Mark W. Scanlan, M.D. joined Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists in 2005 as a board-eligible orthopaedic surgeon with a specialty in surgery of the upper extremity and fracture care.

 After graduating with honors from Duke University, Dr. Scanlan obtained his medical degree from Columbia University where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.  He then completed a year of general surgical training at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City followed by orthopaedic training at the New York Orthopaedic Hospital of Columbia University.  After finishing his residency in orthopaedic surgery, Dr. Scanlan completed a fellowship in hand and elbow surgery at the Hospital for Joint Diseases/New York University Medical School.  Following this he traveled briefly to Florida to study trauma surgery at Tampa General Hospital with Dr. Roy Sanders.

 Dr. Scanlan is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a candidate member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.   He is an attending surgeon and clinical instructor at Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale University School of Medicine and the Hospital of Saint Raphael.

 Dr. Scanlan has published articles in the hand surgery and trauma surgery literature.  His areas of interest include adult and pediatric fracture care and surgery of the hand, wrist and elbow.  He lives with his family in Branford, CT.