Faculty & Disclosures

Peter J. Apel, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Virginia Tech Carilion in Roanoke, VA. Dr. Apel is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and is fellowship trained in both pediatric orthopaedics and hand surgery. He holds an additional certificate of qualification (CAQ) in Surgery of the Hand. His PhD is in Neuroscience (Peripheral nerve injury and regeneration). Dr. Apel has a busy clinical practice of adult and pediatric hand & elbow surgery. This includes surgery of the brachial plexus, peripheral nerves and microvascular surgery. Greater than 95% of his case volume is hand, elbow, brachial plexus, peripheral nerve and microvascular surgery. Dr. Apel performs major limb reconstruction, including nerve repairs, nerve grafting and complex tendon transfers.

Jonathan Isaacs is the Herman and Vera Nachman Distinguished Research Professor and Chief of the Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (with co-academic appointments in Plastic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering).  Having completed both medical school and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at VCU, Dr. Isaacs obtained additional training in Hand and Microvascular Surgery at Duke University Medical Center before joining the VCU faculty in 2002.  His medical practice includes hand, wrist, and peripheral nerve reconstruction.  As an active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Society for Peripheral Nerve, and the American Association for Hand Surgery, he has served on several national committees and executive boards.  Notably, he is the nerve editor for Hand.e, an Associate Editor for HAND, and is on the editorial boards for the Journal of Hand Surgery, and Orthoplastic Surgery. 

Originally from California, Dr. Owen received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his internship and residency at Ochsner Healthcare System, also in New Orleans. After completing a fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at Harvard Medical School and clerkship at the International Center for Limb Lengthening in Baltimore, he settled in Roanoke Virginia where his is now Associate Professor at Virginia Tech Carilion Medical School where he specializes in Hip Arthroplasty, Orthopaedic Trauma, and limb reconstruction. 

Dr. Yarboro has been a faculty member and member of the orthopaedic trauma division at UVA since 2012. He completed trauma fellowships in Germany and UNC Chapel Hill. Distal femur fractures, including periprosthetic fractures, are a challenging clinical problem that is a regular part of his trauma practice. He has worked with the Center for Applied Biomechanics at UVA to investigate the fracture healing environment in order to optimize outcomes following distal femur fracture fixation.

Dr. Zielinski earned her medical degree at Wayne State University and completed her internship and residency at McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint, Michigan. She completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at Orlando Health - Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. Dr. Zielinski relocated to Roanoke in 2016 from Chattanooga, TN (Erlanger Hosp) to join Carilion Clinic as a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and pediatric orthopaedic surgery. She is assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.