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Rachel Lefebvre

Rachel Lefebvre

Assistant Professor Of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
HC2 - 1520 San Pablo Street, #2000 Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles

Contact

+1 323 442 5860
rachel.lefebvre@med.usc.edu

Los Angeles Magazine: Southern California Rising Star, 2022

Pasadena Magazine: Top Doctor, 2021

Free Vascularized Fibula Graft for Staged Reconstruction of Infected Humerus Nonunions J Orthop Trauma. 2023 05 01; 37(5):e206-e212. . View in PubMed

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen's Disease J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2022 May; 4(3):176-180. . View in PubMed

Flexor Tenosynovitis Caused by Mycobacteriumheraklionense J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2022 May; 4(3):184-188. . View in PubMed

Forearm and Arm Tourniquet Tolerance J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2022 02 14; 6(2). . View in PubMed

Differentiating Upper Extremity Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection From Serious Cellulitis and Abscess Cureus. 2021 Sep; 13(9):e17806. . View in PubMed

Google trends as a tool for evaluating public interest in total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty J Clin Transl Res. 2021 Aug 26; 7(4):456-466. . View in PubMed

Treatment of Iatrogenic Saphenous Neuroma after Knee Arthroscopy with Excision and Allograft Reconstruction Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Feb; 9(2):e3403. . View in PubMed

Risk Factors Associated With Progression to Surgical Release After Injection of Trigger Digits J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2021 07 07; 5(7). . View in PubMed

Public Interest in Elective Orthopedic Surgery Following Recommendations During COVID-19: A Google Trends Analysis Cureus. 2020 Dec 17; 12(12):e12123. . View in PubMed

Horseshoe abscess of the hand with rice bodies secondary to mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection Clin Imaging. 2020 Jul; 63:24-29. . View in PubMed

Characteristics of Iatrogenic Nerve Injury from Orthopedic Surgery Correlate with Time to Subspecialty Presentation Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2020 Mar; 8(3):e2678. . View in PubMed

Management of Critical Bone Defects Instr Course Lect. 2020; 69:417-432. . View in PubMed

Peripheral nerve injury with Nexplanon removal: case report and review of the literature Contracept Reprod Med. 2018; 3:15. . View in PubMed

Bridge Plate Failure with Extensor Tendon Injury: A Case Report and Literature Review Case Rep Orthop. 2018; 2018:3256891. . View in PubMed

Rachel E. Lefebvre, MD, is an assistant professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Lefebvre is an orthopaedic hand surgeon who specializes in the treatment of hand and wrist injuries, arthritis and post-traumatic reconstruction. She has a special interest in brachial plexus injury, peripheral nerve disorders and microvascular reconstruction of the
upper extremity.

Dr. Lefebvre graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, MA, with a BA in biochemical sciences with honors and from Albany Medical College in Albany, NY, with an MD, cum laude. She completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and completed a hand and microvascular fellowship in the USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center.

Her philosophy is to treat patients with compassion and to partner with them, moving toward the shared goal of optimized function and wellness. Dr. Lefebvre is actively involved in teaching as well as scientific research focusing on hand and wrist trauma, peripheral nerve injury, brachial plexus disorders and microvascular reconstruction of the upper extremity.
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