Richard M. Howell, M.D.

Dr. Howell graduated with distinction from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and received his M.D. from Ohio State University College of Medicine.  He completed his residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan in 1992, and completed a Fellowship in Hand and Microvascular Surgery in Buffalo, New York in 1993.  Upon completion of his fellowship, Dr. Howell became an instructor in both the hand fellowship program and the orthopaedic residency program at the State University of New York at Buffalo.  From 1997 until 2006, Dr. Howell practiced as an orthopaedic hand surgeon on the staff of Spectrum Orthopaedics in Canton, Ohio.  He joined the staff of Shoreline Orthopaedics in 2006.  Dr. Howell is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications for Surgery of the Hand.  He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Office Location:

Shoreline Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Clinic
370 North 120th Avenue
Holland, Michigan   49424

Phone: (616) 396-5855
Fax: (616) 396-0277

I am accepting new patients.

Hand Surgery
Surgery of the Hand and Wrist

Orthopaedic Surgery

Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio

Doctor of Medicine : 1987
Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio

Henry Ford Hospital : 1992
Detroit, Michigan

Hand and Microvascular Surgery : 1993
Hand Center of Western New York
Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, New York

Instructor : 1993-1997
Hand Fellowship and Orthopaedic Residency Programs, Buffalo, New York
Clinical Assistant Professor : 1993-1997
State University of New York at Buffalo

Surgery of the Hand : 1998
Certificate of Added Qualifications for Surgery of the Hand

Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons : 1997
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery : 1995
Certified 1995; Recertified 2003

1997

Holland Hospital
602 Michigan Avenue, Holland, Michigan 49423
Surgery Center of Western Michigan
12087 Felch Street, Holland, Michigan 49424
Zeeland Hospital
8333 Felch Street, Zeeland, Michigan 49464

Graduated with Distinction, Kenyon College : 1983
Involved in several Research Projects (Clinical & Basic Science) while in Academic Practice

Co-Author : 1997
Chapter on Physiology of Skin Flaps & Grafts in the Hand.  Hand Clinics.
Co-Author : 1996; 1997
Surgical Principles.  Textbook In Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, Clayton, Peimer, Editor:  McGraw Hill Publications, Vol. 1