Surgery. She has more than 30 publications and over 450 citings.
Education & Training Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Fellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 2021 - 2022
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Residency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 2014 - 2020
University of Manchester Faculty of Medicine Class of 2013
Certifications & Licensure Publications & Presentations PubMed
Prevalence of Concomitant Distal Suprascapular Nerve Injury in Patients with Root-level Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Clinical Anatomic Study of Injury Pattern.
Jayme A Bertelli, Leonardo D Lanzarin, Marcos F Ghizoni, Elspeth J R Hill> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024 Mar 26 Distal nerve transfers for peripheral nerve injuries: indications and outcomes.
Bertelli, J., Sporer, M., Seltser, A., Cavalli, E., Soldado, F., Tuffaha, S., Hill, E.> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery, European Volume. 2024 Jan 31 Decompression with Brachioradialis Tenotomy Improves Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Radial Sensory Nerve Compression.
Elspeth J R Hill, William Padovano, Emily M Krauss, J Megan M Patterson, Andrew Yee, Lara W Crock, Susan E Mackinnon> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2023 Apr 1 Living With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.
Elspeth J R Hill, Allison J L'Hotta, Carie R Kennedy, Aimee S James, Ida K Fox> ;Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation. 2022 Sep 1 Outcome Analysis of Medial Triceps Motor Nerve Transfer to Axillary Nerve in Isolated and Brachial Plexus-Associated Axillary Nerve Palsy.
Emily M Krauss, Shelley S Noland, Elspeth J R Hill, Nirbhay S Jain, Lorna C Kahn, Susan E Mackinnon> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2022 Jun 1 Donor activation focused rehabilitation approach to hand closing nerve transfer surgery in individuals with cervical level spinal cord injury.
Lorna C Kahn, Adam G Evans, Elspeth J R Hill, Ida K Fox> ;Spinal Cord Series and Cases. 2022 Apr 29 Using the modified frailty index to predict negative outcomes in free-flap breast reconstruction: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Project-based study
Nirbhay S. Jain, Linh N. Vuong, L. Brian Hickman, Elspeth J R Hill, Donald W. Buck, Jaco H. Festekjian> ;Microsurgery. 2021 Sep 17 Adductor magnus muscle transfer to restore knee extension: Anatomical studies and clinical applications
Elspeth J R Hill, Nirbhay S. Jain, Thomas H. Tung> ;Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2021 Apr 8 Video-based Learning in Surgery: Establishing Surgeon Engagement and Utilization of Variable-duration Videos.
Andrew Yee, William M Padovano, Ida K. Fox, Elspeth J R Hill, Amanda G Rowe, L. Michael Brunt, Amy M. Moore, Alison K. Snyder-Warwick, Lorna C. Kahn, Matthew D. Wood, ...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Dec 1 Using electrodiagnostics to define injury patterns amenable to nerve transfer surgery in tetraplegia: an illustrative case report.
Elspeth J R Hill, Madi El-Haj, James A Giles, Ida K. Fox> ;Spinal Cord Series and Cases. 2020 Aug 21 Reconstruction of Severe Palm Injury with Sensate Medial Plantar Artery Flap and Nerve Grafting.
William M Padovano, Elspeth J R Hill, John M. Felder> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open. 2020 Jul 23 Lending a Hand to Health Care Disparities: A Cross-sectional Study of Variations in Reimbursement for Common Hand Procedures.
Elizabeth B. Odom, Elspeth J R Hill, Amy M. Moore, Donald W. Buck> ;Hand. 2020 Jul 1 Cross-Palm Nerve Grafts to Enhance Sensory Recovery in Severe Ulnar Neuropathy.
John M. Felder, Elspeth J R Hill, Hollie A. Power, Jessica M. Hasak, Susan E. Mackinnon> ;Hand. 2020 Jul 1 Median Neuropathy After Blood Draw Mimics Painful Clenched Fist Syndrome in a Child
Elspeth J R Hill, Lorna C. Kahn, Lynne M. Sterni, Susan E. Mackinnon, John M. Felder> ;Hand. 2020 Mar 1 Evaluation for Late Nerve Transfer Surgery in Spinal Cord Injury: Predicting the Degree of Lower Motor Neuron Injury
Nirbhay S. Jain, Elspeth J R Hill, Craig M. Zaidman, Christine B. Novak, Daniel A. Hunter, Neringa Juknis, Rimma Ruvinskaya, Carie R. Kennedy, Joel Vetter, Susan E. Ma...> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020 Feb 1 The Effect of Surgical Video on Resident Performance of Carpal Tunnel Release: A Cadaveric Simulation-Based, Prospective, Randomized, Blinded Pilot Study.
Andrew Yee, William M Padovano, Amanda G Rowe, Elspeth J R Hill, Ida K Fox, Amy M Moore, J Henk Coert, Susan E Mackinnon> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2020 Jun 1 Nerve transfers to restore upper limb function in tetraplegia.
Elspeth J R Hill, Ida K. Fox> ;Lancet. 2019 Jul 4 Current Best Peripheral Nerve Transfers for Spinal Cord Injury.
Elspeth J R Hill, Ida K. Fox> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2019 Jan 1 The "Butterfly" Wrap: A Simplified Technique for Consistent Prosthesis Coverage in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction.
Elspeth J R Hill, Donald W. Buck> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open. 2018 Nov 1 “You understand that whole big situation they’re in”: interpretative phenomenological analysis of peer-assisted learning
Shameena Tamachi, James A Giles, Tim Dornan, Elspeth J R Hill> ;BMC Medical Education. 2018 Aug 14 Exploring the Relationship Between Eye Movements and Electrocardiogram Interpretation Accuracy.
Alan Davies, Gavin Brown, Markel Vigo, Simon Harper, Laura Horseman, Bruno Splendiani, Elspeth J R Hill, Caroline Jay> ;Scientific Reports. 2016 Dec 5 'You become a man in a man's world': is there discursive space for women in surgery?
Elspeth J R Hill, Yvette Solomon, Tim Dornan, Renée E. Stalmeijer> ;Medical Education. 2015 Dec 1 Examining our hidden curricula: powerful, visible, gendered and discriminatory
James A Giles, Elspeth J R Hill> ;Medical Education. 2015 Mar 1 Looking more reflexively at surgical culture
James A Giles, Elspeth J R Hill> ;Medical Education. 2014 Dec 1 Can I cut it? Medical students' perceptions of surgeons and surgical careers.
Elspeth J R Hill, Katherine A. Bowman, Renée E. Stalmeijer, Yvette Solomon, Tim Dornan> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2014 Nov 1 Join now to see all 
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 2021 - 2022
University of Manchester Faculty of MedicineClass of 2013
CT State Medical License 2022 - 2024
MO State Medical License 2014 - 2023
Nerve Transfers Restore Hand, Elbow Functions in Paralyzed PatientsJuly 4th, 2019
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, Connecticut
