- Internship - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2005-2006), General Surgery
- Residency - Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2006-2010), Orthopedic Surgery
- Fellowship - Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2010-2011), Hand Surgery
- Fellowship - Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (2011-2012), Hand & Upper Extremity
- Medical School - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2001-2005)

Christopher Stutz, M.D.
- Orthopaedic Surgery - Pediatric Orthopaedics
Biography
Dr. Christopher Stutz is a new pediatric orthopaedic Hand Surgeon at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. He is originally from Wichita Falls, Texas and attended medical school at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical Center, where he earned his MD in May of 2005. Dr. Stutz then completed his general surgery internship, as well as his Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Stutz completed a one-year Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship in the Department of Orthopaedics through Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri from August 2010 through July 2011. He then completed a six-month Congenital Hand Surgery Fellowship with our Hand Service here at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital from August 2011 through January 2012. Dr. Stutz has been working at Vanderbilt University Medical Center until he came back to TSRHC full-time as of March 2015. He is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Divisions of Hand and Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, and he is currently working on becoming faculty at UT Southwestern as a new Staff Member for our Hand Service at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Dr. Stutz is a Candidate Member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS), and a member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North American (POSNA).
Education & Training
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (2010)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Member (2010)
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand (2010)
- Southern Orthopaedic Association (2010)
Honors & Awards
- Kathy Cramer Resident Research Award
- Orthopedic Trauma Association Outstanding PGY-3 Teaching Resident
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Senior School Clerkship Honors
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Does Preservation of Metacarpophalangeal Joint Vascularity Protect Against Physeal Arrest in Index Finger Pollicization?
Reghunathan M, Hinchcliff K, Schneidau C, Stutz C, Ezaki M, Oishi SN Journal of Hand Surgery 2024 Oct 49 1007-1011 -
Surgical Technique: Closed Reduction and Percutaneous Pinning of Posterolaterally Displaced Supracondylar Humerus Fractures
Prusick VW, Gibian JT, Ross KE, Moore-Lotridge SN, Rees AB, Mencio GA, Stutz CM, Schoenecker JG Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2021 Mar 35 E108-E115 -
Radial longitudinal deficiency: Radius hypoplasia
Stutz C, Beckwith T, Oishi S 2021 Feb 121-132 -
Morbidity of Nerve Transfers for Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: A Systematic Review
Hinchcliff KM, Pulos N, Shin AY, Stutz C Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2021 Feb 41 E188-E198 -
Management of Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries: Erbs and Extended Erbs Palsy
Stutz C 2021 Jan 583-590 -
Elbow Release and Tricepsplasty in Arthrogrypotic Patients: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study
Cao J, Stutz C, Beckwith T, Browning A, Mills J, Oishi SN Journal of Hand Surgery 2020 Jun 45 549.e1-549.e7 -
Long-term Outcomes Following Vickers Ligament Release and Growth Modulation for the Treatment of Madelung Deformity
Del Core M, Beckwith T, Phillips L, Ezaki M, Stutz C, Oishi SN Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2020 Apr 40 E306-E311 -
Surgical Technique for Closed Reduction and Percutaneous Pinning of Pediatric Lateral Humeral Condyle Fractures
Prusick VW, Dantzker NJ, Hysong AA, Johnson M, Mencio GA, Stutz CM, Schoenecker JG Techniques in Orthopaedics 2020 35 145-150 -
Treatment and outcomes of arthrogryposis in the upper extremity
Oishi S, Agranovich O, Zlotolow D, Wall L, Stutz C, Pajardi G, Novelli C, Abdel Ghani H, Jester A, Vuillermin C, James M, Manske MC, Beckwith T American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics 2019 Sep 181 363-371 -
Radiation Exposure during Operative Fixation of Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Is Lead Shielding Necessary?
