Dr. Christiana Savvidou

Dr. Christiana Savvidou is a highly experienced Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon practising in Dubai, after several years in the USA. She is committed to excellence in helping others — understanding that both simple and complex hand and arm conditions can have a tremendous impact on a patient's function and quality of life, and striving to provide individualised care built around each patient's specific needs.

She offers evidence-based advice on non-surgical and surgical treatment options for a wide range of hand and upper extremity bone and joint conditions, in adults and children. Her clinical interests include sports injuries, hand and wrist fractures, nerve injuries, and musculoskeletal deficiencies — including congenital and acquired upper limb deformities. Other areas of expertise include hand tumours, neuromuscular disorders and soft tissue hand abnormalities.

Dr. Savvidou earned her Medical Degree and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the University of Athens, Greece. She completed a fellowship in Hand Surgery at Tampere University, Finland, and a fellowship in Hand and Microsurgery at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky — receiving specialised training in adult and paediatric hand surgery, nerve reconstruction, microsurgery and complex hand and wrist conditions.

She has authored a number of publications, establishing herself as a leader in her field, and has been awarded on several occasions for her contributions. Notably, she was part of the leading team in Hand Transplantation at the University of Louisville Composite Tissue Allotransplantation programme, and has held teaching positions across Greece and the USA. She is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), the American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS), and past General Secretary of MEPOS.