Dr. Tom Dennis has been practicing orthopaedics and hand surgery in the Annapolis area since 1991. He specializes in orthopaedic problems of the hand, wrist, elbow and pediatric upper extremity Dr. Dennis grew up at the Jersey shore and graduated from Rutgers College with high honors in 1981. He received his doctorate at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (formerly Rutgers Med School) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He graduated in 1985, and then completed five years of orthopaedic residency at the same facility. He completed his formal medical training with a Hand Fellowship at the Joseph H. Boyes Foundation at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 1991. Dr. Dennis became a Board Certified orthopaedic surgeon in 1993, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He obtained his Certification of Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery in 1995 and in 1996 was elected into membership of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. He has been on staff at Anne Arundel Medical Center since 1991. He is the past Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at AAMC. He also served 2 terms on the Medical Executive Committee and was the previous Associate Chief of Orthopaedics. Dr. Dennis also serves on the executive Board of Riva Road Surgery Center. Dr. Dennis is married and has three daughters. When not at work, he enjoys snowboarding, barefoot waterskiing and spending time on the water with his family.