Martus JE, Hilmes MA, Grice JV, Stutz CM, Schoenecker JG, Lovejoy SA, Mencio GA Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2018 38 249-253 -
“On-Top Plasty” for Radial Polydactyly Reconstruction
Bell B, Butler L, Mills J, Stutz C, Ezaki M, Oishi S Journal of Hand Surgery 2017 Sep 42 753.e1-753.e6 -
Internal Rotation Stress Testing Improves Radiographic Outcomes of Type 3 Supracondylar Humerus Fractures
Bauer JM, Stutz CM, Schoenecker JG, Lovejoy SA, Mencio GA, Martus JE Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2016 Dec -
Fractures and Dislocations of the Forearm, Wrist, and Hand
Stutz C, Waters PM 2015 142-181 -
Radial to axillary nerve neurotization for brachial plexus injury in children: A combined case series
Zuckerman SL, Eli IM, Shah MN, Bradley N, Stutz CM, Park TS, Wellons JC Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2014 Nov 14 518-526 -
The temporal and spatial development of vascularity in a healing displaced fracture
Yuasa M, Mignemi NA, Barnett JV, Cates JM, Nyman JS, Okawa A, Yoshii T, Schwartz HS, Stutz CM, Schoenecker JG Bone 2014 Oct 67 208-221 -
Long-term outcomes following radial polydactyly reconstruction
Stutz C, Mills J, Wheeler L, Ezaki M, Oishi S Journal of Hand Surgery 2014 Aug 39 1549-1552 -
Medial approach for drainage of the obturator musculature in children
Menge TJ, Cole HA, Mignemi ME, Corn WC, Martus JE, Lovejoy SA, Stutz CM, Mencio GA, Schoenecker JG Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2014 34 307-315 -
Epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of pericapsular pyomyositis of the hip in children
Mignemi ME, Menge TJ, Cole HA, Mencio GA, Martus JE, Lovejoy S, Stutz CM, Schoenecker JG Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2014 Jan 34 316-325 -
Periscapular amputation as treatment for brachial plexopathy secondary to recurrent breast carcinoma: A case series and review of the literature
Behnke NK, Crosby SN, Stutz CM, Holt GE European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2013 Dec 39 1325-1331 -
Coagulopathies in orthopaedics: Links to inflammation and the potential of individualizing treatment strategies
Stutz CM, O'Rear LD, O'Neill KR, Tamborski ME, Crosby CG, Devin CJ, Schoenecker JG Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2013 Apr 27 236-241 -
Complex syndactyly: Aesthetic and objective outcomes
Goldfarb CA, Steffen JA, Stutz CM Journal of Hand Surgery 2012 Oct 37 2068-2073 -
Fracture healing in protease-activated receptor-2 deficient mice
O'Neill KR, Stutz CM, Mignemi NA, Cole H, Murry MR, Nyman JS, Hamm H, Schoenecker JG Journal of Orthopaedic Research 2012 Aug 30 1271-1276 -
Supraclavicular nerve entrapment and clavicular fracture
O’Neill K, Stutz C, Duvernay M, Schoenecker J Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2012 Jun 26 e63-e65 -
Micro-computed tomography assessment of the progression of fracture healing in mice
O'Neill KR, Stutz CM, Mignemi NA, Burns MC, Murry MR, Nyman JS, Schoenecker JG Bone 2012 Jun 50 1357-1367 -
Surgical and nonsurgical treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome in pediatric and adolescent patients
Stutz CM, Calfee RP, Steffen JA, Goldfarb CA Journal of Hand Surgery 2012 Apr 37 657-662 -
Neuralgic amyotrophy: Parsonage-turner syndrome
Stutz CM Journal of Hand Surgery 2010 Dec 35 2104-2106 -
2010 young investigator award winner: Therapeutic aprotinin stimulates osteoblast proliferation but inhibits differentiation and bone matrix mineralization
Schoenecker J, Mignemi N, Stutz C, Liu Q, Edwards J, Lynch C, Holt G, Schwartz H, Mencio G, Hamm H Spine 2010 Apr 35 1008-1016 -
Fractures of the distal radius and ulna: Metaphyseal and physeal injuries
Stutz C, Mencio GA Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2010 Mar 30 S85-S89 -
Total Elbow Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Complex Distal Humerus Fractures
Stutz CM, Hastings H, Weikert DR, Lee DH 2010 Jan 731-746 -
A prospective plan to minimise median nerve related complications associated with operatively treated distal radius fractures.
Henry M, Stutz C Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand 2007 12 199-204 -
A unified approach to radial tunnel syndrome and lateral tendinosis
Henry M, Stutz C Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery 2006 Dec 10 200-205 -
Technique for Extensor Tendon Acceleration
Brown H, Stutz C, Henry M Journal of Hand Therapy 2006 Oct 19 421-424 -
Homodigital Antegrade-Flow Neurovascular Pedicle Flaps for Sensate Reconstruction of Fingertip Amputation Injuries
Henry M, Stutz C Journal of Hand Surgery 2006 Sep 31 1220-1225
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Does Preservation of Metacarpophalangeal Joint Vascularity Protect Against Physeal Arrest in Index Finger Pollicization?